| As a investment property owner the last thing that | | | | plumbing, especially drains. Old metal drains can be a |
| you want to get is a call from a tenant in one of | | | | nightmare in a rental property. Even though a metal |
| your properties. Ninety nine times out of one hundred | | | | drain looks perfect on the outside, but the inside may |
| it means trouble for the owner. Some properties | | | | be another story all together. I have seen drain pipe |
| generate a lot of calls while others receive hardly any | | | | that was plugged almost completely shut with |
| calls. I don't know about you but I do not like getting | | | | deposits that built up over the years. These deposits |
| calls in my free time. Over the last twenty years in | | | | are very rough like sand paper. The problem is that |
| this business I have narrowed the problems down | | | | upon initial testing the water that you run in the sink |
| one problem that keeps repeating itself. | | | | will go down the drain. It is when other things are |
| Over the years I found that the amount of calls that | | | | added the rough surface in the small openings in the |
| I get is a direct correlation to the amount of plumbing | | | | pipe catch debris and shut off, allowing no water |
| work I put into the property. Two properties that I | | | | through. When the drain plugs you are the first one |
| own are currently rented and I get a call every | | | | to get called to fix it. A plunger will usually free the |
| month or so from one and I am yet to get a call | | | | drain but it usually wont last. PVC pipes don't usually |
| from the other. What is the difference between | | | | have the problem of deposits on the inside of the |
| these two properties? In property number one I | | | | pipe. |
| changed every plumbing fixture to brand new copper | | | | Water pipes that are galvanized will also fill up with |
| and PVC drains. In the other property I left the old | | | | deposits. These deposits will cause a decrease in |
| plumbing that came with the house. That consisted | | | | water pressure if they don't plug all together. I have |
| of some copper, some galvanized, and some metal | | | | seen these deposits get in the water valves making |
| drain pipes. All plumbing was in working condition | | | | them impossible to shut off completely. |
| when I first bought the property and I just rented it | | | | I personally will never rent another property without |
| without any new repairs. | | | | completely changing out all the plumbing in the house |
| I pay for the mistake of keeping that old plumbing | | | | from start to finish. I found that this method |
| just about every month. Tenants are hard on | | | | dramatically cuts down on my problems. |