Re: Potential Gas Leak - Landlord Forum thread 355124

Re: Potential Gas Leak by Bryant on November 17, 2017 @09:13

If your foundation has shifted an inch or so, you need more than a builder or plumber, you need the services of a structural engineer to do an evaluation of the problem. Your insurance company needs to be notified asap. They may provide the structural engineer to investigate. Builders are builders, they are not structural engineers, nor can a plumber give advice on a shifting foundation.

No one can opine whether or not the foundation will shift more and damage the gas pipes. Not notifying your insurance company may mean they will not cover you if something bad happens.

As was stated, be up front and explain the issue and what you're doing to fix it asap to your tenants. The question that neither the builder, plumber or you can decide, is whether the shifting foundation makes the property inhabitable? That's what a structural engineer investigation can determine.

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