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Forum: USA
Oct 26th 2016, 2:20 am
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

You're welcome, and thank you for alerting me to the existence of the anode rod. I shall go and take a look myself - hell will freeze over before I'd pay a plumber to check or replace the rod for...
Forum: USA
Oct 25th 2016, 7:44 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

No, or at least not exactly, because when the CO2 is driven out of the water instead of leaving insoluable Calcium Carbonate, you're left with Sodium and Potassium Carbonates, which are soluble and...
Forum: USA
Oct 25th 2016, 7:11 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

All those numbers mean is that Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions have been replaced by twice the number of Na+ and K+ ions, so the conductivity of the water and therefore it's tendency to corrode the tank is going...
Forum: USA
Oct 25th 2016, 6:02 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

The rod will dissolve based on the amount of salts dissolved in the water - just like your car in the winter! :lol: I don't think softening the water won't change the rate at which the sacrificial...
Forum: USA
Oct 24th 2016, 11:42 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

Nor, in the vast majority of cases do the owners, and even if the warranty is transferable, what's the chance of the subsequent owner(s) having the documentation to make a claim even if there is a...
Forum: USA
Oct 24th 2016, 6:04 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

OK, thank you, I will go and take a look into that. I have no idea if my tank has one of those.
Forum: USA
Oct 24th 2016, 5:37 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

So the insurance company is anticipating a fraudulent claim for damage caused by hail or another spurious and localized weather phenomenon? :unsure:
Forum: USA
Oct 24th 2016, 3:10 am
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

If you want the cheapest, shodiest work, maybe. :lol: It always makes me laugh when someone thinks they got a deal when they made the seller of a house pay for a new roof.

I know it's not the...
Forum: USA
Oct 24th 2016, 3:03 am
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

Not much, but if it was a solid block, cast in place, it would be heavy and awkward and likely mean using a cement mixer, so quite a bit of labour. Depending on how high the cement block is, it...
Forum: USA
Oct 24th 2016, 2:23 am
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

:hysterical: I don't suppose they had considered extending the pipe downwards? A couple of feet of piping would cost a lot less than a cement block. .... And in fact it is common here to install a...
Forum: USA
Oct 24th 2016, 2:13 am
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

Why did it need a new cement block? And WTF is a "mixing valve"? :confused: .... And that's only for a 6 year warranty tank!!!! :blink: FFS!

A six year warranty 50 gal State W/H retails for...
Forum: USA
Oct 24th 2016, 1:57 am
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

$500 is a fair price for a mid-spec 50gal W/H, plumbed in, so somebody is taking the pi§§ if they think that $2,000 is a fair, reasonable, or competitive price for a "fully plumbed replacement". ...
Forum: USA
Oct 24th 2016, 1:29 am
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

Pooks, I have a sneaking suspicion that your realtor is trying to educate you. :unsure:

You previously posted that you were looking for a CPA in "south Charlotte", which is the most expensive...
Forum: USA
Oct 23rd 2016, 11:43 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

Top of the line "hybrid" State W/H runs, apparently $850, and assuming that Massachusetts takes $150 one way or another, that still leaves $1,000 for the plumber! :blink:
Forum: USA
Oct 23rd 2016, 10:34 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

Why? :confused: ..... How much for the W/H, and how much labour? :unsure: ..... And how much tax? :sneaky:
Forum: USA
Oct 23rd 2016, 9:33 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

Assuming the original water heater lasted more than five years, our water heater is at 18 years, pushing 19. Ditto both upstairs and downstairs heating/AC systems. :unsure:
Forum: USA
Oct 23rd 2016, 1:29 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 2,955
Posted By Pulaski

Re: Home inspection query

I agree with the above advice entirely and would add that the home inspector probably thought he was doing you a favour by giving you the ammunition to negotiate repairs or a discount.

The only...
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