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[quote=Anonymous]We moved in to our  new house three weeks ago today, and in this short time we have had water from the basement floor drain overflow 3 times into the basement causing a big mess with garbage disposal waste every time.  First time it happened, my DH plunged the line and got the water moving again. Second time (a few days later) was much worse, so we brought in a plumber.  He snaked the line and said he thought it was clogged due to food getting stuck in the pipe because the garbage disposal is old, rusty, and leaking.  Since that day, we have barely used the garbage disposal, but last night the basement flooded again.  Has anyone ever dealt with something similar?  The plumber recommended buying a new disposal which we are more than happy to do but it feels like that would not really fix the problem since it seems impossible that the line would get clogged up again so soon after it was snaked. I'm terrified that this is indicative of a much worse plumbing problem that the sellers did not disclose.  We just find it impossible to believe that this only started happening once we moved in.   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.

I'm looking for any advice/anecdotes on either the plumbing problem itself, or how to deal with the non-disclosure of a potentially big problem and how you went about it. I've already emailed our realtor and she is going to try and help us but I'm doubtful anything will come of it. She said she's going to ask the seller's agent to talk to the sellers and ask them if this ever happened to them and of course they're going to say no.  There were other things about the house that they didn't disclose and that came up later during the negotiations so we were luckily saved from a few other headaches. But I have no confidence that they would fess up to major plumbing issues.  We're so upset right now, I feel sick.  We spent a lot of money on this house, upgrading from the tiny "starter" home we'd lived in for the last 12 years, and now for this to happen is making me want to cry.  Any thoughts would be very appreciated. Thanks. [/quote]

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