The polybutylene and aluminum-wiring window, 150 amp panels, R-22 systems and first-cycle architectural shingle.

What follows is every plumbing problem we cover that concentrates in this era of construction. Age does not mean worse — it means a different set of failures.

• Gray plastic supply line, leaking at the fitting not the pipe
• Warm patch on the slab, water bill up, nothing visible
• Water heater is the second one and it is over ten
• One fixture slow, the rest fine
• Toilet runs intermittently with nobody near it
• Regulator original to the house
• Sillcock split after a hard freeze
• Dishwasher draining back into the sink
• Drain leak under the slab, PVC not copper

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