[rrw20782]

I have a big questions if you buy a condo which was gutted and everything is brand new yoou been living there 2 years in September and one night you are in the kitchen and turn on the water in the sink and water starts spraying all over the place and coming out of the bottom of the faucet,and then you look under the sink and water is leaking under the sink and you have to turn off all the valves under the sink the maintenance is sayining that you are supposed to change the gasket on the faucet every one to two years, does this sound suspicious to you, the developers are trying to get out of fixing the problem, because I think is faulty pipes, not to mention that someone told me the pipes aare supposed to be copper and not see through . Iwould like to hear your opinion
Thank you
Have a wonderful day
Rrw

[massplumber2008]

SOunds like BUNK to me RRW...

Don't get me wrong... faucets break and need to be repaired... that is absolute... But to have someone say that a "gasket" needs to be changed every year or two is not correct.

They don't even have gaskets in faucets... washers, o-rings, cartridges, etc... YES... no gaskets that would affect the pipes... ok?

Hey, if an o-ring or washer failed, then that is your responsibility to fix... if faucet failed, it is your responsibility to fix it.

Anyway, if you ask me, sounds like the developers made more of this than needed to be. If faucet is broken it needs to be repaired or replaced. THAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. I don't know why they did not just tell you that??

In terms of the clear pipes.. I am UNCLEAR!

Hey, if you have any more questions/concerns don't hesitate to call your local plumbing inspector and ask him what he thinks..? Just be careful as he probably knows the developers and could come back to bite you a bit!

Let me know what you think... Mark

[ballengerb1]

They are making things up but if you bought 2 years ago the builder likely has no responsibility anymore. Which pipes are "see thrrough" and there is no requirement for pipes to be copper. Most building codes allow several types of pipe, none are see through.