Kitec Plumbing

[Gregory Matthews]

For more information see:

http://kitecsettlement.com/

In brief:

1) What I say here potentially applies to people who live in either the United States or in Canada.

2)  The primary people to whom this applies to are people who own homes, but there are some other persons to which my comments will apply who do not own homes.

3)  All, with no exceptions, homes that were built with Kitec plumbing will sooner or later sustain a failure of the pipes/fittings and water will be released into those homes and/or their walls.  This failure is beyond question.  It will happen.

4)  The only remedy is to replace all of the interior plumbing of the home.  Yes, this will require opening up the interior walls in order to access the pipes.

5)  As there may be one million homes (or more) involved in this, and the resources of the company are limited, You may not receive any money to help you with your costs to replace.  If you do receive some funds, they are expected to amount to a very small amount of your costs.

6)  Your home owners insurance policy will only cover costs associated with a failure of the pipes, after it has occurred, and associated damage.  This means that any recovery related directly to the removal and replacement will be minor and in many cases will be less than your deductible.

NOTE:  How do I know about this?  Simple.  We have had to hire a company to replace our plumbing which will begin later this month.

NOTE:  At the time we purchased our home, this problem was known, but California law did not require it be disclosed.  The situation has now  changed and presently California law requires it to be disclosed at any sale.   IOW, homes that are not repaired can't be sold, generally.  Who would purchase knowing that they would have to make such repairs?

 

 

 

 

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

wow.  

a number of years ago I had to have a pipe replaced that was located in a wall between a bathroom and bedroom.  I'd had a tall bureau up against the wall, and moved it to rearrange the bedroom.  That's when I saw the wet wall that had been hidden behind the bureau.  The plumber said there'd probably been a leak there for several months.  I don't think it was Kitec plumbing, though.

 

[Gregory Matthews]

Pam, in a case such as you mention, one may have the additional problem of mold and its removal.  Such further complicates the issues and the costs.

 

 

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

yeah... it took a couple weeks for everything to dry out thoroughly after the plumbing repair was done, then I had to get the wall repaired.

[Gail]

My house is older than 1995 so hopefully we will have missed this disaster.