How shall we buy our first house?

[UCguy]

More and more good stuff on this thread. I am VERY grateful!

Good posts about maintenance. I was worried about it. Unfortunately we have very little budgeted for entertainment and vacations. (The rest is for necessary plane trips for the (grand)parents to see us and the kids, or viceversa). Amusement park memberships which we use all the time, and that’s about it…We don’t go in vacations, there is enough to do locally.

I think we’ll buy a house in decent shape so we shouldn’t have to do anything major right away. About waiting for the prices to decrease, hopefully that would make the wait for saving 20% down more palatable….

[sdrealtor]

PB plumbing is easy enough to deal with. A house can be entirely replumbed for 6 to 10K and I have gotten buyers credit for it a few times. Its easy for an inspector to determine if its been replumbed. If it hasnt, you just ask for a credit. Only a concern if the house was built in the mid 80’s when this problem was prevelant.

[sdrealtor]

PB plumbing is easy enough to deal with. A house can be entirely replumbed for 6 to 10K and I have gotten buyers credit for it a few times. Its easy for an inspector to determine if its been replumbed. If it hasnt, you just ask for a credit. Only a concern if the house was built in the mid 80’s when this problem was prevelant.

[sdrealtor]

PB plumbing is easy enough to deal with. A house can be entirely replumbed for 6 to 10K and I have gotten buyers credit for it a few times. Its easy for an inspector to determine if its been replumbed. If it hasnt, you just ask for a credit. Only a concern if the house was built in the mid 80’s when this problem was prevelant.

[sdrealtor]

PB plumbing is easy enough to deal with. A house can be entirely replumbed for 6 to 10K and I have gotten buyers credit for it a few times. Its easy for an inspector to determine if its been replumbed. If it hasnt, you just ask for a credit. Only a concern if the house was built in the mid 80’s when this problem was prevelant.

[sdrealtor]

PB plumbing is easy enough to deal with. A house can be entirely replumbed for 6 to 10K and I have gotten buyers credit for it a few times. Its easy for an inspector to determine if its been replumbed. If it hasnt, you just ask for a credit. Only a concern if the house was built in the mid 80’s when this problem was prevelant.

[Scarlett]

For some reason I thought the PB plumbing was introduced in mid 70s.

[Scarlett]

For some reason I thought the PB plumbing was introduced in mid 70s.

[Scarlett]

For some reason I thought the PB plumbing was introduced in mid 70s.

[Scarlett]

For some reason I thought the PB plumbing was introduced in mid 70s.

[Scarlett]

For some reason I thought the PB plumbing was introduced in mid 70s.

[equalizer]

[quote=Scarlett]For some reason I thought the PB plumbing was introduced in mid 70s.[/quote]
All you ever wanted to know about PB:

“Polybutylene pipe is grey, black or blue. Interior polybutylene plumbing is almost always grey and exterior polybutylene plumbing is mostly blue.
Polybutylene pipe was installed and manufactured from the late 1970’s till the mid-1990’s, however, stockpiles of polybutylene pipe at supply vendors, such as supply risers were still known to be available up to 1999.
The most common sizes for polybutylene pipe are 3/8″, ½”, ¾” and 1″.
Polybutylene piping was used for both residential and commercial water distribution piping.
Polybutylene pipe connectors can be copper, brass, or plastic. The connector types are barbed with a crimp ring or compression with a plastic or metal ferrule.”

In PQ area most PB was installed mid 80’s. Know someone who just bought a house and had Bill Howe Plumbing replace PB pipes. Have to ask, but probably in 6-8K plus extensive drywall repair.

http://www.polybutylenelawsuit.com/

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[quote=Scarlett]For some reason I thought the PB plumbing was introduced in mid 70s.[/quote]
All you ever wanted to know about PB:

“Polybutylene pipe is grey, black or blue. Interior polybutylene plumbing is almost always grey and exterior polybutylene plumbing is mostly blue.
Polybutylene pipe was installed and manufactured from the late 1970’s till the mid-1990’s, however, stockpiles of polybutylene pipe at supply vendors, such as supply risers were still known to be available up to 1999.
The most common sizes for polybutylene pipe are 3/8″, ½”, ¾” and 1″.
Polybutylene piping was used for both residential and commercial water distribution piping.
Polybutylene pipe connectors can be copper, brass, or plastic. The connector types are barbed with a crimp ring or compression with a plastic or metal ferrule.”

In PQ area most PB was installed mid 80’s. Know someone who just bought a house and had Bill Howe Plumbing replace PB pipes. Have to ask, but probably in 6-8K plus extensive drywall repair.

http://www.polybutylenelawsuit.com/

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[quote=Scarlett]For some reason I thought the PB plumbing was introduced in mid 70s.[/quote]
All you ever wanted to know about PB:

“Polybutylene pipe is grey, black or blue. Interior polybutylene plumbing is almost always grey and exterior polybutylene plumbing is mostly blue.
Polybutylene pipe was installed and manufactured from the late 1970’s till the mid-1990’s, however, stockpiles of polybutylene pipe at supply vendors, such as supply risers were still known to be available up to 1999.
The most common sizes for polybutylene pipe are 3/8″, ½”, ¾” and 1″.
Polybutylene piping was used for both residential and commercial water distribution piping.
Polybutylene pipe connectors can be copper, brass, or plastic. The connector types are barbed with a crimp ring or compression with a plastic or metal ferrule.”

In PQ area most PB was installed mid 80’s. Know someone who just bought a house and had Bill Howe Plumbing replace PB pipes. Have to ask, but probably in 6-8K plus extensive drywall repair.

http://www.polybutylenelawsuit.com/

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[quote=Scarlett]For some reason I thought the PB plumbing was introduced in mid 70s.[/quote]
All you ever wanted to know about PB:

“Polybutylene pipe is grey, black or blue. Interior polybutylene plumbing is almost always grey and exterior polybutylene plumbing is mostly blue.
Polybutylene pipe was installed and manufactured from the late 1970’s till the mid-1990’s, however, stockpiles of polybutylene pipe at supply vendors, such as supply risers were still known to be available up to 1999.
The most common sizes for polybutylene pipe are 3/8″, ½”, ¾” and 1″.
Polybutylene piping was used for both residential and commercial water distribution piping.
Polybutylene pipe connectors can be copper, brass, or plastic. The connector types are barbed with a crimp ring or compression with a plastic or metal ferrule.”

In PQ area most PB was installed mid 80’s. Know someone who just bought a house and had Bill Howe Plumbing replace PB pipes. Have to ask, but probably in 6-8K plus extensive drywall repair.

http://www.polybutylenelawsuit.com/

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