Plumbing Guides
Condos, HOAs & Rentals
Who owns what, risers and stacks, backflow schedules, water heater rules, turnovers, and vacant units.
Condos, HOAs & Rentals Condo plumbing: what is yours to fix and what belongs to the association? As a rule, what serves only your unit is yours: fixtures, supply lines, angle stops, the water heater, and the drain up to where it joins the building stack. What serves… Condos, HOAs & Rentals Rental turnover plumbing checklist for Southwest Florida landlords and property managers The week between tenants is the only time anyone looks at a unit's plumbing without a problem forcing it. Run every fixture, dye test the toilets, look under every sink… Condos, HOAs & Rentals Backflow testing schedules for condos and HOAs A condo or HOA property usually has several backflow devices, not one: the domestic main, the irrigation line, the fire line, and sometimes the pool fill. Each is on the… Condos, HOAs & Rentals Plumbing items for a condo reserve study A reserve study lists the building's major components, their condition, and when they will likely need replacement, so the association can fund the work over time… Condos, HOAs & Rentals Riser and stack replacement in a condo: what owners should expect Risers carry water up the building and stacks carry drains down, and both age out on their own schedule. A replacement is done one stack at a time: every unit on that… Condos, HOAs & Rentals Water heater age limits in condos: writing a rule that works A water heater in a closet on the eighth floor is the most likely thing in the building to flood the unit below, and associations set age rules because one failure… Condos, HOAs & Rentals An emergency plumbing plan for a rental portfolio A plumbing emergency in a rental is decided in the first ten minutes, and in a portfolio those minutes happen at different addresses with different people. The plan is a… Condos, HOAs & Rentals Vacant units and water damage: the shutoff policy every manager needs An empty unit is where a small leak becomes a big one, because nobody is there to hear it. The fix is a written policy: water off at the unit valve the day the unit goes…