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Our blog on how community owners and operators can protect value and resident health with pipe replacement.
Asbestos May Be Lurking in Your Building. Take a Strategic Approach That Protects People’s Health and the Bottom Line.
If you own, manage, or operate older multifamily buildings, thinking about asbestos is inevitable. Even so, we at SageWater encounter many misunderstandings among our clients about when and how to test for asbestos in their buildings. We recommend that a well-run apartment building and community association will perform a...
Manage Insurance Risk Through Proactive Pipe Replacement
Common Pitfalls and Guidance for Community Association Boards and Property Managers
As pipes begin to fail in condo and co-op communities, water damage and related hazards can become more frequent and severe. And as incidences increase, so do community association insurance costs and risk.
Winter is Coming…7 Tips To Prep Your HVAC and Plumbing Systems
In the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, don’t forget that now is a great time to prepare your plumbing and heating systems for winter and avoid system failures when it’s most dangerous. The following tips will help you avoid unexpected repair costs that can become bigger emergencies during...
Frightful Pipes? Don’t Get Scared—Be Prepared.
Do you know what could be lurking inside your building’s pipes? Let’s just say that if your pipes are old enough, you won’t need Halloween decorations this month to get a good scare. How frightening? Check out these cutaway images of clogged pipes...
Budgeting for the New Normal
We have all heard the stories and read the headlines about supply shortages and price increases resulting from COVID-19 related production and supply chain issues. Everything from wood 2x4s at your local home improvement store to new cars at car dealerships is experiencing price increases coupled with more limited...
Ignoring Pipe Maintenance Could Lead to Costly Issues for Your Building
Ignoring Pipe Maintenance Could Lead to Costly Issues for Your Building
Whether you’re a condominium board member or apartment owner or operator, developing an annual maintenance budget is always challenging. Everyone knows that maintaining older systems can be costly, and unexpected fixes can cost even more. And the idea of...
Who Is Responsible for Leaks?
Who Is Responsible For Piping System Leaks In Your Building?
When leaks occur, the first instinct (after damage control) is to ask who’s to blame or who is responsible. Like many aspects of managing a condominium or apartment building, determining who is responsible for repairing a broken or failing piping...
What does Simply Smarter Pipe Replacement actually look like?
A behind-the-scenes view of a SageWater Repipe. Failing pipes in your community is stressful enough. The repipe process doesn’t have to be. Certainly, replacing a failing piping system without displacing residents is no easy task. But SageWater has exclusively been replacing aged and defective piping in occupied buildings since...
DIY Pipe Replacement: More Hassle (and Cost) Than It’s Worth
Though it’s often feared, pipe replacement is an inevitable scenario for multi-family communities. Whether your building’s piping system has reached the end of its useful life or there are faulty materials causing failures around the property, there’s simply no way to ignore leaks. And while it may be tempting...
Embrace Proactive Pipe Maintenance This Spring
While most pipe materials are designed to last as many as 30 to 50 years, many factors can influence that lifespan, including the quality of the water running within. Much like other systems within your building, the performance and longevity of your piping system also relies on proper maintenance....