Yesterday I visited a property and the client had renovated their property using cheaper solutions and it looked fantastic. (eg: fake tiles on the bathroom walls)
The property was clean, new and attracted a good tenant.
I was asked to fix a leaky shower. This shower was leaking every 3 months.
When I opened the taps and serviced all the parts, I looked inside the wall to see the original wall shower combination.
The owner had decided during renovations to leave a 25 year old piece of pipework in the wall.
My jaw dropped to see a newly renovated home (max 2 years old) with an original and important part of a major water fixture still in the wall.
YES - a really old and heavily used piece of plumbing.
Now the owner would have to work out how to get into the wall behind the shower to replace the wall combo.
This piece is a small and reliable cost of a few hundred dollars and would have lasted another 25 years.
When you renovate replace as many plumbing pipes and parts as possible.
Otherwise you may have to start again!
William
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