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Resolving problems following purchase..

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  • 09-05-2006 9:17pm
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    infected_shroom
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    My house was signed over a few months ago and for one reason or another, its been taking forever to get the last few items sorted before I can move in.

    In that time, a leak became apparent - visible in the living room ceiling/wall - directly below the en-suite toilet. Furthermore, there was an odour from the bath/toilet in the main bathroom. I was in the middle of tiling upstairs when this arose. Stopped tiling and contacted builder - he sent in their plumber.

    The plumber said it was condensation running down the toilet cistern (caused he reckoned by the cold weather at the time in combination with the fact that the house was not being lived in/unheated, etc.) onto the floor and downwards to the living room ceiling. He explained away the odour in the bathrooom being a result of the water in the bath 'trap' evaporating (with the house being unoccupied) and the odour rising from the waste piping as a result. I told him that it was his call - if he was wrong, the tiles would have to come up.

    Got the tilers back in at the weekend and they got the floors tiled - went there today and the odour is as bad as ever - so his explaination doesnt hold. I've got a second opinion and that plumber reckons theres a leak - the ceiling must come down to fix it. I will approach the builder with a view to sorting this but I am still the one thats going to pay for this mess - given that its going to cost me time-wise. I badly need to get it finished - and I had hoped to get people in there renting ASAP as those mortgage repayments are pulling me down.

    Q. Do I have any control over how long it takes them to get this sorted?

    Q. If they drag their heels, do I have any legal claim to compensation?
    BTW, the objective here is get my house sorted - im not interested in trying to extract cash from the builder - but i need some angle in order to motivate them to sort the problem ASAP


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    #2
    Chocolate
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭Chocolate


    Dunno if this helps...

    We moved into a new house a few months ago. Didn't use the en suite shower for about 2 months as we didn't get around to putting up a shower door.

    One day, I came in and there was an awful stench in the en suite, a sickly sweet odour. Called the neighbour in. She said the same had happened in her house. It was just a case of stagnant water in the waste pipe.

    We ran the shower for a while and hey presto...no more stench.


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    infected_shroom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭infected_shroom


    Chocolate wrote:
    Dunno if this helps...

    We moved into a new house a few months ago. Didn't use the en suite shower for about 2 months as we didn't get around to putting up a shower door.

    One day, I came in and there was an awful stench in the en suite, a sickly sweet odour. Called the neighbour in. She said the same had happened in her house. It was just a case of stagnant water in the waste pipe.

    We ran the shower for a while and hey presto...no more stench.
    This is exactly what the builders' plumber was suggesting - and last week it made perfect sense. He ran the water and it got worse. However, a week later, surely the problem should not be there? I mean, if you go on holidays or are away for a week or more, surely its not logical for the average dwelling to have a stench in the bathroom??


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