I believe it’s normal that things don’t always go smoothly during construction, but in our case, it’s really been problematic.
Our toilet drain pipe on the upper floor wasn’t completely connected.
We have a still unfinished light well, and shortly after we moved into our not yet fully completed house, my husband noticed that larger animals seemed to be leaving droppings in the light well. I should mention that currently only our little son uses the toilet.
Well, the piles increased, and by chance, my husband was standing by the light well when a rush of water came out of an empty conduit.
Great, right? The outcome is that the wall in the office, located in the basement, has to be opened up, and a pipe has to be installed.
We’re pretty upset... a new house and already having to tear things open again.
How can something like this be forgotten?!
Our toilet drain pipe on the upper floor wasn’t completely connected.
We have a still unfinished light well, and shortly after we moved into our not yet fully completed house, my husband noticed that larger animals seemed to be leaving droppings in the light well. I should mention that currently only our little son uses the toilet.
Well, the piles increased, and by chance, my husband was standing by the light well when a rush of water came out of an empty conduit.
Great, right? The outcome is that the wall in the office, located in the basement, has to be opened up, and a pipe has to be installed.
We’re pretty upset... a new house and already having to tear things open again.
How can something like this be forgotten?!
11ant schrieb:
And wasn’t this noticed during installation? – where did the wastewater go then, backflow of solid matter inside the pipe and water leaking at the pipe end onto the foundation slab? The foundation slab/earthworks were completed by others, and the house was placed on it. The drainage ended somewhere, not very deep in the ground in the front yard. You can’t really blame the prefab home builder here (unlike the main contractor of the original poster).
You’ve described the outcome accurately: backflow and a swampy area in front of the house.
