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I need help.
My Fiance and i and our 8 month old son moved into a 1500sq ft mobile home a couple of months ago, we painted and put down vinyl tile and got new carpet installed.... everything seemed to be going just fine until a week ago when we sprung a small leak under the place. Started out as a pinhole leak but when a plumber tried to fix it, more pipes started leaking...
Our plumbing needs to be fixed but our insurance company won't cover it because it's considered an "Improper installation"
Basically we have galvanized steel pipes, and when they made this place in 1972 they used copper straps to put up them up. Two different metals touching over time create Electrolysis which is more or less a slow corrosion.... so yeah our insurance company isn't willing to cover any of the work even though we paid for the upgrade.
Two different plumbing companies have looked at the place and they both want between $4,500-6,000 to fix it. They want to "Modernize" the place and they say it's the only way.
Does anyone know if there is any way around the improper installation liability? Like, maybe the fact that it is all original and in 72 using copper and galvanized steel wasnt considered improper? I dunno.... there's no way i can afford $6,000 to fix the pipes!
We have to keep the water off right now and only turn it back on when we absolutely need it. If we leave it on for like 15 minutes it flows to the curb and all the way down the block.
Heeeeeeeeeelp.
haha
My Fiance and i and our 8 month old son moved into a 1500sq ft mobile home a couple of months ago, we painted and put down vinyl tile and got new carpet installed.... everything seemed to be going just fine until a week ago when we sprung a small leak under the place. Started out as a pinhole leak but when a plumber tried to fix it, more pipes started leaking...
Our plumbing needs to be fixed but our insurance company won't cover it because it's considered an "Improper installation"
Basically we have galvanized steel pipes, and when they made this place in 1972 they used copper straps to put up them up. Two different metals touching over time create Electrolysis which is more or less a slow corrosion.... so yeah our insurance company isn't willing to cover any of the work even though we paid for the upgrade.
Two different plumbing companies have looked at the place and they both want between $4,500-6,000 to fix it. They want to "Modernize" the place and they say it's the only way.
Does anyone know if there is any way around the improper installation liability? Like, maybe the fact that it is all original and in 72 using copper and galvanized steel wasnt considered improper? I dunno.... there's no way i can afford $6,000 to fix the pipes!
We have to keep the water off right now and only turn it back on when we absolutely need it. If we leave it on for like 15 minutes it flows to the curb and all the way down the block.
Heeeeeeeeeelp.
haha