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Easiest way would be to climb in the attic and look at what the vent pipes are made of that penetrate the roof.
Thanks. That's good advise. It's on a slab, so poking around in places like this is probably about my only option.
JP76, yes, I think we will probably be leaving all of that for now. We are going to look at the house again this weekend and take a better look at things. I can see where stuff like that can add up and probably double the cost. I think our goal will be to do what we need to get it decent and then replace other things over time. At least get it to a point where we aren't ashamed of it when we have friends over.
One thing that I did notice about the house is that is seems to be sitting very low in terms of soil line. I didn't really get a good look at things, but it appears there could be areas where the soil line is actually over the brick. I plan to take a close look at that this weekend. I know that is very bad from a termite perspective. The way the slope is around the house, I think this will be very difficult to correct, so that also may be a deal breaker.
The one good thing about the house is that I cannot find much more than a little sheetrock tape pulling here and there. No cracks in the external brick/mortar, either. That seems very rare with a house built on black clay soil. I know there have been no repairs to that sort of stuff because we know the family selling it (it is an estate and has been somewhat neglected for some time because of an elderly owner).