Avvy Morales
Utilities: who is responsible based on the signed contract
Need help. This is what the contract says—
UTILITIES: Landlord shall not pay for any of the utilities and services and will be the responsibility of the tenant.
Temperatures this past winter caused the pipes to bur...
Cody Thompson
Low hot water pressure in upstairs unit
I have have a duplex that was converted into 4 units. The added upstairs unit has very low hot water pressure because the hot water heater to all units are in the basement. Any suggestions or contraptions I may be ...
Matt T.
Old-style valves in bathroom. How to keep children from burn hazard.
I've got a young couple living in a SFH built in the 1940s. Many of the walls in the house are masonry, so replacing plumbing is prohibitive. The bathtub has the old style valves—one for hot and one for cold, and t...
Matt Smith
Add 2nd water heater for a 4+ bedroom STR?
Do you all typically see larger properties adding a 2nd water heater or a tankless for STRs? I'm just thinking with potentially 6-10 ppl staying there that they are going to run out of hot water pretty quickly when e...
Luke S.
Nat Gas/Electric (water heaters) question
Morning ladies/gentleman,
We have been fighting with cold water and resolving some issues in our units over cold water in the past few months on a property we just picked up.
When replacing and redoing ...
Corbin H.
Hard Water, Hot Water Heaters, & Water Softners
Hello Everyone. I just had my water and plumbing inspected in my 3 story town home rental, and I wanted to run the findings by he community to see what everyone's comments are. The water heater is located in the att...
Cassie Villela
True Submeter (water submetering company) for triplex?
Hello! Just wondering if anyone has firsthand experience with True Submeter (www.truesubmeter.com). I manage a triplex and would love to submeter the water, but the HOA prevents us from doing it through the water comp...
Brian Karlow
Frozen Boiler Zone pipe - Antifreeze solvent?
With this recent cold snap, we've experienced a frozen pipe in one of the zones in our boiler that serves a 4 unit building we just closed on in August. There is a zone for each apartment. We have been heating the apa...
Walid Zaibak
3rd floor unit hot water problems
Hey guys, a week or so ago I had a small flood at a property of mine in the office above the utility room. A sink had improper pipes put in with no shutoffs. Water started seeping down into the utility room until I go...
Steve Mcdonald
Shared Laundry in Basement or Washer Hookups for each apartment
Hello all,In Unit hookups or Shared Laundry coin type in basement.I currently have a 3 family in Jackson Heights NY with shared cold water. The area has a strong Asian and Latin population. The area is upcoming and ne...