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Hi guys,
I have a conditional offer accepted on a property and when we went in yesterday the thing was an icebox... It`s a 1997 townhouse with one of those `light switches` that controls the furnance.. well someone shut off the furnace by accident and the owners have been out of there for months.
So I go in yesterday to do my property inspection and the thing is frozen solid... frozen toilets, bottles of wine broken, faucets frozen solid etc.
So the seller`s agent instructs us to shut off the water main and the valve for the infloor heating. We get the furnace going and let the place warm up.
We go over to check it out today and I count three broken toilets, one shower that seems screwed up, two small valves in the basement as well as the pump for the infloor heating are shot. Seller`s agent is very well known in town and the sellers are two doctors and have promised to fix everything and make it right.
My question is - how do I discern the extent of the damage? We are waiting for a plumber to come by and open the main valve and pressure test the system... but I`ve never been through this before and want to make sure that there aren`t any comprimised valves behind the drywall or under the floorboards that have gone bad...
in the utility room it seems like the piping is that grey PVC/hose style but it does have copper fittings. Infloor heating is an orange hose style which the inspector said is the good kind and is frost resistant.
Anyone been through this and have some advice to share?
This is a bit more personal as it`s a property my GF and I are trying to buy to move in together... if it were an investment property I`d say `see ya` and find something else but this is a pretty good deal for us.
Thanks guys!
I have a conditional offer accepted on a property and when we went in yesterday the thing was an icebox... It`s a 1997 townhouse with one of those `light switches` that controls the furnance.. well someone shut off the furnace by accident and the owners have been out of there for months.
So I go in yesterday to do my property inspection and the thing is frozen solid... frozen toilets, bottles of wine broken, faucets frozen solid etc.
So the seller`s agent instructs us to shut off the water main and the valve for the infloor heating. We get the furnace going and let the place warm up.
We go over to check it out today and I count three broken toilets, one shower that seems screwed up, two small valves in the basement as well as the pump for the infloor heating are shot. Seller`s agent is very well known in town and the sellers are two doctors and have promised to fix everything and make it right.
My question is - how do I discern the extent of the damage? We are waiting for a plumber to come by and open the main valve and pressure test the system... but I`ve never been through this before and want to make sure that there aren`t any comprimised valves behind the drywall or under the floorboards that have gone bad...
in the utility room it seems like the piping is that grey PVC/hose style but it does have copper fittings. Infloor heating is an orange hose style which the inspector said is the good kind and is frost resistant.
Anyone been through this and have some advice to share?
This is a bit more personal as it`s a property my GF and I are trying to buy to move in together... if it were an investment property I`d say `see ya` and find something else but this is a pretty good deal for us.
Thanks guys!