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LIFE EXPECTANCY

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Here’s links to a collection of our blog posts about LIFE EXPECTANCY:

• What is the average life expectancy of the components of a house?

How accurate are the average life expectancy ratings of home components? Are they actually useful? 

 How does the number of people living in a house affect its durability and life expectancy?

What is the average life expectancy of ABS pipe? 

What is the average life expectancy of AFCI or CAFCI circuit breaker? 

What is the average life expectancy of an air conditioner? 

What is the average life expectancy of aluminum siding? 

What is the average life expectancy of an aluminum window?

• How long should my home appliances last? 

What is the average life expectancy of an architectural (dimensional) shingle roof? 

What is the life expectancy of an asbestos cement shingle roof? 

What is the average life expectancy of asbestos cement siding? 

What is the average life expctancy of an asphalt driveway?

• What is the average life expectancy of an attic fan? 

• How long does fiberglass attic insulation last?

• What is the average life expectancy of a pull-down attic ladder? 

What is the average life expectancy of bathroom cabinets? 

What is the average life expectancy of a bathroom exhaust fan?

• What is the average life expectancy of a bathtub?

What is the average life expectancy of brick? 

What is the average life expectancy of a built-up roof?

What is the average lifespan of a built-up and gravel roof? 

What is the average life expectancy of a CO carbon monoxide detector? 

What is the average life expectancy of cast iron pipe?

• What is the average life expectancy of a compact refrigerator? 

• What is the average  life expectancy of a corrugated asphalt panel roof?

• What is the average life expectancy of exterior caulking? 

What is the average life expectancy of interior caulking?

• What is the average life expectancy of a ceiling fan?

What is the life expectancy of a circuit breaker? 

What is the average life expectancy of a closet door?

What is the average life expectancy of a clothes dryer? 

What is the average life expectancy of composite wood decking?

• What is the average life expectancy of a concrete block wall (CMU - Concrete Masonry Unit)? 

What is the average life expectancy of a concrete countertop?

What is the average life expectancy of a concrete driveway? 

What is the average life expectancy of concrete driveway resurfacing?

What is the average life expectancy of a concrete patio?

• What is the average life expectancy of a concete walkway?

 What is the average life expectancy of a poured concrete (monlithic) house wall? 

• What is the average life expectancy of a concrete swimming pool?

What is the average lifespan of a concrete tile roof?

What is the average life expectancy of copper pipe? 

• How long does a countertop last?

What is the average life expectancy of CPVC pipe? 

What is the average life expectancy of a cultured marble countertop? 

 What is the average life expectancy of a dishwasher?

How long does a door last?

What is the average life expectancy of a doorbell?

What is the average life expectancy of a ductless (mini-split) heat pump or air conditioner? 

What is the average life expectancy of house a/c and heating ducts?

What is the average life expectancy of an elastomeric roof coating?

What is the average life expectancy of an electric furnace?

What is the average life expectancy of the electrical components of a house?

• What is the average life expectancy of an electrical panel in a house?

What is the life expectancy of electrical wiring in a house? 

What is the average life expectancy an EPDM roof? 

What is the life expectancy of a faucet?

What is the average life expectancy of wood fencing? 

• What is the average life expectancy of a chain link fence? 

• What is the average life expectancy of a vinyl fence?

What is the average life expectancy of fiber-cement siding? 

What is the average life expectancy of a fiberglass exterior door?

What is the average life expectancy of a fiberglass tub/shower?

• What is the average life expectancy of a fiberglass swimming pool? 

• What is the average life expectancy of a fiberglass window?

What is the average lifespan of a house foundation? 

What is the average life expectancy of a freezer?

What is the average life expectancy of galvanized steel pipe? 

What is the average life expectancy of a garage door? 

• What is the average life expectancy of a garage door opener?

• What is the average life expectancy of a gas furnace?

What is the average life expectancy of a whole-house standby emergency generator?

What is the average life expectancy of a GFCI circuit breaker?

What is the average life expectancy of a GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) receptacle? 

What is the average life expectancy of a granite countertop?

• What is the average life expectancy of a gravel driveway or walkway? 

• What is the average life expectancy of rain gutters?

What is the average life expectancy of a heat pump?

What is the average life expectancy of a hose bibb?

• What is the average life expectancy of a hose bibb vacuum breaker (backflow preventer)? 

What is the average life expectancy of a house? 

How long should my HVAC system last?

• What is the average life expectancy of kitchen cabinets? 

What is the average life expectancy of a laminate countertop?

What is the average life expectancy of an exterior light fixture? 

• What is the average life expectancy of an interior light fixture?

• What is the average life expectancy of manufactured stone? 

What is the average life expectancy of a marble countertop?

What is the average life expectancy of a bathroom medicine cabinet?

What is the average lifespan of a metal (galvalume) roof?

What is the life expectancy of a mobile home? 

What is the life expectancy of a modular home?

What is the average lifespan of a modified bitumen roof? 

What is the average life expectancy of mulch?

• What is the average life expectancy of a natural stone house wall or siding?

What is the average life expectancy of Orangeburg (bituminous fiber) pipe?

What is the average life expectancy of a package unit heat pump or air conditioner? 

• What is the average life expectancy of paint on a house?

• What is the average lifespan of the parts of a house? 

What is the average life expectancy of a patio cover roof (insulated and non-insulated)?

What is the average life expectancy of a paver driveway? 

What is the average life expectancy of a paver patio? 

What is the average life expectancy of pipe boot flashings?

What is the average life expectancy of PB (polybutylene) pipe?

 What is the average life expectancy of PEX pipe? 

What is the average life expectancy of plywood siding? 

How long does a pool finish last?

What is the average life expectancy of a pool heater?

• What is the average life expectancy of a pool pump and filter? 

What is the average life expectancy of PVC pipe? 

What is the average life expectancy of a PVC roof?


What is the average life expectancy of a quartz (engineered stone) countertop?

What is the average life expectancy of a radon mitigation system? 

• How long do timber railroad tie retaining walls last?

• How long does a dry-stacked stone retaining wall last? 

What is the average life expectancy of an electric range? 

What is the average life expectancy of a gas range?

What is the average life expectancy of a refrigerator?

 What is the average life expectancy of an electrical receptacle outlet?

What is the average life expectancy of a resin countertop?

What is the average lifespan of a regular (3-tab) shingle roof?

What's the average lifespan of a roof? 

What is the average life expectancy of roof flashings?

What is the average life expectancy of roof sheathing? 

• What is the average life expectancy of a rubber roof? 

What is the average life expectancy of a screen door?

• What is the average life expectancy of a home security system?

• What is the average life expectancy of a septic tank system?

• What is the average life expectancy of a sewage grinder pump?

• What is the average life expectancy of a shower pan liner?

• What is the average life expectancy of plumbing fixture water shut-off valves? 

What is the average life expectancy of house shutters? 

How long does exterior house siding last?

What is the average life expectancy of a sink?

• What is the average life expectancy of skylights?

What is the average life expectancy of a sliding glass door?

• What is the average life expectancy of a combination smoke and CO carbon monoxide detector?

What is the average life expectancy of a landscape sprinkler system?

What is the average life expectancy of an SPF roof? 

What is the average life expectancy of concrete or steel exterior stairs or steps?

What is the average life expectancy of exterior wood stairs or steps?

What is the average life expectancy of interior stairs or steps? 

• What is the average life expectancy of a steel exterior door?

What is the average life expectancy of stucco?

What is life expectancy of whole house surge protector?

How long does a swimming pool last? 

What is the average life expectancy of a tankless water heater?

What is the average life expectancy of a termite ground treatment? 

How long does a home thermostat last?

What is the average life expectancy of a tile countertop?

What is the average life expectancy of a toilet? 

• What is the average life expectancy of toilet tank components?

What is the average life expectancy of a TPO (Thermoplastic PolyOlefin) roof? 

What is the average life expectancy of vinyl siding? 

What is the average life expectancy of a vinyl window?

• What is the average life expectancy of a wall switch? 

• What is the average life expectancy of house wall structural framing systems?

What is the average life expectancy of a washing machine?

What is the average lifespan of a water heater? 

• What is the average life expectancy of a water softener?

• What is the average life expectancy of a well? 

• How long does a well casing last?

What is the average life expectancy of a well pump?

What is the average life expectancy of a well pressure tank? 

 What is the average life expectancy of a whole house attic fan? 

What is the average life expectancy of a window unit air conditioner or heat pump?

What is the average life expectancy of windows?  

What is the average life expectancy of window blinds?

What is the average life expectancy of double-pane (insulated) window glass? 

• What is the average life expectancy of a wood (butcher block) countertop?

What is the life expectancy of a wood exterior door?

What is the average life expectancy of a wood deck? 

• What is the average life expectancy of a wood deck structure?

• What is the average life expectancy of wood floor trusses? 

• What is the average life expectancy of an interior wood French door? 

• What is the average life expectancy of an interior hollow core wood door? 

What is the average life expectancy of an interior solid core wood door? 

What is the average life expectancy of wood roof trusses? 

What is the average life expectancy of engineered wood siding?

What is the average life expectancy of wood siding? 

What is the average life expectancy of a wood window?


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