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Started by ROBsS4R, July 27, 2008, 02:51:05 AM

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ROBsS4R

July 27, 2008, 02:51:05 AM
crap crap crap

The house is less than 20 years old.... wtf  :-\

I am positive I have one. My gas bill went up and I just read the water meter and it looks like I have used twice the amount of water this month.

Other symptoms are Warm spots on the floor and the cold water taps producing hot water for a few seconds. When I turned the main off all the water drained from the pipes and I no longer hear a Hissing sound coming from the pipes.

I have Home owners insurance and I filed a claim but I have a bad feeling they wont be covering this  :-\

Any advise.... I have the main turned off right now. I suppose I can turn the Main on and off when I need water for the mean time.
I really don't know if I can afford fixing this if my Home Owners insurance bones me.
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#1
July 27, 2008, 02:58:53 AM
 :-\

A leak in the slab is not good.  You have to get someone to come out to detect approximately where the leak is.  Depending on the leak, they can get dead on it or as far away as a 5 foot radius.

Hopefully the leak is near the hot water heater, and it will be easier to bypass it with new pipes.  Most likely it is going to require a jackhammer.  :-\ That's one huge disadvantage of slab construction.
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ROBsS4R

#2
July 27, 2008, 03:30:56 AM
QuoteHopefully the leak is near the hot water heater

I am pretty sure its at the furthest spot away.

The most warm area of the floor is near my tub in the master bedroom so on the other side of the house  :-\

My main has a handle on the valve so its very easy to turn off and on.
I suppose I can do that depending on the cost of the fix and when I can afford it.
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July 27, 2008, 04:57:58 AM Last Edit: July 27, 2008, 05:03:26 AM by A.duc.H.duc.
Quote from: ROBsS4R on July 27, 2008, 03:30:56 AM
I am pretty sure its at the furthest spot away.

The most warm area of the floor is near my tub in the master bedroom so on the other side of the house  :-\

My main has a handle on the valve so its very easy to turn off and on.
I suppose I can do that depending on the cost of the fix and when I can afford it.

If it's just the pipe to the tub, you may be able to just take that pipe out of service, and repipe overhead to the tub. It'll be way cheaper, and in my opinion better than re-running the pipe under the slab. I'd use CPVC for the new pipes too, as the price of copper has gone way way up.

Heck, for the price of redoing the one pipe, and depending on the size of your house and how much plumbing you have, you may be able to re-plumb the hot water for the whole house overhead in CPVC. Might not be a bad idea, if one of the underground copper pipes has corroded then the others might not be far off. Then again if what's in the ground is already plastic, you just might have one simple crack, and it wouldn't be any big deal just to fix it.

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July 27, 2008, 08:02:10 AM
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TiNi

#5
July 27, 2008, 03:14:14 PM
a section of our house is slab with radiant heat,
and i hope this never happens to us  :-\

a jackhammer in the house is never good...

good luck and sorry for your troubles.

ducpainter

#6
July 27, 2008, 03:21:28 PM
Quote from: DuCaTiNi on July 27, 2008, 03:14:14 PM
a section of our house is slab with radiant heat,
and i hope this never happens to us  :-\

a jackhammer in the house is never good...

good luck and sorry for your troubles.
Your house is new...

chances are the tubing in the slab is plastic.
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TiNi

#7
July 27, 2008, 03:33:51 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on July 27, 2008, 03:21:28 PM
Your house is new...

chances are the tubing in the slab is plastic.

it is plastic...
but if you read the OP again,  :P
his house is less than 20 yrs old...
ours is 15 yrs old.

ducpainter

#8
July 27, 2008, 03:38:01 PM
Quote from: DuCaTiNi on July 27, 2008, 03:33:51 PM
it is plastic...
but if you read the OP again,  :P
his house is less than 20 yrs old...
ours is 15 yrs old.
Plastic doesn't fail...it can't move encapsulated in concrete...it doesn't corrode.

It can leak if it's installed improperly or damaged during the pour

Copper erodes over time.
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TiNi

#9
July 27, 2008, 03:42:08 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on July 27, 2008, 03:38:01 PM
It can leak if it's installed improperly or damaged during the pour

that's what i'm talkin' bout...
who knows....

ducpainter

#10
July 27, 2008, 03:55:50 PM
Quote from: DuCaTiNi on July 27, 2008, 03:42:08 PM
that's what i'm talkin' bout...
who knows....
...not after 20 years... [roll]

it would happen right away. ;D
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    is even more amazing than yours."
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TiNi

#11
July 27, 2008, 03:58:23 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on July 27, 2008, 03:55:50 PM
...not after 20 years... [roll]

it would happen right away. ;D

ahhhh...  [thumbsup]
dude....... i'm a girl....  [laugh]
i don't know that  [laugh]

ducpainter

#12
July 27, 2008, 04:01:10 PM
Quote from: DuCaTiNi on July 27, 2008, 03:58:23 PM
ahhhh...  [thumbsup]
dude....... i'm a girl....  [laugh]
i don't know that  [laugh]
You need to convey your construction fears to M.... [laugh]
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 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
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    is even more amazing than yours."
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    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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TiNi

#13
July 27, 2008, 04:08:36 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on July 27, 2008, 04:01:10 PM
You need to convey your construction fears to M.... [laugh]

been there... done that...
he thinks i'm as silly as you do...

ducpainter

#14
July 27, 2008, 04:09:19 PM
Quote from: DuCaTiNi on July 27, 2008, 04:08:36 PM
been there... done that...
he thinks i'm as silly as you do...

;D
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
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    is even more amazing than yours."
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    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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