Cape Town implements plumbing requirement for sale of property

In a bid to save water, the City of Cape Town has introduced the plumbing equivalent of a wiring certificate for the sale of homes.

The new rule, in the form of an amendment to an existing by-law, resulted from a suggestion by a member of the public, it said yesterday.

The amendment laid down that before transfer of a property, a home seller had to submit a certificate from an accredited plumber.

This would state that water installation at the dwelling conformed to the National Building Regulations and the by-law and that there were no plumbing defects. The amendments were approved by the council this week and would now be sent to the provincial government for promulgation.

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Posted at 09:46AM Nov 01, 2010 by Editor in Residential  |  Comments[5]