Guest guest Posted April 15, 2002 Report Share Posted April 15, 2002 Betsy, What type of plumbing do you have ? Is it a gray plastic pipe? If so, is it PB2110, Quest, lettering on the side? It may be polybutylene piping that is covered in a class action suit. What is the age of the building? Just wondering...... mark On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 12:45:27 -0500 "westoo" <westoo@...> writes: After having spent over two years trying to get a serious water leak repaired in our apartment, and just when we thought the intrusion of waste water from upstairs was finally at an end, I was awakened at 7:00 am this morning by the sound of water splattering in our bathroom. I got up to look and lo and behold, a new hole had broken open in our bathroom ceiling just about 2 inches from the original hole and water was pouring down. A knock on the door produced two firemen who informed us that our upstairs neighbor had a broken water pipe. Water was also pouring down in our hallway through a ceiling vent onto the hall carpeting. One of the firemen advised me to call the Building Code Enforcement Office. I had already done that several times with no results. My thought is that if the ceiling were sound, this new hole never would have appeared and the water would have remained between the upstairs floor and the downstairs ceiling. Something must have been eating at our bathroom ceiling for a long time, now. And the black mold problem has never been cleared up and most likely is spreading and gaining strength and will continue to sicken us. Meantime, I have to find a good lawyer and don't know where to start looking in this area. Guess I'll be on the phone for a good part of the day tomorrow. Betsy FAIR USE NOTICE:This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2002 Report Share Posted April 15, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Rakow Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [] another leak Hi, Mark.....this is an older apartment complex and I'm pretty sure we have copper pipes. I still have no clue as to how our upstairs neighbor managed to break a pipe but I am so tired of living in other people's waste water. My husband says he can smell the mold but I am so congested all the time that I don't notice the smell. It is a travesty that the people who get deathly sick from a mold problem are prevailed upon to have to muster up so much energy in order to write, e-mail, make phone calls, run around in circles hitting stone walls and try to get something done just to live in a safe home. Betsy Mark wrote: What type of plumbing do you have ? Is it a gray plastic pipe? If so, is it PB2110, Quest, lettering on the side? It may be polybutylene piping that is covered in a class action suit. What is the age of the building? Just wondering...... mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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