Stephen E.
Plumbing leak, next step Cutting out walls
There is a leak dripping away from the basement ceiling in one of my units. It is definitely not coming from a pipe in the basement. We were notified about it by the tenant this morning. It appears to be slowly fillin...
Art Maydan
Frozen Pipe Solutions
Does anyone have experience installing heated pipe tape in units that have already been built and are occupied? Last year when it hit -40F, we had several units with frozen pipes running along exterior walls freeze de...
Account Closed
Inspector found Plumbing Issues.. What do you usually do?
Hello BP Community!
I closed on my first flip property yesterday and had a full inspection done on the property today. I had the inspector do a walk-through with me prior to purchasing so I pretty much knew already w...
Cary P.
Denver Metro - Drainage issue - who do I call?
I have some garden level apartments that have a cement slab at the bottom of the exterior stairs with a drain hole in them. The drains are not tied into a pipe system from what we can tell. It appears to be one of th...
Ken Nyczaj
Neighbor wants to run drainage through my flip
Hello all,Recently, a neighbor asked to run drainage from his rear downspout through his yard to the rear of my yard and out to the woods on the rear side of my property line. Claiming the water from the downspout is ...
Stephen Anthony
1925 apt building, galvanized steel - Run or Quantify the risk?
I'm very close to starting my first deal. Purchasing a multi-family property in the $200-350k range. I've identified a >10 unit property that has moved to the top of my list. Positives: $18.5k a unit, at least 1...
Paul Sandhu
Who does their own plumbing at their STR?
What was your biggest or most complex job? For me it was adding a 40 gallon gas hot water heater to an existing 40 gallon electric electric. I had a spare gas heater sitting around collecting dust. The house was a ...
David C.
zero degrees out - dishwasher won't drain
OK, we had our kitchen redone in our primary residence this spring.
a few weeks ago when we got the first 'polar vortex' our dishwasher failed to drain overnight. Since it was still under the 1 year warranty...
Matt Tallent
Cast Iron Sewage and Drainage Pipe Insurance (PHILADELPHIA)
I have been looking for insurance on my sewage and drainage pipes in my basement and out to the street. My house is around 100 years old which is common in Roxborough, Philadelphia and they have these old cast iron pi...
Jeff Lubeski
Who Pays - Burst Pipes
We had a cold spell last week. I get a text Sunday night from a tenant that the radiator pipe is broken (4 days after the cold spell ended). What I know is that she ran the propane tank empty and did not get it re...