r/Wellthatsucks • u/DMAS1638 • 7d ago

Plumbers broke through this foundation to add pipes, compromising the structural support of the home.

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u/mjh2901 7d ago

If this is from your home inspection, run like hell, if this is your house and those plumbers where just there get an attorney the fix is on them and will be expensive, if this is a flip then it seems about right.

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u/DMAS1638 7d ago edited 6d ago

We are a construction company that does property assessments, it's not the first time we have run into something like this.

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u/Orisi 3d ago

Found something like this in our bathroom when we remodeled. Sawn through multiple joists at both ends to run pipes, leaving about 1/4 of the thickness actually holding them in place. The one closest to the wall was two pieces haphazardly bolted together due to a removal of an old heating system years ago.

Builder was very doubtful when I insisted he open the ceiling up because I had watched the floor move a full inch when I stepped in the bathroom corner. Much less doubtful once he saw it was barely hanging on for dear life.