Subject: Re: Earthquake!
Yeah, that reminds me of a guy on TMF on the home maintenance board. His tag as "homemoaner" (I think that's right). He was adept at fixing stuff, as I recall.

The problem with buying a used house. You don't know how the plumbing was done, or the air ducts (are they even still in good shape?), plus older homes were built under older -sometimes obsolete- codes, etc. Investing in a new-build just delays all of that, though. You get several years with the occasional problem, and then the bottom of your water heater falls out...