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We had one of the cheap push/pull valves break. What a mess. Our plumber installed the regular shut-off valves instead.


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Originally Posted by PennBF

Has anyone ever had the bathroom wall valve break within the wall and explode? The pipe blew completely out of the wall and allowed water to blast out almost to the level of a fire hose. With luck we were home and able to immediately shut water off to the house and get a plumber to fix the problem. Checked this with 4 plumbers and none had ever heard of this happening?

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Originally Posted by photo1902

What we have on our hot water heaters down here is called a Themal Expansion Tank. I've yet to see anywhere, trade publications, code, etc., where they are called compression tanks. Another problem which is common, is that the tanks are not filled with the correct pressure. The pressure should match the water pressure in your house. A recent check of mine revealed it was at 20psi, which is too low. The expansion tanks come set from the factory, but are frequently not checked for correct pressure when the plumbers install them.

Yep that's what the plumber from Mike Scott termed it

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Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye

Don't mean to sound neg. but as fast as the contractors put them up & to me when I look around my own house it looks like they don't use top quality materials. They seem to build them just so they last long enough for the warranty to run out, I know some people might read this & think I'm crazy but I'm sure most people don't even know how to change a furnace filter. It's a vendors paradise in TV. Sorry to sound neg. but I do know a little bit about building materials & everyone that have anything to do with any kind of maintenance, selling or vendor are charging to much to get anything done. I've already rebuilt both of my toilets, everything in both bathroom. (Closets) That's the tank that sits on the back of the toilet stool & I'm sure I did it for 1/4 the price that some maintenance guy could of done it for. As far as the valve breaking, yea I can believe it & I bet whoever put the plumbing in didn't replace it for nothing. These homes should be maintenance free for 10 yrs. min.

Its my understanding, if you can believe what people say, that The Villages Developer operated like the general contractor that he bought material by the truck load and that he made it clear what % of profit he required from each unit. for example , a repairman from T&D told me that when jacuzzi went out of business he bought up all of their inventory for spas. I had to replace seals twice in a short period of time tired of the poor quality went outside TV to purchase a more expensive unit.

The 10 year minimum corresponds with the Statute of Repose that covers building structures for 10 years

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Originally Posted by Chatbrat

The only problem I have with work, is with the plumbing inspector--how can they allow a hot water heater to be installed, with not enough clearance to remove and install a sacrificial anode--its a maintenance item--(electric water heaters)

It's not at all uncommon. In fact, they make sectional anode rods for this very purpose.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl

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I haven't ever heard of a pipe blowing out of a wall and having the pressure of a fire hose. I haven't heard of a refrigerator blowing up either until one did here in The Villages. It is hard sometimes to know what to believe.

Retiring. You are welcome to visit us and see our home. We think this one and the Camellia we had in Hadley were built just fine. We are not new to home building. All of our homes were new except two. We have lived in ten homes and two were not new. We were part of helping our daughter and son in law build two homes as a nibby parent/consultant.

I totally agree about contractors using trailer park parts. TV let these contractors build homes that only last 5 to 7 yrs. before they can start replacing things in your home. Homes should be trouble free for at least 15 yrs. I'm not saying there won't be some issures that need replaced but it seems like every other home in TV have issues & that's to many. The contractors & TV board have the wool pull over our eyes to make us think that all of these home are top grade, they're not. Oh yea, had to laugh at one of your comments,the valve didn't blow out of the wall it sprung a leak, it didn't come through the wall.