I have a very old water heater that has started to leak. I figured I might as well just replace it as opposed to fixing it since its so old. I was wondering what was a good labor price? Is this a DIY job? It's gas so ...

So I have a duplex and each unit is on separate water meters. Today I get a call from both tenants that there is no water and the pipes must be froze. I consulted 2 plumbers and they both say that because the property...

It is an old house built in 1939. Some of the drainage pipe has been replaced to PVC, and majority (including the Stack) is still caste iron. And the cost is about 10 thousand dollars to replace all through the hou...

It appears that I did get the house I was hoping to. It won't close for 4-6 weeks, which places it at the end of the year, and freezing temps.
My questions are: How do I find out if it has been winterized, since no o...

Currently own a 3 family in the Boston area which has steam boilers for heat, (3 separate systems) 1 of the systems was no used for about 15 years until last year when we purchased the home. The other 2 were not well ...

so i am wonderingmy grandmother has a reverse mortgage she is going to be giving the house back to the bank in two or three months. it has the original furnace from the 1960's in it and it died so she needs a furnace ...

I've had an issue in a condo I manage for a couple of months and after much trial and error, I thought I'd check with BP to see if anyone might have an idea what might be going on.  The condo is a newer unit (2004) on...

I purchased a duplex last month that was built in 1921.  There have been 2 days in the past month where we have gotten a TON of rain and we ended up with some small to medium size puddles in the basement.  Is this cau...

Pretty much any house you walk into in America has compression shutoff valves at the water line hookups under every sink and behind every toilet in the house. These compression valves where never designed to last. The...

I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this. I have been reading up on it and it seems there are many issues that could cause sound from one unit to be heard in the other. The main sounds we are hearin...