All Forum Posts by: John Weidner

right no one is putting in a 1" new everything is 1.5" copper but depending on the # of bathrooms and fixtures the plumbing code allows for reuse of the water service assuming if it's sized correctly.    3.5 baths will NOT pass with a 1" lead service due to sizing, the lead is not the driving factor 

depends on your current service size and how many bathrooms and fixtures.  If you have 2.5 baths you can prob get away with an 1" lead service with no booster .   If you have 3.5 baths no way around pulling a new service.   

Also the plumbing inspector will prob require you camera the sewer line and get that inspected by the water Dept before final.   They will give you a receipt you can show at final. Better to do this at rough before the house is finished in case you have an issue 

Sounds like a major issue.   Dealt with several flat roofs and never seen something like this.  Sounds like there is no air gap between the roof and the ceiling.   

I don't see how you can vent when there is nothing to vent.  

If you want cheap - I would just hire a couple guys who do demo, arrange for dumpsters and a plumber to repipe.  

if it’s in the city proper figure $12-18K

Suburbs are cheaper 

No one is doing it bc of the approval time and special requests.  The underground is one of the major holdups on new construction bc once the walls are poured it’s a race to get the underground in so the floor can be poured and framing commence.  

Was the plumbing contractor on the permit?  

I'd leave it and market it as a first floor office / Den.   I think an office/den is more valuable than a mud room

nice work and finishes.  

Tell me about the basement.   Why was the ceiling not drywalled?

Good luck on the sale 

How do you retire on $4K Gross?