MaddieMom6
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Ok.. this is a fair game question.. how do I am Mrs. Old-House-Homeowner know when a plumber is right when each one we talk to gives us a differnt option/opinion?
I am well aware of my plumbing problems on one side of my house but the other side flows fine, does not get blocked up and just plain well fucntions. BUT when you look at it in the basement you can see that over this house's 100 years many many hands have worked their *magic* on that system. The house was added on to back in the 50's and then the 80's. Taking it from a bit under 1 thousand square feet to well over 4 thousand right now. There is a plumbing Christmas tree in the basement that stops many plumbers in their tracks and most want to fix it. Should I fix it if it's working.. flowing, flushing.
Basically what it amounts to is a very large run of PVC going down into a cast iron hub in the basment floor.. all manor of connections are tied into that run of PVC that goes all the way up to our third floor and the connections in the basment level are on a level only truly appreciated by Rude Goldburg..and yet like I said.. it flows and flushes so I am not inclined to do much right now but am never sure what to say to plumbers when they are here. Maybe there is a reason to do something but since they all keep harping on houw ugly it all is I keep getting the idea that it's asthetics more than function in this case.
* As a note we are talking to plumbers beacuse of a problem on the other side of the house and the fact that we are finally getting around to removing the second kitchen from our house and having a new bathroom put in.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Maddie
I am well aware of my plumbing problems on one side of my house but the other side flows fine, does not get blocked up and just plain well fucntions. BUT when you look at it in the basement you can see that over this house's 100 years many many hands have worked their *magic* on that system. The house was added on to back in the 50's and then the 80's. Taking it from a bit under 1 thousand square feet to well over 4 thousand right now. There is a plumbing Christmas tree in the basement that stops many plumbers in their tracks and most want to fix it. Should I fix it if it's working.. flowing, flushing.
Basically what it amounts to is a very large run of PVC going down into a cast iron hub in the basment floor.. all manor of connections are tied into that run of PVC that goes all the way up to our third floor and the connections in the basment level are on a level only truly appreciated by Rude Goldburg..and yet like I said.. it flows and flushes so I am not inclined to do much right now but am never sure what to say to plumbers when they are here. Maybe there is a reason to do something but since they all keep harping on houw ugly it all is I keep getting the idea that it's asthetics more than function in this case.
* As a note we are talking to plumbers beacuse of a problem on the other side of the house and the fact that we are finally getting around to removing the second kitchen from our house and having a new bathroom put in.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Maddie
