Someone removed the water meter and there is no shutoff on the supply pipe--when I walked in, there was water gushing out and 4 inches of water in the whole house!

Or, we don't want to schedule someone to thaw frozen pipes to find out that there is heater tape on the pipes the owner forgot to tell us about.

If sewer main pipe in the street is undersized for the flow you propose to discharge, the only way to get the plan approved is to pay to upsize the pipe in the street which will cost more than the building itself.

You can also check and make sure exhaust fan over range works, vent is clear, and that its being used while boiling water etc.

As for the trenchless repairs, I once saw on a television show how they were repairing lines in NY using some type of material that is sprayed into the old pipes and basically forming a new one, eliminating the need to dig up the roads, etc.

Get in the house and cut the main water pipe before the meter. call the water department and tell them they need to shut it off at the street.

You mentioned two types of sound, air borne (dog bark) and structural (running water in pipes).

sink works fine, no freezing, those pipes are in the same wall.

Frankly, most plaintiff's attorneys won't do an exhaustive asset search prior to filing.

So far, I have sent out 45 letters and have already received 1 phone call from a curious home owner in Santee who just got out of pre foreclosure (congrats to him).Moving on, the only concern I have with this method is that there aren't many pre foreclosures in my areas and they're quickly being drained and exhausted.