Buyer Beware | Test Your Plumbing Before You Buy

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024

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  • @LordCakerson
    @LordCakerson 3 года назад +31

    underrated youtuber

  • @bryan.anderson
    @bryan.anderson 3 года назад +27

    I agree that these tests and inspections are great but I would NEVER let a seller repair. I would get an estimate and reduce the cost of the offer. The seller has no incentive to care about the repair.

  • @JB-jk3ow
    @JB-jk3ow 3 года назад +61

    A realtor will never recommend anything that will prevent the deal closing and delaying their pay day $

    • @Azaduur
      @Azaduur 3 года назад +2

      Exactly, the buyer's agent gets paid the same if you bought the house with or without a good sewer line. If the seller decides to just sell the house to someone else who isnt complaining, the buyer's agent gets their time wasted and profit delayed which means less money in total as that lost time isnt free.

    • @drink15
      @drink15 3 года назад

      Depends on the market. If there are lots of other options, then trying to get them into a house that cost more is worth waiting. Like most things, it all depends.

    • @DJLuDog3
      @DJLuDog3 3 года назад +1

      Yep I was a home inspector this is so true I would be billed for extra services and get to the site and the buyer would come up to me 30 minutes into we talked to our agent and we are calling these extra things. You explain how important there extra choice were but there agent would walk up and flat out tell you im the expert here they don't need it

    • @SuzyTopAgent
      @SuzyTopAgent 3 года назад

      Not true always, we always recommend clients to do inspections and tests, and have had clients cancel. It's better to have them check and walk away then they buy and be disappointed.

    • @Azaduur
      @Azaduur 3 года назад +1

      @@SuzyTopAgent exceptions to the rules do exist

  • @tylerthibodeau3024
    @tylerthibodeau3024 3 года назад +8

    I work for a plumbing leak detection company and I always recommend sewer water tests to homebuyers and real estate agents. Gotta love slab repairs

    • @acihawaii
      @acihawaii 2 года назад

      Does you SWT involve taking all of the toilets out to place a plug on the line?

    • @tylerthibodeau3024
      @tylerthibodeau3024 2 года назад

      @@acihawaii Yessir. Have to test all of it or there’s not really a point.

  • @SuzyTopAgent
    @SuzyTopAgent 3 года назад +6

    We always recommend clients to do many inspections and tests. It's better to have them check and walk away then they buy and be disappointed. Here in California clients usually have 17 days for them to conduct their inspections before proceeding forward with purchase.

  • @mitchellchristian1
    @mitchellchristian1 3 года назад +15

    As much as I would love to do this, right now with the stupid increase housing price in Canada, we get 15min to walk through a house to determine if we want to buy it. You mention something like say drooping joists in the basement, or black mold, they just tell you to screw off because there's 30 other people looking to buy it who will pay up to $100K more than the asking price. Looks like it'll be another couple years before I buy a house !

    • @alejandroc7357
      @alejandroc7357 3 года назад

      Wow that's really scummy

    • @BeckHDTM
      @BeckHDTM 3 года назад

      Can confirm as a Canadian

    • @weekendwarrior3420
      @weekendwarrior3420 3 года назад

      Inspect after getting the house under contract. Does this not work in Canada?

  • @wscb01
    @wscb01 3 года назад +2

    I wish there was more people like you and your company. Not enough good honest people around for big jobs like this

  • @b.powell3480
    @b.powell3480 3 года назад +2

    Great video, Roger

  • @eftclipman8834
    @eftclipman8834 3 года назад +4

    honest trade workers would save people a lot of headache

  • @Mr.S_BuildsThings
    @Mr.S_BuildsThings 3 года назад +2

    I went to a job once where a real estate guy was flipping a house and he needed a blockage cleared out from a flange, I cabled it and pulled back mud, sent the cam and saw a break and told him hey you should fix this or let the buyers know and he said he wouldn't tell them anything. Buyers please beware of things like this, sometimes people won't tell you and this plumber I can tell he's real smart and very knowledgeable. Worth listening to and learning from. Always get a camera inspection or test the sewers and pressure lines

  • @Yourname942
    @Yourname942 3 года назад +4

    how much does a sewer water test typically cost?

  • @brianb9969
    @brianb9969 3 года назад +6

    I wish I would have found you 6 months ago.

  • @peoplethesedaysberetarded
    @peoplethesedaysberetarded 3 года назад +4

    Tell me about it! I avoided an immediate $35k plumbing expense from a sewer scope. GET THOSE INSPECTIONS, FOLKS.

  • @sqike001ton
    @sqike001ton 3 года назад +1

    I have to say this is the biggest issue I have with southern homes I love having a basement because I can see everything plus if you have issues it nice to work in a room rather than playing miner to make repairs

  • @ThelastBane
    @ThelastBane 3 года назад +2

    Hey Roger, im a apprentice plumber in the dfw area, love your videos man, keep it up, been waiting to see your logo pass me in the street one day

  • @johnnorris587
    @johnnorris587 3 года назад

    Hi John Norris from South Africa People do not worry about it Fall in Trap to buy a house and cry Afterwards Thanks For all your good experience to share with us John

  • @BlueCollarBoom
    @BlueCollarBoom 3 года назад +1

    We don't sewer/water test here. Just camera inspections. Butt they're are relatively few slab homes here too.

  • @michaelhartman851
    @michaelhartman851 3 года назад

    I work on a lot of older homes in so cal and the main problem is definitely cast iron weather it's drain or water lines, the biggest problem we find here is the rust plugging the pipes and eventually losing most of your water pressure, often when a house is sold it stays vacant and the water is shut off and also no longer flowing thru the drains in both cases it's a recipe for disaster, the pressure in the pipes is holding the rust on the edges once shut off all that rust can collapse and plug the pipe, with the drains it's a different situation but same results ruins the pipes.

  • @ericobispo5610
    @ericobispo5610 3 года назад

    I think your very helpful and I'll be watching your videos on RUclips videos I work with a Plumbing company and I got a learning disability but I wont give up on learning

  • @ZENMASTERME1
    @ZENMASTERME1 3 года назад +2

    Thankfully I had parents and grandparents that taught me about the buyer beware program!
    In other words, they programmed me to question everything before making a big purchase.

  • @desertlizard4723
    @desertlizard4723 3 года назад

    Yes, channel rot is bad in south florida. Pitting of the copper also. There is also this single cell organism in Silver Lakes called MIC that grows like cancer inside the pipe and eventually puts pinholes in the the waterlines.

  • @aidendiaz6038
    @aidendiaz6038 3 года назад +1

    I bought my home last year in July , got the home inspected and the inspected went into the crawlspace and found all the cast iron was busted. Toilet paper and feces all around the piping. Luckily the seller replaced all cast-iron with pvc.

  • @Taterzz
    @Taterzz 3 года назад +3

    i always liked your clock showing us when you made the video.

  • @daowara85
    @daowara85 3 года назад +1

    Hi from Thailand, Could you suggest the best equipment to find the leak pipe inside concrete wall.

  • @Yourname942
    @Yourname942 3 года назад +2

    Do you need to do a sewer/water test if the house uses a septic tank?

  • @Red_Twizzler
    @Red_Twizzler 3 года назад +1

    Realtors are my worst nightmare. I’ve never dealt with such a consistently unthankful and ungrateful group of people. I’ll walk off a realtors job in a heartbeat.

  • @michaelferdinando8611
    @michaelferdinando8611 3 года назад

    I’m just curious why riser clamps instead of klevis hangers ? Great video

  • @deathmetalmachine
    @deathmetalmachine 3 года назад

    things I've learned from this channel and in life cast iron piping sucks big a dokie it's always recommended to use PBC piping

  • @lodan420
    @lodan420 3 года назад +2

    As a plumber in Southern California where we just jackhammer the slab, how the hell do you back fill and compact the dirt in a job like this.

    • @kenbrown2808
      @kenbrown2808 3 года назад

      he said in a different video it's some sort of self compacting slurry fill.

    • @DavidSumlin
      @DavidSumlin 3 года назад +2

      I was wondering why tunneling was more cost effective. That looks like a nightmare. I’m getting ready to have to replace all my cast iron under my slab, and while I’m not looking forward to jackhammering a 75’ trench in my house, I can’t imagine tunneling a space big enough for a full grown man and equipment.

    • @Red_Twizzler
      @Red_Twizzler 3 года назад +1

      NC plumber here. I cannot believe you guys tunnel underneath houses like that! It seems so incredibly crazy. What happened to crawl spaces in Texas?

    • @kenbrown2808
      @kenbrown2808 3 года назад +1

      @@Red_Twizzler if I had to guess, I would assume it started out with adobe houses built directly on the ground to take advantage of the thermal mass of the earth to resist summer heat, and they never figured out that if they build the house with the tunnel already underneath, it helps prevent plumbing damage from ground contact and soil movement, as well as making it easier for any trade to get underneath to make repairs or changes.
      and by "easier" I mean I've seen a couple houses now where the crawlspace had a concrete floor and the trades used mechanics creepers to zip around doing things.

    • @lodan420
      @lodan420 3 года назад

      @@DavidSumlin pipe bursting or lining might be good options for you

  • @thelifeofmatthewhubbard7605
    @thelifeofmatthewhubbard7605 3 года назад

    Hey Roger you wouldn’t have to tunnel underneath a slab house if you invested in pipe coating equipment. Then you can line the inside of the cast iron around bends all the way down to 1 1/2” drain lines . After that you can deal with the rest of the sewer outside. Dig outside not underneath the house. You can pipe coat through combos and use the bicote to cut out your tye in’s . 👍

  • @paulb6283
    @paulb6283 3 года назад +1

    Hi Roger, is this test something to do for homes w/ basement or crawl space, or only slab foundations? I've never heard of this test in western New York and I don't think our sewer line plumbing normally comes up into a yard like shown in this video. Possibly because lines are deeper due to frost? Thanks for the videos, have learned a lot!

  • @alejandroc7357
    @alejandroc7357 3 года назад +1

    Just curious how did you tunnel underneath that much? What kind of equipment did you use.

  • @73Mooner
    @73Mooner 3 года назад

    The current market doesn't allow you to do a "sewer water test".
    People are skipping simple home inspection just to get a house. Maybe down the road, but in 2021, this is not possible.

  • @williammorris3303
    @williammorris3303 2 года назад

    Where I live in this area we really can’t do sewer water tests on old structures. The clay pipe they used they just slid together, predominantly I don’t find lead joints below ground. The stuff most the time is just slid together

  • @chrishoye2949
    @chrishoye2949 3 года назад +1

    Brilliant!!! Great information!!

  • @williammorris3303
    @williammorris3303 2 года назад

    I hate being glued up then finding problems and have to cut back in

  • @Black_Jesus3005
    @Black_Jesus3005 3 года назад +1

    I want to know how long it takes to dig something like that out.

  • @Mattscreative
    @Mattscreative 3 года назад

    video of the whole job please thanks

  • @HoustonRacewayKid
    @HoustonRacewayKid 3 года назад

    Seriously could save tens of thousands of dollars on wife’s choice home to buy. Amazing. Thank you!
    (Edit): and I get to tell her why it wasn’t a good home to buy and be right again! 😎

  • @jacklabloom635
    @jacklabloom635 3 года назад

    Never let the seller chose the plumber to fix the plumbing problems. The buyer should select the plumber.

  • @rustyshakleford5230
    @rustyshakleford5230 3 года назад

    I work in basements. I'll work in a crawlspace for a friend or a senior. I might work under a slab for maybe a lawyer or a surgeon but I'm not doing it unless I get to put a new toy in my garage when all the dust settles. I'll come test the lines on a slab for rate but I'm not gonna try to find subs to dig and backfill some job just for some cash. If something is leaking under a slab I'll use my acoustic tool to find it but I'm not even gonna give a quote to fix it. Call someone else. I did one WITH my brother but I made him do the jackhammering and the digging. Tunneling is an entirely different beast. In upstate NY we usually got basements.

  • @paulb9474
    @paulb9474 3 года назад

    Jack the Floor. OSHA defines a confined space as meeting all of the following criteria:
    Is large enough for an employee to bodily enter and work; and.
    Has limited or restricted means of entry and exit; and.
    Is not designed for continuous occupancy.

  • @WeepingWillowva
    @WeepingWillowva 3 года назад +1

    We had a plumber look around and say, "Yeah I ain't doing this. Call someone else"

  • @weekendwarrior3420
    @weekendwarrior3420 3 года назад

    Is there anything stronger than these flimsy-looking PVC pipes that you say can crack if not supported properly?

  • @rustychrome
    @rustychrome 3 года назад

    I can't be the only one wondering how the heck all that gets dug out. Is it really as manual as I imagine all by hand, a crew of guys taking turns with a shovel? How is the dirt extracted? How does it get backfilled? Are their special tools to dig out or back fill?

  • @BenJohnsonDotNet
    @BenJohnsonDotNet 3 года назад

    How do you backfill a tunnel?

  • @rustyshakleford5230
    @rustyshakleford5230 3 года назад +2

    But the toilet flushed just fine... I even flushed it twice before I bought it.

  • @krustysean4855
    @krustysean4855 3 года назад

    In virginia it would be like a pool under the house

  • @redcanary7
    @redcanary7 3 года назад

    no idea where you guys live but where i live if youre wanting any sort of condition when buying for any inspection you wont even be considered as a winning bidder

  • @viplegaleducation1292
    @viplegaleducation1292 3 года назад +1

    Great video

  • @michaelcole7162
    @michaelcole7162 3 года назад

    But yes, it def helped me. I didn’t realize how important it was and we were looking into getting our first home

    • @Dorfs
      @Dorfs 3 года назад

      Did it save you from having to fix it yourself or hire a plumber?

  • @MrDeni3d
    @MrDeni3d 3 года назад

    Why not just coat it? Or line it? Wouldn’t that save the headache of digging and putting the guys under the house at risk?

  • @AxiomRazor
    @AxiomRazor 3 года назад

    Strange question, was your guy using a rasp to clean the edge of the PVC waste pipe? Can I just use a piece of abrasive mesh? I've done it in my own house and no problems but who knows, I could be making a mistake. (I don't do repairs for others, just my own stuff.)

  • @adomehus
    @adomehus 3 года назад

    houses in Texas don't have basements? There are no lines underground under my house only underground beside my house running down to the City lines

    • @TheJasonbking
      @TheJasonbking 3 года назад

      Not really, though apparently more higher end houses are starting to get them. Due to both the soil (expansive clay is pretty common and in other areas like central Texas, you hit rock after only a few feet) and high water tables, it's usually cheaper to build up for more space than down. It can be done, but going to cost.

  • @deathmetalmachine
    @deathmetalmachine 3 года назад

    a long time ago my grandma house had a sewer pipe go out and it was flooding inside the house it was that bad she had to go pay a plumber basically almost 7 to 10,000 to run a new pipe to the sewer had to take out all the yard and everything even the tree just to get access to it that's why I don't like about cast iron it doesn't hold up over time

  • @charliep5139
    @charliep5139 3 года назад

    Thanks for the video! Just to get my bearings, but where are you exactly? I have a crawlspace which I've been in many a time so I'm pretty familiar what's there and I can see all the white drain pipes in there. Is that where y'all would be if you were fixing this at my house? Thanks
    PS: the only reason I ask because if this is an issue in a house with a crawlspace like mine I would think it would be fairly easy to tell and have a plumber fix...

  • @jakehukee
    @jakehukee 3 года назад

    Just started an $18g sewer replacement today and the homeowner Just moved in with no sewer inspection. The seller was supposed to be a “friend” too

    • @jakehukee
      @jakehukee 3 года назад

      And how do I find a dig crew like this to make Slab leak repairs like this

    • @DavidSumlin
      @DavidSumlin 3 года назад +1

      @@jakehukee in the corner of the HD parking lot. Get there early for the best workers!🤪

    • @seniorcomputer3292
      @seniorcomputer3292 3 года назад

      @@DavidSumlin Very well written.

    • @seniorcomputer3292
      @seniorcomputer3292 3 года назад

      @@DavidSumlin Very well written.

  • @nolantanaka565
    @nolantanaka565 3 года назад

    Why don’t you use pipe deburring tool by reed. 10 times faster than file

  • @Kafj302
    @Kafj302 3 года назад

    I am like 458.
    There is a channel "ghost town living" guy baught an mining ghost town and he is renovating and rebuilding buildings. The town's name is Cerro Gordo, and he is looking for a plumber, heck a team of plumbers and i think with your expertise and your upbeat attitude, you would be a great fit. Just an idea, look it up.

  • @CarrieThiery
    @CarrieThiery 9 месяцев назад

    is this only for those on slabs?

  • @ironnj
    @ironnj 3 года назад

    I did a septic inspection when I bought mine a month ago I have to replace it but I knew it before I signed tho

  • @hawkeye454
    @hawkeye454 3 года назад

    Roger is my hero.

  • @Hever73
    @Hever73 3 года назад

    HOW MUCH IS A SEWER WATER TEST?

  • @gam3kid
    @gam3kid 3 года назад

    How long will the new pipes last?

  • @XKR69
    @XKR69 3 года назад

    $300,000 or $400,000 on a house? From Vancouver, Canada that won’t even buy you a 800 SQFT condo.

  • @williammorris3303
    @williammorris3303 2 года назад

    I bid on a job for a house that is less than a year old. The guy had the basement roughed in for a bathroom in the future. Well a year later it’s the future. Nothing is roughed properly. He doesn’t understand how it all passed inspections and yet everything is wrong, it is a good question. But when I say everything is wrong I mean everything. Down to littl stuff like San tees laying down in places that should have wyes. And this is in clearly visible areas.

  • @DJKID777
    @DJKID777 3 года назад +1

    How much would these fix cost ?

  • @franciscomedina4248
    @franciscomedina4248 3 года назад +1

    How are you going to back feel all that dirty back in place. I personally don’t like that idea. But everyone thinks different

  • @austinbull
    @austinbull 3 года назад

    Quick question: Can I be a plumber without a smartphone?

  • @tjhuffman58
    @tjhuffman58 3 года назад

    What part of Texas are you from because I would like irreparable guy to test my sewer water before I buy my house I’m in the market and looking

  • @michaelcole7162
    @michaelcole7162 3 года назад

    Literally

  • @krASHExxx
    @krASHExxx 3 года назад

    that's what they get for buying a house in this inflated market... waste of a lot of money

  • @b.powell3480
    @b.powell3480 3 года назад

    I thought that tunnel looked familiar!

  • @bentboybbz
    @bentboybbz 3 года назад +1

    I'm no professional by any means but I've seen some pretty bad houses basically just dropped on other people. Usually a couple trying to buy their first house. Which I feel is a horrible thing to do to two people that are just trying to get established during these difficult times. I talked with a young couple not long ago that were expecting all the cosmetic things electrical updates and plumbing updates. And as soon as I walked through the front door I felt so bad that I immediately noticed the floor was like a small hill and I had to tell them. I installed and jacked up an I beam the length of the house. Just because I felt it was unsafe. Until it could be properly fixed.

    • @kenbrown2808
      @kenbrown2808 3 года назад

      flip houses are the absolute worst for this kind of carp. the flipper buys the house cheap, does a bunch of slipshod cosmetic stuff as seen on HGTV, and jacks up the price like they actually fixed something - and some naive person will buy it

    • @bentboybbz
      @bentboybbz 3 года назад

      @@kenbrown2808 Those folks weren't flippers they were just looking for something with no major problems as their first house. They expected it needing to be re wired new panel box plumbing issues but not that the house had dropped more than 3 inches in places under load bearing walls.

    • @bentboybbz
      @bentboybbz 3 года назад

      @@kenbrown2808 also the things I did are considered a permanent solution per code in my area and I still told them it is something I would have a professional in that trade look into further.

    • @kenbrown2808
      @kenbrown2808 3 года назад

      @@bentboybbz that's not a fixer-upper, that's a knocker downer.
      but my point was flippers take houses like that, and do a bunch of cosmetic stuff, and leave the problems, if not make more.

    • @bentboybbz
      @bentboybbz 3 года назад

      @@kenbrown2808 I understand. As hard as it is right now I refuse work from some people. No I'm not doing that part way patch it barely crap. Find someone else. It has cost me money but I do not take what I do lightly people can get hurt and alot of damage can be done.

  • @vincentvincent2658
    @vincentvincent2658 3 года назад

    should i sell my house? i think its valued around 215k in michigan so should i then live in an apartment until i can buy a new house in the area when price is down to like 150k?

  • @viplegaleducation1292
    @viplegaleducation1292 3 года назад

    Great advice

  • @myrealname349
    @myrealname349 3 года назад

    How do you backfill your excavation?

  • @jasonwayne5756
    @jasonwayne5756 3 года назад

    Just build new house people. Don’t buy used junk. You’ll just spend the difference on repairs

  • @weekendwarrior3420
    @weekendwarrior3420 3 года назад

    I hope you run some ventilation into the tunnel while working there.

  • @tr0gd0r5000
    @tr0gd0r5000 3 года назад +7

    good luck getting someone to sell you a house without waiving the inspection. the seller will just sell to someone who will. When I bought my house, if I told them i wanted to do this, the house would have been sold to someone else the very next day.

    • @jpruhu7662
      @jpruhu7662 3 года назад

      Sounds like a call for patience. If a seller is unwilling to go through inspection, i would walk away.

    • @peoplethesedaysberetarded
      @peoplethesedaysberetarded 3 года назад

      I’m in a total sellers market. I will never ever waive an inspection. Never. And, sure, it may have cost me one offer. But it just saved me from buying an absolute money-pit. I can wait out the bubble, or just buy land and build later. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @WeirdJerz3y
      @WeirdJerz3y 3 года назад

      Sounds like you got lucky. When a seller doesn't want a inspection. They're probably hiding something. Or sometimes I seen they fix something temp just enough to sell a home.

    • @L44tsmasher735
      @L44tsmasher735 3 года назад +1

      @@peoplethesedaysberetarded unless you’re outright buying the land, loans won’t let you buy it then sit on it. Land loans are significantly more complicated than house loans

    • @peoplethesedaysberetarded
      @peoplethesedaysberetarded 3 года назад

      @@L44tsmasher735 I know. That’s exactly why I don’t already have a bit of land; I strongly-suspect I’d have to cash-flow it. It’s easier to take a secure loan against a house, as that’s easier for the servicer to unload if you default-at least, that’s the assumption I’ve been making.

  • @davidcesare4367
    @davidcesare4367 3 года назад

    What a nitemare!!! Rog, where are your knee pads!!!!

  • @freefree9218
    @freefree9218 3 года назад +1

    (intended as constructive criticism) The thumbnails could use a bit of work

  • @mikev.1034
    @mikev.1034 3 года назад

    Or you can just buy a house with a basement!!!

  • @amazononedayshipping2627
    @amazononedayshipping2627 3 года назад

    Cool

  • @weekendwarrior3420
    @weekendwarrior3420 3 года назад

    So, what have you done with the remains of cast iron going up through concrete? I've watched a number of your videos by now and you seem to routinely skim over interesting details... Maybe they are in some other video who knows, but this makes me feel I'm wasting some of time. I'm thankful for learning about problems, but, once I know about them, I want to see the fix, otherwise what's the point of watching more?

  • @sandeepplumbersandeep3943
    @sandeepplumbersandeep3943 3 года назад

    GOOD morning plumber
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  • @91099Babar
    @91099Babar 3 года назад

    Its fun ! 😊👌 ... Give me visa

  • @sandeepplumbersandeep3943
    @sandeepplumbersandeep3943 3 года назад

    America plumber i love plumber
    America iAm FOND OF PLAYING
    I CAN GO PLUMBER JOB

  • @sosiggang2101
    @sosiggang2101 3 года назад +1

    Gg