All Forum Posts by: Kevin Coleman

Good points everyone.  I am going to give this a shot myself.  I will keep you all posted.  Thanks for all the advice. 

@Matthew Paul @Jeremy Hunsicker thanks for your recommendations. I am just debating if I should give this a shot myself or should I go ahead have the plumber come out.  If it was my unit, I would be more inclined to fix it myself because no one would be there to watch me fumble around with it.   However, I hate looking like I don't know what I am doing in front of a tenant.  I will let you know how it turns out.

@Mack McPhatterI took off the strainer and that didn"t help.  The pressure starts off fine but then tapers off when I turn on both the hot and cold water.  I tried them both individually.

@Matthew OlszakI live in the top unit and my pressure is fine.  The 1st floor tenant told the 2nd floor tenant(whom has the water pressure issue) that their pressure is fine also.  I checked their bathroom and pressure seems fine their also.

I think that it is partially blocked.  When the water is turned off enough pressure builds up past the blockage to provide pressure for just a moment when the faucet is turned on.  However, when he pressure is relieved is relieved it tapers back off again.

Any suggestions?

I just bought a 3 flat(triplex for the non Chicagoan's) and I am hacking it. I live in the top unit, the bottom two are rented.  One of my tenants saw me today and said that their kitchen faucet water pressure was low.  I went in and checked it out and yes, it is low.  The bathroom sink, shower and outside waterhose all appear to have adequate pressure.  Any suggestions before I call a plumber.

I have good news.  I initially had it "serviced" by an unqualified tech.  It turns out that he overfilled it with freon and didn't secure the furnace door.  A second tech looked at it discovered these issues, corrected them and charged $134 and everything appears to be running smoothly.  Hopefully I won't have deal with this anymore. 

I was told before that the ac is on its last leg and that I should consider replacing so immediately thought that it was time.  Fortunately not!

@Manolo D. thanks for that suggestion.  I didn't know that was an option.

@Curt Davis and Brian Mathews thanks for the advise. I have a property management company that will take care of it, but I want to make sure I have enough info to steer them in the direction I want to go.  

BP,

My AC unit went out in my rental in Atlanta. Can someone recommend a good yet economical brand and contractor?  Every AC unit I look at has negative reviews.  There has to be some good ones.

Congrats Brie! That was fast.

Ariel,

When you mention "one off" do you mean landlords that only have one property?

BP,

A couple of months ago I listened to a podcast and the guest mentioned a tenant screening company that also does employment verification. While I really like listening to the podcast, I sure don't want to listen to all 100+ for the sole purpose of to finding this company.  

Does this ring a bell in anyone's mind?  If so, can you remind me of the company and/or podcast?  I searched through forums already and none of the companies mentioned sound like it.