sorry , repost ignore this post
Christmas was better than I expected, given the state of our family economy. Had a good time with the family Christmas day, but last night got interesting as we were hearing water moving in the pipes when nothing was on.
Uh-oh...
It would seem that the pipe that sends cold water to the bathrooms and a separate line to the kitchen both have developed a pretty decent sized leak. The kitchen pipe had been leaking before, and I thought I had gotten it fixed (or at least dealt with temporarily) by putting valves onto the individual lines so the kitchen could be shut off when it wasn\'t actively in use. It has been fine for several months like this. We originally figured out about the leak b/c of a high water alert from the water company.
At the time I fixed it last time, the meter\'s little \"water flowing\" indicator was not moving when the kitchen line was off, so while we knew it was still capable of leaking, it wasn\'t going to waste water any longer. Now however... The amount of water moving is quite impressive, and the bathroom line wasn\'t involved before - it certainly is now!
The problem (and why I hadn\'t found / fixed the actual leak before) is that this leak is BELOW the concrete slab of the house. Yea - this is under somewhere in the vicinity of 6 inches of solid rock.
Can anyone tell me, aren\'t the pipes of a home supposed to be completely encased in the concrete slab, not exposed UNDER said slab so that they could be poked at by rocks in the dirt? Anybody ever have to deal with a similar situation? How do I fix this? I\'m still in bypass mode at the moment, just trying to ensure the function of the bathrooms until I can get this estimated and fixed for good.
[quote name=\'Geordi\']Speak for yourself! :lol:
