no permit replumb?

hal74

i'm planning to do a replumb and was wondering what issues i may run into down the road.

in particular, if i pull a permit later for some other work, call an inspector in, and they happen to figure out that i didn't pull a permit when i did the replumb, are they going to make me rip it out?

also what implications does it have when i sell the house?

i live in florida.

thanks in advance.

DrHicks

You've got to check local codes on this one. There are just too many variables, by municipality, to give a blanket answer.

Generally, if you don't pull a permit for something you should have, you will - at best - get snagged if/when you go to sell the house.

hal74

and is this a legal code enforcement kind of snag or having to negotiate with the buyer?

DrHicks

I can't say for sure. I've never encountered it when I've bought or sold.

Again, I'd recommend checking into local codes. It's all a guessing game without doing that.

md2lgyk

Me either. I've owned ten houses over the years, and remodeled some portion of every one of them. Other than for a chimney, I've never pulled a permit for anything. Nary a problem selling any of the houses.

When I bought some of these houses, I knew they contained what had to be unpermitted work because it was shoddy and incorrectly done. But I didn't care - it was stuff I planned to gut and replace anyway.

DangerMouse

Hmmmm.... fine line between repair and replumb....

DM

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I like that answer as I contemplate a similar project. I guess I'm not "replumbing" my house. I'm just repairing one half of it. As long as I leave some of the old pipes in, it's not a replumb, right? LOL

ddawg16

It kind of boils down to this.....

You go to sell the house....one of the selling points "All new plumbing." Ok...buyer is happy...buys the house....but another potential buyer might go down and check to see what permits were pulled. If non for the plumbing....they now have their "get out of contract" card....or, they negotiate you down on the price.

As a buyer....are you going to want to buy a house that had that much done without permits? How do you know it was done right? Go read some of the posts here....a lot of them have to do with new home buyers finding hack work done by previous owners who obviously did not pull permits....

If you never intend to sell the house....it's your home...do what you want.

But if you plan to sell any time soon...save some money and pull permits....you'll save it on the sell and any re-inspection fees that could crop up if you have to do permits after the fact.

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forresth

I have repaired half of my plumbing already, and the other half is will happen sooner or later. I am quite sure what I put in is better than what I took out, and most importantly, it doesn't leak

PEX makes supply plumbing easy. I think I've done about 40 connections now and not a drop of water were I didn't want it with them. Drains are a bit harder, but still not bad. Dealing with traps, runs and drain sizing is is probably were you are most likely to run into troubles.

iminaquagmire

I would be less worried about what happens down the road when you sell the house and more what happens if you were to have a flood, fire, or some other catastrophe. I can guarantee your insurance will look for permits before paying out on anything even remotely questionable as to a cause.

Ron6519

What are you replumbing exactly?
In my area, if you move pipes you need a permit.

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jcrack_corn

please cite just ONE example of this.

I have never heard of or seen this happen. ( I am referring to PROPER work, done without permits....not substandard work that led to a loss).

Permits do not exist for insurance reasons AT ALL. they serve ONLY 2 purposes: Tax collection, public safety (mrs. oleary's cow).

md2lgyk

With heavy emphasis on purpose number 1. I had to get a permit and inspection (almost $100) for my pre-manufactured Amish garden shed that has no utilities and just sits on the ground. I struggle to see any public safety implications there.

Just one of the reasons I avoid permits whenever possible.

Ron6519

The Amish get $90.00 of that permit fee. They have they're fingers in a lot of pies. Don't let the hats, beards and horses fool you.

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DrHicks

Can you clarify that, because that seems pretty far-fetched.

I'm not chiming in, supporting the Amish, but I doubt that the permit fee changes due to who is providing something.