PEX on slab, 200 amp service, builder-grade equipment that reaches end of life across a whole street at once.

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.

• Warm spot on the floor in a house under twenty-five years old
• Fixtures failing across the house in the same year
• Tankless unit throwing an error and short-cycling
• No hot water but the burner is firing
• Water hammer when an appliance shuts off
• Cannot isolate one bathroom without shutting the house
• Hot water instantly, and a high gas bill
• Expansion tank at the water heater feels heavy
• Toilet refills with a bang rather than a hiss

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Written by Jaylan Jones. I Like To Fix earns a referral fee when a call connects to a contractor. See our business-model disclosure.