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Buddy27091 Feb 2021 23:40Hello everyone,
We have a small problem. We have already completed the handover of our new build and shortly after noticed that one of the two outdoor faucets is not working. The site manager immediately sent a technician to fix the issue, but they couldn’t do anything... they only called around to find out which of the colleagues had connected everything. Well, it turns out that one of the outdoor faucets was simply never connected. And it’s the one located at the kitchen window, leading to the backyard.
We have now been offered an alternative to install a new water tap from the utility room. This would mean the faucet is no longer at the back in the garden but on the right side of the house by the carport... which is very inconvenient and not what we had planned.
The other option would be to reroute the pipe behind the new kitchen unit (just installed by the kitchen fitter for about €10,000 (around $11,000)) and drill into the utility room to connect the original faucet. This seems very complex to us, and I would only accept it if the piping is concealed within the walls. We’re also a bit concerned about potentially damaging the new kitchen.
Either way, it will be costly and disruptive. We would have to either partially dismantle the kitchen and open up walls or drill a new hole and seal the original location.
What would you do or recommend? And is it possible to claim a partial refund if the faucet is relocated and not installed as originally planned? Thanks in advance! 🙂
We have a small problem. We have already completed the handover of our new build and shortly after noticed that one of the two outdoor faucets is not working. The site manager immediately sent a technician to fix the issue, but they couldn’t do anything... they only called around to find out which of the colleagues had connected everything. Well, it turns out that one of the outdoor faucets was simply never connected. And it’s the one located at the kitchen window, leading to the backyard.
We have now been offered an alternative to install a new water tap from the utility room. This would mean the faucet is no longer at the back in the garden but on the right side of the house by the carport... which is very inconvenient and not what we had planned.
The other option would be to reroute the pipe behind the new kitchen unit (just installed by the kitchen fitter for about €10,000 (around $11,000)) and drill into the utility room to connect the original faucet. This seems very complex to us, and I would only accept it if the piping is concealed within the walls. We’re also a bit concerned about potentially damaging the new kitchen.
Either way, it will be costly and disruptive. We would have to either partially dismantle the kitchen and open up walls or drill a new hole and seal the original location.
What would you do or recommend? And is it possible to claim a partial refund if the faucet is relocated and not installed as originally planned? Thanks in advance! 🙂
It wouldn’t bother me at all since it’s not my money. If something breaks, you’ll get it replaced anyway. You better have it delivered to your garden... Our neighbors saved a few euros because the extra installation to the back for the outdoor faucets cost money. Now they have to run a 40m (130 ft) extension cord every time to water the garden. That would be too annoying for me.
Are you sure that the valve was installed as a blind end without connection, and not just shut off because of frost without documenting where the shut-off valve is located?
If the fear of it being "forgotten" turns out to be true, my advice is clear: Repair it—no nonsense, no ifs or buts, no complaints or excuses, and without damaging any other trades. At the forgetter’s expense, of course.
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If the fear of it being "forgotten" turns out to be true, my advice is clear: Repair it—no nonsense, no ifs or buts, no complaints or excuses, and without damaging any other trades. At the forgetter’s expense, of course.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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Alessandro2 Feb 2021 08:59How can something like this happen?
So you have an outdoor faucet including the connection fitting in the exterior wall, but no pipe leading to it on the inside?
The plasterer should have noticed it at the latest when applying plaster over an open pipe on the interior wall.
So you have an outdoor faucet including the connection fitting in the exterior wall, but no pipe leading to it on the inside?
The plasterer should have noticed it at the latest when applying plaster over an open pipe on the interior wall.
bauenmk20202 Feb 2021 09:17If it bothers or burdens you: have it corrected.
We also have an outdoor faucet WITHOUT an internal shut-off valve! When I asked, I was told that the water pipe runs from the utility room to the outdoor faucet and then to the angle valve for the kitchen. Supposedly for hygiene reasons, so that the outdoor faucet is regularly flushed as well.
If that is really the case, would that be possible for you?
We also have an outdoor faucet WITHOUT an internal shut-off valve! When I asked, I was told that the water pipe runs from the utility room to the outdoor faucet and then to the angle valve for the kitchen. Supposedly for hygiene reasons, so that the outdoor faucet is regularly flushed as well.
If that is really the case, would that be possible for you?
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