Jorge P.
Water coming into My Basement Rental - AHHHHH
Pic #1: This is the water I found in one of my rentals that’s about 5’ below grade. This came AFTER we had finished doing a foundation waterproofing around the perimeter of the house! - How could this happen!?I had t...
Pat Page
Electric Water Heater Leaking From Top
On the lid of my water heater is a cold water inlet pipe and what looks like a freeze plug to the right of that; clockwise, there is the main electrical cable connection; on the far left is another freeze plug; inboar...
Alexander Small
Prevent Freezing Pipes
Hi all, I’ve a rental property in Chicago with a crawl space basement with exposed piping. What’s the best way to prevent those pipes from freezing? Does anyone have recommendations on automatic space heaters that tu...
Nathan Grubb
What the what? Should this valve be here?
So, I'm examining the plumbing for my bathroom that sits in the joists of the basement, and I notice the valve pictured here.One side is hot, the other is cold. From what I can tell, hot is on full-open and cold is co...
Toni Romano
Cast Iron Pipe Coverage
Hi!I have a client who fell in love with a home and put in a strong offer (with inspection contingency).He is currently under contract, and the inspection notes Cast Iron Drain Pipes throughout (House was built 1957 P...
Vidit Maini
Urgent help requested - Please advise
Hi All,
I own a rental property condo on the first floor in a subdivision. Last week, the unit owner below mine contacted me to inform that she is seeing some water in her unit. I inspected all areas of my property -...
Evelyn Tilman
Pipe bursting/ what to do?
Hey everyone, we are having an extra cold few days here in Oklahoma, we have a rental,our first one. Tenant texted late last night saying the back porch where the laundry is had the pipes frozen and burst. There is n...
David A.
Splitting Oil-Powered Hot Water Radiator?
I just had an accepted offer on a 3-story 2-family house in Connecticut (2br first floor, 3-4br flex on the second/third floors) and in checking out the basement, all utilities were split besides heat, which is powere...
Anthony Galindo
Joshua Tree - Water Main Extension Costs
Hi, I am looking at a property within Joshua tree. The water main is 300 LF away. Will the water district allow me to have my contractor extend the water main and install the angle stop? I know they will set the met...
Sam Leon
No water activation
I see more and more of this in listings:
"BANK OWNED PROPERTY SOLD AS IS WITHOUT REPAIR OR WARRANTY. LISTING AGENT HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF PROPERTY HISTORY, NO DISCLOSURES OR ASSOCIATION DOCS SUPPLIED. BUYER/BU...