I am a plumbing contractor, I am seeing a lot of new projects fall through in the past few months. A drywall contractor i know does about 180 houses a year, only has 10 bids out right now. What is everyone else seeing in their markets? Also, im always open to give plumbing advice for any frens that need it :)
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bought a house in texas... ffs clay soil sucks. The pipe coming out of the wall under my kitchen sink angles down, because that side of the house raised due to clay soil swelling, and the clearance hole around it didnt have enough clearance. so with it angle down, that whole section becomes a trap, and doesnt drain properly. its not my skillset to fix, im an electrical engineer (electronics not electrician altthough im tired of my job and looking at a computer scree most the day)... i think ill eventually cut a bigger clearance hole to alleviate, then see if that pipe cant be made level... but ive got so many things to do, prepping , this is the least of my worries :P
Yes fren I would start by carving out the back of the cabinet on top of the pipe to relieve the strain on it. If you need to, cut the pipe and put in a coupling, when you glue it it has some play so you'd be able to angle it up.
the pipe coming out of the wall is metal, is that normall?
For old houses yes.
Also in Texas on clay. My house is broken right down the middle. Minor plumbing issues thus far. I'm only a few miles north of everyone built on limestone. Not knowledge I had when I built. Gonna cost around 15,000 to get it leveled. I am in no hurry to spend that, buy will eventually have to. I'm central. You out east?
I'm in Michigan my fren, but I have also leveled houses before, it's a pain but you can do it yourself.
That may just be the encouragement I needed. I do most everything myself and have thought much about it. Would you recommend any particular reference sites or manuals? My rule is usually, if I can do ot as well or better, I do it myself. In this case, it is bad but has not caused great headaches, so I would be willing to lower my standard to if I can do ot almost as good, or even satisfactorily
You only need a laser and some floor jacks. Or a couple levels if you don't have a laser. (6-8') It's not too bad, but it takes a while. If you raise the house any more than 1/4" a month, you will crack some walls and have some repair work there.
Just east of Austin. As soon as i moved in had a soil treatment done to stablize the foundation. but the damage had already hapened as i was moving in. check out: https://www.douglasfoundationrepair.com/soil-stabilization-existing.html i certainly noticed a difference this last year, very little movement when my neighbors were devloping issues, it was so dry so long.
Thanks I will check them out. Centex has q great warranty, but they price accordingly.