Wade's Worst House Issues (Compilation)

Wade replaced all five toilets in his house after three of them broke, causing water damage. He attributed this to persistent leaks and a general frustration with ongoing plumbing issues in his Ohio home, which he believes are exacerbated by the unusually high number of bathrooms in local houses.

Wade recounts replacing five toilets after three broke and caused water damage, stating, 'I literally replaced every toilet in the house because I was just like I I'm so fed up. I'm tired of like every six months finding more water damage.'

During a routine inspection, a guest room shower began spraying water from where it connected to the wall. A plumber attempted to fix it but damaged an O-ring and subsequently 'ghosted' Wade, leaving the shower unusable for guests.

The guest room shower 'was pouring out water' from the tub faucet, then 'water starts spraying, like where it connects to the wall.' The plumber 'ripped it in half' and then 'ghosted me since.'

Wade's radon mitigation system began making a loud, disruptive buzzing and kicking noise every few minutes, severely impacting his sleep and daily life, despite having recently replaced the fan.

Wade describes his radon system: 'when those systems go wrong and they buzz for like four or five seconds and make a horrible kicking noise every four minutes throughout all of your entire life.'

Wade detected a strong maple syrup smell near his AC unit, initially fearing a gas leak. After multiple calls to different technicians, an AC technician confirmed the smell and found a critical failure in his furnace's heat exchange, requiring immediate replacement of both the furnace and the poorly installed AC unit.

Wade smelled 'this really strong scent of maple syrup' near his AC unit. An AC technician confirmed the smell and discovered, 'your heat exchange is uh you need a new furnace.' This led to replacing both the furnace and AC unit.

Wade's gas fireplace began turning on by itself, even when the remote was set to 'off.' Investigation revealed a secondary, spliced-in switch with exposed wires that would arc when hot, causing the fireplace to ignite spontaneously.

Wade observed his gas fireplace 'turned on of its own accord' while the remote said 'off.' A technician found 'exposed wires about a quarter of an inch apart and when those wires arc or touch the fireplace just comes on.'

Wade experienced recurring clogging and 'mud' (sewage) backing up into his basement shower and water heater drain. A plumber discovered a severely compromised backflow prevention system with a cracked lid, corroded seal, and a missing flap, exacerbated by a pipe diameter reduction.

The basement toilet had clogging issues and 'the shower drain has had things like some mud or something come out of it.' A plumber found a backflow prevention system with a 'lid was cracked in half' and the 'flap' was 'taken out and just sitting there.'

Wade's recently replaced AC unit began struggling to maintain temperature, requiring increasingly lower thermostat settings to achieve comfort, signaling a potential failure similar to a previous unit.

Wade notes his AC 'every week it feels like in order to maintain a temp, I have to lower it more than I want to to maintain like 2° higher.' He states, 'Didn't you just get that replaced? I thought you just had your whole HVAC thing last year.'

Attempting to change an under-sink water filter according to instructions that claimed no water shut-off was needed, Wade caused a significant flood in his kitchen. He panicked and shut off the main water valve, only to realize later there were individual shut-off levers under the sink.

Wade recounts trying to change a water filter, following instructions that said 'Don't even need to shut the water off.' He started to unscrew it, and 'Water everywhere.' He then 'ran down and shut off the main water valve.'