Plumbing problems rarely announce themselves all at once. They show up gradually with a leak here and there, up until the pattern becomes impossible to ignore. For building owners, property managers, and strata councils across Metro Vancouver, recognizing these signs early can mean the difference between a well planned repipe project and emergency repiping work. …
For strata councils across Metro Vancouver, the type of water pipe running through their building’s walls is rarely top of mind, until an insurer asks about it, or a water pipe floors a unit floods without warning. Two materials come up again and again in these conversations: Poly B, found throughout buildings built from the …
Water pipes are the backbone of any multi-unit building to deliver clean water to every suite, quietly and reliably, day after day. But pipes don’t last forever. In Metro Vancouver, where many apartment buildings, strata complexes, and rental properties were built 30, 40, 50 or even 60 years ago, aging plumbing systems are one of …
