New Home, Potential Plumbing Nightmare

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And on top of that, last night the water pressure in the kitchen sink dropped significantly (fine elsewhere in house) and we can’t yet figure out why. Possibly related.

If your water pressure is low only in the kitchen sink, I'm willing to bet $100 that it's your faucet -- not the water pressure. If you are a little handy, take off the aerator and see what happens.

http://www.familyhandyman.com/plumbing/faucet-repair/how-to-clean-and-repair-a-clogged-faucet/view-all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you get an inspection done? You can possibly go back to the home inspector.

What do you mean by "go back to the home inspector"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We had an issue with basement flooding too. It was our main drain. Try to have them snake as far as the street to the county or city side. We have to snake every year (we now rent one at Home Depot) and also use one of those root killers every year. If it is on the county or city side you have to have a camera done and the plumber can call it in and it is their problem. You might try a home warranty as you should be in the time frame for new homes. Good luck. That really sucks.

You shouldn't have to use root killer every year, you need to replace the main sewer pipe. Root killer is a stop gap until you fix it. I hope you disclose a broken main sewer to your buyers.

if you don't have $15K, then you have to settle for just snaking it and using root kill.

irresponsible and dangerous especially if you have kids

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did you get an inspection done? You can possibly go back to the home inspector.

What do you mean by "go back to the home inspector"?

OP, how did you resolve this?

We discovered an undisclosed major issue shortly after closing that we suspect the owners knew about and covered up. But we also felt the inspector should have detected it. We complained and the inspector came back out but was just kind of like, yeah so what. Trying to take it up with the company management but they've been unresponsive.

Our agent originally offered to contact the sellers agent about it but seemed to get cold feet. Not sure it would have been productive anyway as we don't have proof that they knew, but we did get a statement from a contractor with his professional opinion that this had been going on for a while.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did you get an inspection done? You can possibly go back to the home inspector.

What do you mean by "go back to the home inspector"?

Home inspectors can only inspect things that are visible and test to make sure outlets, faucets, toilets, drains, washer/dryer/dishwasher work. Pipe work and plumbing that is not visible wouldn't be something they can test. They can certainly check to make sure things arent leaking, but how would you expect them to view pipes in the walls or under the house? Also, inspectors usually have clients sign a statement saying that their inspection only covers certain things (listed in their final report) and is NOT a guarantee that other potential issues might arise and that things they can't see or test aren't covered.