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Old 01-21-2021, 12:34 PM
 
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The ground is extremely soft due to all the mole/vole tunnels; you sink into it when you walk on it.

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Yeah, it's a 150 year old house. Old pipes.
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Old 01-21-2021, 12:37 PM
 
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Try traps, bait them with peanut butter then relocate the critters somewhere far far away.
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Old 01-21-2021, 01:11 PM
 
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Yeah, it's a 150 year old house. Old pipes.
As I said above, the pipes were not 150 years old; they were PVC.

Got another one?
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Old 01-21-2021, 02:06 PM
 
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Did the condo association take care of yours?

SOLD!
At the condo I used to own, the outside walls were the responsibility of the condo association but the windows were the responsibility of the homeowner.

Condos are only good when the condo association is solvent and conscientious and not all of them are. Beware of those situations because the only thing worse than doing your own maintenance is when a landlord or condo association is derelict in their maintenance responsibilities.
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Old 01-21-2021, 06:39 PM
 
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As I said above, the pipes were not 150 years old; they were PVC.

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Someone went forward in time slime and got some PVC and did the job bob 150 years ago i guess.
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Old 01-26-2021, 01:21 AM
 
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Yes they did. Pest guy came out at association expense. The inside of that wall was a "common" area.
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Old 01-28-2021, 11:19 PM
 
Location: North Alabama
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White PVC piping met code in many jurisdictions years ago for water supply. In the condo compound where I live the white PVC used 35 years ago is buried 4 to 6 feet underground and breaks regularly due to changes in ground water saturation (we have a lot of clay in our soil structure). White PVC apparently becomes brittle when used in direct soil contact and should never have been approved for direct burial.
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