Help! - I need a plumber! - Page 2

Verencat · 07-28-2009, 04:39 PM

It is quite serious, and disturbing! I'm so sorry for joking about it, and I hope nothing else breaks for a while!

zelda_pinwheel · 07-28-2009, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

The house is fine. The leak was near the meter, quite some distance from the house. He patched it, at a cost of $1300. The supply line needs to be replaced, but we don't have $5,900.

The problem was caused by the really crappy plastic pipes installed when the house was built (35 years ago). The type of pipes used were illegal everywhere else in the US. The reason they could be used in Prince William County, IMO, is that the developer paid a lot of bribes.

P.S. If your water company offers pipe insurance, take it. I wish we had.

ouch, that's an expensive leak !

i hope you don't have any more. that's another good thing about living in an appartment... a leak like that is not usually my problem. on the down side, if the upstairs neighbor has a leak, it usually *is* my problem, even if i don't have to pay for it. i can't tell you how many leaks i've had in this accursed building, including the memorable year when a strong tempest tore off the skylight that was (previously) in the roof, and it wasn't repaired by more than a sheet of plastic for over a year. obviously the plastic was shredded by the first somewhat energetic wind. and of course it rained a LOT that year.

RWood · 07-28-2009, 04:49 PM

When they built this house (~20 years ago) they put in plastic internals on the pressure reduction valve that changes the main pressure to the household pressure. It blew out and flooded part of the basement. It was in part of the basement that we did not use so there was no damage. We were lucky.

07-28-2009, 04:39 PM	#16
Verencat Wizard Posts: 2,615 Karma: 96491 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Qc Device: xxx	It is quite serious, and disturbing! I'm so sorry for joking about it, and I hope nothing else breaks for a while!

07-28-2009, 04:49 PM	#18
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	When they built this house (~20 years ago) they put in plastic internals on the pressure reduction valve that changes the main pressure to the household pressure. It blew out and flooded part of the basement. It was in part of the basement that we did not use so there was no damage. We were lucky.

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