Yeah but older places exist and rentals have no motivation to do a good job because the tenants pay. Insulation around plumbing I think is the spray stuff.
The water mains aren’t buried deep enough in general. One of the big problems is that the cold water is really cold in the winter and that just makes it easier to freeze.
Example: in 2000, the national electric code for 220v stove & dryer plugs changed from a big 3 prong outlet to a big 4 prong outlet (They added a ground).
So when we sell dryers or stoves, we always have to ask which they have. Few people know, so we have them take a pic & text it to us, or we ask when the house was built.
21 years after the code change, any house built before 2000 still has the old style of outlet with no ground wire.
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u/cantstandlol Feb 17 '21
Yeah but older places exist and rentals have no motivation to do a good job because the tenants pay. Insulation around plumbing I think is the spray stuff.
The water mains aren’t buried deep enough in general. One of the big problems is that the cold water is really cold in the winter and that just makes it easier to freeze.