Wandering_Burr
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I'm in escrow on a house and would like to get your point of view on a plumbing issue they have disclosed.
The house is two story and was built in 2000. According to the disclosures in the summer of 2003 two of the upstairs toliets were repaired because of 'faulty seals'. One leaked through the ceiling below leaving a stain on the carpet. The other leaked an unknown amount. Both were repaired and required the ceiling beneath to be opened up, clorox applied and fans used to dry it out before patching.
What makes it seem odd to me is that the toliets had not been recently replaced when the leaks occured, they were both original. Obviously I can't rip open the ceiling to see what was done and my agent has not been able to get details from the owners. I'm still working on getting the owners to provide more info and am also running a report to see if there was an insurance claim made.
My inspector didn't think there was an issue, no sign of water staining or damage-but he didn't have a moisture meter either. But assuming the leak is gone I'm worried what type of leak it could have been to begin with. Would the seals fail at the same time on two toliets? What could be hiding up there?
Should I spend a few hundred dollars for a mold expert to come look? Should I have a second inspector come out with a moisture meter? Or should I accept the common consensus that if the floors aren't soggy and there is no visible issues of a four year old leak that I can pretty safely assume things are fine?
I'll update this thread when I get the insurance report.
Thanks for your advice.
Wandering_Burr
The house is two story and was built in 2000. According to the disclosures in the summer of 2003 two of the upstairs toliets were repaired because of 'faulty seals'. One leaked through the ceiling below leaving a stain on the carpet. The other leaked an unknown amount. Both were repaired and required the ceiling beneath to be opened up, clorox applied and fans used to dry it out before patching.
What makes it seem odd to me is that the toliets had not been recently replaced when the leaks occured, they were both original. Obviously I can't rip open the ceiling to see what was done and my agent has not been able to get details from the owners. I'm still working on getting the owners to provide more info and am also running a report to see if there was an insurance claim made.
My inspector didn't think there was an issue, no sign of water staining or damage-but he didn't have a moisture meter either. But assuming the leak is gone I'm worried what type of leak it could have been to begin with. Would the seals fail at the same time on two toliets? What could be hiding up there?
Should I spend a few hundred dollars for a mold expert to come look? Should I have a second inspector come out with a moisture meter? Or should I accept the common consensus that if the floors aren't soggy and there is no visible issues of a four year old leak that I can pretty safely assume things are fine?
I'll update this thread when I get the insurance report.
Thanks for your advice.
Wandering_Burr