Need Plumber!!!

[red_n_vegas]

Any Plumbers in the house?...I have a leak on the hot water side...I think its in or under the slab in the master batroom.:insane: If you sit in the bathtub you can hear water running threw the pipe type sound. I had a small leak in the value of the bathtub that I fixed this last weekend. But since I did that I think its made a small leak some place else bigger.

I shut off the water going to the hot water heater and the noise is gone.

Please let me know ASAP :Thanx:

We had the same issue in the other house and that ended up with a hole getting cut in the slab and replacing the bad pipe and then fixing the hole in the slab...They say that the chemicals in the water eat the copper pipe.:brutal:

[digginfordollars]

If it is the hot water you are in luck. Turn it back on for a day or so and then crawl around on the floor to feel for the hotspot or use a non-contact thermometer. No fooling on this one, I had the same thing in my old house and ended with a hole in the slab no bigger than ten inches around. If you can pinpoint it I have a little chipping hammer you can use. Don't get too crazy busting out the floor because you probably have a post tension slab and you do not want to cut one of those cables. My water lines were only about 6 or 8 inches below the floor, if your's are deeper than that it may not transfer enough heat up to tell where it is at.

[red_n_vegas]

i can feel the heat right of the door of the bathroom.

[just another payment]

Are you still renting? Just call the landlord maybe he has someone he deals with.

[red_n_vegas]

yea did that and he wants us to call someone..which is fine..I just wanted to give the biz to a fellow boater.

[just another payment]

Cool

[panic button]

We thought we had a leak on our hot water side, but when the plumber came out he said no, we have one of those hot water circulation pumps and the sound we heard was the water circulating back to the hot water heater.

[Essex502]

Any water leak in a home should be dealt with IMMEDIATELY. Don't wait. Mold can form very quickly. Some forms are toxic. Also, be very, veery careful to not report a water damage claim to your insurance company as your home will end up on the "secret" water damage list and the next buyer may have trouble getting insurance for it. You might even have trouble selling it. The water damage database is not well known but it does exist. My wife's ex law firm was one of the major firms in the U.S. for mold cases. Beware.

[red_n_vegas]

We thought we had a leak on our hot water side, but when the plumber came out he said no, we have one of those hot water circulation pumps and the sound we heard was the water circulating back to the hot water heater.




how can I tell if one is in place?

[DCfive]

how can I tell if one is in place?

There will be a small electric pump usually in the area of the water heater and also the hot water lines coming from the pump will be wrapped with some sort of insulation.

[DCfive]

Any water leak in a home should be dealt with IMMEDIATELY. Don't wait. Mold can form very quickly. Some forms are toxic. Also, be very, veery careful to not report a water damage claim to your insurance company as your home will end up on the "secret" water damage list and the next buyer may have trouble getting insurance for it. You might even have trouble selling it. The water damage database is not well known but it does exist. My wife's ex law firm was one of the major firms in the U.S. for mold cases. Beware.


Is mold really a problem in Vegas like here in SoCal?

[Red Horse]

There will be a small electric pump usually in the area of the water heater and also the hot water lines coming from the pump will be wrapped with some sort of insulation.

This is true. Another way to tell is if you get hot water right after you turn it on.

[red_n_vegas]

yea no such luck on that..3 1/2 hours of no useage of water by us and the meter showed 2 gallons used. having a hell of time finding a person to do a leak test. The hot spot comes and goes in the slab. Roto Router will not do it and gave us a name of a place that does but when we call them it goes to Voice Mail and tells you to call back during biz hours..

[Red Horse]

Hell, if I was there we would do it, charge your landlord and you would be good to go in a few days!!

[PUMP 'HER']

Sounds like a good enough reason to hop on the next flight and come on over and help your buddy out!

[digginfordollars]

Does the hot spot seem to move around or just be there sometimes and sometimes not but always in the same spot? What kind of flooring do you have? You could drill some small holes in the floor and probe down for wet spots. Unfortunately the only way to fix it is the bust out the floor and sweat in a new chunk of pipe.

[DCfive]

I just recently had a hot water slab leak also. The plumber was able to pin point the leak somewhat easily. The thing that I thought was cool though, is that they didn't need to jack-hammer the slab. They used some new-fangled plastic pipe and ran in through the old copper, using the copper as a conduit. Apparantly this plastic stuff holds up better than galvanized and copper. I can't for the life of me think of the name, but they are using it alot in new construction.

[DCfive]

Try calling a flood restoration company. They will have a plumber that can do this kind of work for sure.

[digginfordollars]

I just recently had a hot water slab leak also. The plumber was able to pin point the leak somewhat easily. The thing that I thought was cool though, is that they didn't need to jack-hammer the slab. They used some new-fangled plastic pipe and ran in through the old copper, using the copper as a conduit. Apparantly this plastic stuff holds up better than galvanized and copper. I can't for the life of me think of the name, but they are using it alot in new construction.

Probably alot cheaper to bust a hole in the slab if you can pin point it. To do the plastic thing you will end up with two holes in the wall somewhere in the house, maybe more if you happen to get the wrong loop. Usually what the plumbers do when they run the water lines is start at the hot water heater and run a contuinous piece of copper to the nearest fixture and that stubs up into the wall. Then the next run is tied into that and run to the next fixture, so and so on. This way there are no joints underground. In order to do the plastic pipe, you would have to identify the right run, cut out the sheetrock and possibly the back of a vanity or cabinet, cut the pipes and snake the new plastic through and reconnect. You will also lose some capacity with a smaller pipe size, may or may not be an issue depending on what is on the other end.

[PUMP 'HER']

Hey Scott, check this out. :dunno:
http://www.restoremypipes.com/adf2/index.htm

[vmjtc3]

Good luck Scott. If I could I would help you out. But I know nothing about this. If you ever have any electrical problems give me a shout.:thumb:

[red_n_vegas]

ok now I am really unsure wtf is going on...got the water bill..$17.00..how f does that happen..