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Post by gpjohn on Sept 26, 2011 9:15:11 GMT -6
Last night at 2200 discovered about 1" of water in my hall bath. could not find a leak in any fixtures, seemed to be coming up thru floor near a wall. I turned of water to house, water quit coming in. It appears that I have a broken pipe in the slab. I have a plumber coming this afternoon. Anybody have any experience with this type of thing? I have terrazzo floors in bathroom, so while the flooring was not damaged, I don't know of a way to remove a section of terrazzo without ruining it. Can this be fixed from underneath the house? Will homeowners insurance likely cover it?
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Post by 278ibewfb on Sept 26, 2011 10:41:02 GMT -6
Last night at 2200 discovered about 1" of water in my hall bath. could not find a leak in any fixtures, seemed to be coming up thru floor near a wall. I turned of water to house, water quit coming in. It appears that I have a broken pipe in the slab. I have a plumber coming this afternoon. Anybody have any experience with this type of thing? I have terrazzo floors in bathroom, so while the flooring was not damaged, I don't know of a way to remove a section of terrazzo without ruining it. Can this be fixed from underneath the house? Will homeowners insurance likely cover it? looks like a good insurance claim and a new remodeled bathroom, with all the ground shifting and the cable slabs shifting, not good, looks like you will have a drop bottom commode for a little while
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2011 12:25:22 GMT -6
Sounds like you have a foundation problem too which is probably tied to the plumbing. In all likelyhood, it's a covered issue with your insurance. Now, if you didn't have a plumbing issue, then you would have to shell out some major dinero to fix the foundation. In late 90's and early 2000's, we shelled out close to 25K on our old house for foundation and drywall repairs spread out between two different repairs. And the foundation was a cable tension type. When we built our new home, I demanded as much rebar as possible in the foundation and it's done pretty good under these extreme conditions. I will never buy a home with cable tension system foundation again.
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Post by gpjohn on Sept 26, 2011 13:04:20 GMT -6
Sounds like you have a foundation problem too which is probably tied to the plumbing. In all likelyhood, it's a covered issue with your insurance. Now, if you didn't have a plumbing issue, then you would have to shell out some major dinero to fix the foundation. In late 90's and early 2000's, we shelled out close to 25K on our old house for foundation and drywall repairs spread out between two different repairs. And the foundation was a cable tension type. When we built our new home, I demanded as much rebar as possible in the foundation and it's done pretty good under these extreme conditions. I will never buy a home with cable tension system foundation again. Could be. I keep our slab watered, so it hasnt been giving me any problems, but who knows! Hopefully insurance will do something. Hate to think about spending a bunch of cash on the slab
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Post by Clemensbuff on Sept 26, 2011 14:06:35 GMT -6
Sounds like you have a foundation problem too which is probably tied to the plumbing. In all likelyhood, it's a covered issue with your insurance. Now, if you didn't have a plumbing issue, then you would have to shell out some major dinero to fix the foundation. In late 90's and early 2000's, we shelled out close to 25K on our old house for foundation and drywall repairs spread out between two different repairs. And the foundation was a cable tension type. When we built our new home, I demanded as much rebar as possible in the foundation and it's done pretty good under these extreme conditions. I will never buy a home with cable tension system foundation again. Could be. I keep our slab watered, so it hasnt been giving me any problems, but who knows! Hopefully insurance will do something. Hate to think about spending a bunch of cash on the slab Only way I know of fixing it is to locate the leak area and bust out the slab as the cu water lines are most likely installed within the concrete itself which is the only way I've seen them done in a 'slab on grade' home. Hopefully your home owners insurance carrier will step up to the plate man!
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Post by gpjohn on Sept 27, 2011 8:55:17 GMT -6
Here is a twist. turned out not to be a broken pipe, but rather a clogged AC drain. it had gotten full of algae and stopped up. I had no idea that a AC pulled that much water out of a house.
AC tech blew out drain line with nitrogen. It blew out a big pile of algae/slime. That 1" line must have been clogged for several feet. They reccommeded pouring a 1/2 cup of bleach down the drain line every month or so.
Only cost me about $100. much better than the thousands I thought I was going to spend. Does that mean I can use that money to get a new Rolex???
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Post by FB fan on Sept 27, 2011 9:13:56 GMT -6
Here is a twist. turned out not to be a broken pipe, but rather a clogged AC drain. it had gotten full of algae and stopped up. I had no idea that a AC pulled that much water out of a house. AC tech blew out drain line with nitrogen. It blew out a big pile of algae/slime. That 1" line must have been clogged for several feet. They reccommeded pouring a 1/2 cup of bleach down the drain line every month or so. Only cost me about $100. much better than the thousands I thought I was going to spend. Does that mean I can use that money to get a new Rolex??? Great news GPJ. I thought about that but when you said it was in the bathroom I decided it was not likely the issue. Yep, 1/2 cup of bleach once a month will take care of that issue. Happy for you man. I found out the hard way too when I first moved down here.
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Post by gpwf on Sept 27, 2011 9:21:54 GMT -6
Here is a twist. turned out not to be a broken pipe, but rather a clogged AC drain. it had gotten full of algae and stopped up. I had no idea that a AC pulled that much water out of a house. AC tech blew out drain line with nitrogen. It blew out a big pile of algae/slime. That 1" line must have been clogged for several feet. They reccommeded pouring a 1/2 cup of bleach down the drain line every month or so. Only cost me about $100. much better than the thousands I thought I was going to spend. Does that mean I can use that money to get a new Rolex??? That's probably our most common repair jobs...that and Cap/relays...50/50 Clorox every 6 months takes care of your problem.
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Post by 278ibewfb on Sept 27, 2011 9:25:06 GMT -6
Here is a twist. turned out not to be a broken pipe, but rather a clogged AC drain. it had gotten full of algae and stopped up. I had no idea that a AC pulled that much water out of a house. AC tech blew out drain line with nitrogen. It blew out a big pile of algae/slime. That 1" line must have been clogged for several feet. They reccommeded pouring a 1/2 cup of bleach down the drain line every month or so. Only cost me about $100. much better than the thousands I thought I was going to spend. Does that mean I can use that money to get a new Rolex??? well there goes the new fancy comode to sit down on saturdays and catch up on the sports...............lol, i get our a/c serviced each year in the spring time you can definetly tell with the cooling and the electricity bills.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2011 12:11:13 GMT -6
Here is a twist. turned out not to be a broken pipe, but rather a clogged AC drain. it had gotten full of algae and stopped up. I had no idea that a AC pulled that much water out of a house. AC tech blew out drain line with nitrogen. It blew out a big pile of algae/slime. That 1" line must have been clogged for several feet. They reccommeded pouring a 1/2 cup of bleach down the drain line every month or so. Only cost me about $100. much better than the thousands I thought I was going to spend. Does that mean I can use that money to get a new Rolex??? That is great news. Yea, we have that issue at our office from time to time with our units. Just a few weeks ago, I come in Monday morning and their the carpet is all wet in one section and it seaped into a supply closet. This summer, our A/C's have been running on overdrive and certainly our electric bills show it too.
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Post by Clemensbuff on Sept 27, 2011 12:37:39 GMT -6
Here is a twist. turned out not to be a broken pipe, but rather a clogged AC drain. it had gotten full of algae and stopped up. I had no idea that a AC pulled that much water out of a house. AC tech blew out drain line with nitrogen. It blew out a big pile of algae/slime. That 1" line must have been clogged for several feet. They reccommeded pouring a 1/2 cup of bleach down the drain line every month or so. Only cost me about $100. much better than the thousands I thought I was going to spend. Does that mean I can use that money to get a new Rolex??? Dude, where is the 'overflow' drain piped down to on that unit??? Usually there is a primary drain and then an 'overflow' drain when the primary clogs up. They normally pipe the overflow drain to an area where it is very visible when it starts to drip.......such as through your soffit right in front of your main entry door so that it is noticed quickly and you can get the main drain repaired or cleared out!
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Post by gpjohn on Sept 27, 2011 13:13:26 GMT -6
Here is a twist. turned out not to be a broken pipe, but rather a clogged AC drain. it had gotten full of algae and stopped up. I had no idea that a AC pulled that much water out of a house. AC tech blew out drain line with nitrogen. It blew out a big pile of algae/slime. That 1" line must have been clogged for several feet. They reccommeded pouring a 1/2 cup of bleach down the drain line every month or so. Only cost me about $100. much better than the thousands I thought I was going to spend. Does that mean I can use that money to get a new Rolex??? Dude, where is the 'overflow' drain piped down to on that unit??? Usually there is a primary drain and then an 'overflow' drain when the primary clogs up. They normally pipe the overflow drain to an area where it is very visible when it starts to drip.......such as through your soffit right in front of your main entry door so that it is noticed quickly and you can get the main drain repaired or cleared out! I don't know, but I guess I ought to find out! I suspect the "overflow" drain goes thru a wall to my bathroom floor. I'm definitely going to be keeping an eye on it ! I can barely find my own "main drain" anymore, much less a backup
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