I'm in VA - so unfortunately I can't hire any of you. Although we'd just bitch about Ewers anyway, so probably for the best.
Anyway.
I've got some plumbing original to my house (50's). There's a mess of pipes and valves coming in off the main, and there's one valve with a tiny drip. Plumber came in and doesn't want to touch any of it because it looks about ready to turn into dust. I don't blame 'em. He wants to replace all of it and make it all a lot more organized. I'm all for that.
Thing is - the main shutoff is built right on the ground so there's no way to cut that off and replace it. He is convinced that once we start fixing everything else, that one is going to cause problems so he wants to replace the whole line from the main.
He says it's A) to ensure we don't have a disruption in water because if it does start to leak we'd have to wait for them to schedule the guys to come put in that line, and B) he thinks the old copper line should just be replaced anyway.
So question - is that logical and normal for these old houses or is this guy selling me some BS?
Seems to me, we fix what needs to be fixed because replacing that whole line is a 6k 'what if.'
Anyway.
I've got some plumbing original to my house (50's). There's a mess of pipes and valves coming in off the main, and there's one valve with a tiny drip. Plumber came in and doesn't want to touch any of it because it looks about ready to turn into dust. I don't blame 'em. He wants to replace all of it and make it all a lot more organized. I'm all for that.
Thing is - the main shutoff is built right on the ground so there's no way to cut that off and replace it. He is convinced that once we start fixing everything else, that one is going to cause problems so he wants to replace the whole line from the main.
He says it's A) to ensure we don't have a disruption in water because if it does start to leak we'd have to wait for them to schedule the guys to come put in that line, and B) he thinks the old copper line should just be replaced anyway.
So question - is that logical and normal for these old houses or is this guy selling me some BS?
Seems to me, we fix what needs to be fixed because replacing that whole line is a 6k 'what if.'
