KielyAnne13
May 4, 2017, 05:42 PM
Need professional/expert opinions only:
When my roommate and I were moving out of our old apartment. We went to unhook the washing machine. We went to turn off the water vales – turned the left knob, then the right. After turning the right knob water started spewing out. Once maintenance showed up we found out the pipe inside the wall broke. The apartment complex had a plumber come out and the apartment complex said the plumber said the pipe broke due to force (possibly from trying to unscrew the hose from the valve). I spoke to a plumber myself and he said that while the pipe may have broke through force that we shouldn’t be held responsible for the damages (he recommended contacting a lawyer). I’m wondering what other plumber's opinion would be. The pipe was CPVC and from what the other plumber said - one problem with CPVC pipe is it becomes brittle over time and breaks more easily than copper piping.
The complex plumber's official report: "The water line at the washer box got broken when someone was using a pair of pliers on the washer hose to unscrew from the cpvc valve with no back up wrench on the valve. This is what will snap the line into."
When my roommate and I were moving out of our old apartment. We went to unhook the washing machine. We went to turn off the water vales – turned the left knob, then the right. After turning the right knob water started spewing out. Once maintenance showed up we found out the pipe inside the wall broke. The apartment complex had a plumber come out and the apartment complex said the plumber said the pipe broke due to force (possibly from trying to unscrew the hose from the valve). I spoke to a plumber myself and he said that while the pipe may have broke through force that we shouldn’t be held responsible for the damages (he recommended contacting a lawyer). I’m wondering what other plumber's opinion would be. The pipe was CPVC and from what the other plumber said - one problem with CPVC pipe is it becomes brittle over time and breaks more easily than copper piping.
The complex plumber's official report: "The water line at the washer box got broken when someone was using a pair of pliers on the washer hose to unscrew from the cpvc valve with no back up wrench on the valve. This is what will snap the line into."