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Questions tagged [leaks]

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How can I (or a plumber) locate a mysterious internal leak?

Last week I got hit with a colossal water bill. After contacting the supplier I was told to conduct a stop tap test on my water meter. I was confident this would reveal an external leak as we'd seen no sign water is leaking anywhere indoors.…
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are these green dots pinhole leaks waiting to happen?

Recently I had a pinhole leak in my copper 3/4" hot water line. A plumber replaced that section of pipe but today I decided to examine the whole length of the line. I found some corroded copper pipe hangers at various points on the line, but also…
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What else should I do to address a mystery leak?

About two years ago I noticed one of my showers was leaking. I didn't have the wherewithal to fix it at the time so l just shut down the shower. I opened up the ceiling recently to finally deal with this project, called a plumber in... and it's not…
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How to seal hardwood

I have old (1954) hardwood floors in my house. If water or anything gets spilled on it, it will leak through I to the basement. How do I seal that?
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Window leaks from hole in bottom of frame

See the video. I have a bad window leak. The water comes in during rainy days and makes its way from the 2nd story window to the first floor window and wall just below it. After much painful cluelessness I finally have a lead on a cause. Today it…
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water is seeping out from under tub and soaking wood floor

Could there be enough condensation under a metal tub to make it have visible water coming from under tub and soaking into floor boards?
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Unusual tub leak

OK, this one has been driving me nuts for a while now. I have a shower/tub on the second floor that leaks down on to the first floor. It only happens with showers, not baths. It takes about 5-10 minutes from the start of the shower for the leak to…
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How can I fix a small leak in PVC pipe?

I installed a new sink this weekend, and as a result I had to redo the drain pipes. At the joint to a 90 degree elbow and the Y there is a small leak. The pipes are 2" diameter, and I fear that I did not allow them to set enough or I did not put…
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Shower floods behind the wall. on pre-formed shower/bath and ONLY when the shower is turned on

No previous leaks were found, but one morning the kitchen floor (on the other side of the bathroom wall) flooded when the shower was turned on. It's a high-usage shower, used for a minimum of 2-3 showers a day. Suddenly it just started flooding, but…
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Question about turning off hot water heater

I have a bad leak in my bathtub faucet. The hot handle. I have a plumber coming but not until the upcoming week. I turned off the water supply to the electric hot water heater and it quit leaking. My question is, is it safe to leave it off, until I…
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Can an underground drain pipe cause water seepage into basement where floor and wall meet in the front and side of a house?

We have three water issues on one side of our 1934 house. Our house sits beneath our adjacent neighbor's 2018 cruise ship of a McMansion that runs the full length of our home and backyard four stories high - it's mammoth and blocks our western…
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How do I fill a below grade window I found in my foundation that leads to garage?

I bought a house several months ago. It was remodeled 20 years ago and the built on top of the old house. Our gardener accidentally left the hose on in our yard above our garage for 30+ hours at a spot above our garage (the yard on that side is…
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I have an old porous "fruit cellar" of stone/concrete mix crumbling apart. How can I close it off and fill it in? Same with an old leaky cistern

Our house is almost 100 and has a fruit cellar crumbling below our front porch. We had it repaired 3 times but given it is made of a stone/concrete mix the foundation repairs continue to crumble & leak. The floor is very porous and eventually drains…
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Is a Wet Spot in The Ceiling From Toilet Plumping?

My home is two stories and in a first floor room the has a wet spot. Deduction reasoning points to upstairs toilet as the source. And, if I turn off water to the toilet and stop using it then the water spot dries. To be able to use toilet again, do…
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Bidet sprayer install and toilet leak at supply line

I bought a bidet sprayer handheld to install on one of my toilets. I followed all the steps given and it is leaking where the water supply line and T adapter connect. I tried to remove the bidet and rehook the toilet up as is and now its leaking at…
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