Questions tagged [leak]
For questions generally relating to the unwanted permeation of water or other liquid, indoor/outdoor air, or fuel gas through a barrier designed to contain it, including identification, repair, and prevention techniques, tools and materials.
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How to waterproof a leaky front porch that has a basement room underneath?
Our front porch has interlocking stone on top of the concrete. Underneath that porch is a basement cold room that has water leaking from the ceiling though the porch into that room. We have yet to get ...
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Rain water leaking from gap between garage back wall and floor
Whenever it rains heavily here where I live, I'll see water leaking out from where the back of my garage wall meets the garage floor. My usual contractor suggested that the cause was use to an ...
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Side garage door leak - voids in mortar - threshold problem?
I had an awful experience in having my home built a few years ago. I already had a window leak that ruined my floors in the living room after finding a cracked window seal that was “repaired” with ...
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Very small and slow leak after new faucet installation from plastic cap under bathroom sink faucet
I recently installed a new faucet into our sink bathroom as well as reinstalled both cold and hot water lines. I realized that there was some water on the bottom of the cabinet. I put a tiny plastic ...
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Dual-flush toilet making a noise, unpredictably
I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue with a dual-flush toilet, where every few days it starts making a noise like there is an internal leak.
I popped open the tank hood and found that it's continually ...
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Temperature Pressure Release (TPR) Valve Leaking
Check out the evolution of my saga with my water pressure and my water heater here:
Water Pressure Regulator not regulating after rebuild
And here:
High water pressure when gauge is not observed
Never ...
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Is sink too low for proper drainage?
In a utility sink in my basement, I’ve always had problems with the sink leaking when there is water to drain. It’s never been a huge problem because the sink wasn’t used often so I didn’t mind if the ...
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Crack in ABS drain pipe at slab
As pictured, this is my kitchen drain line and vent. It may be hard to see in the photos, but the 2" ABS goes into the concrete slab. Due to earth movement (my guess, and you can see the line ...
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Would getting a new toilet installed cause a shower leak?
We got a new toilet installed and the next morning, there was water pouring into the room below from the ceiling. The thing is, the water started pouring down when the shower ran. Note that this was ...
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What are some tools or methods I can purchase to trace a water leak?
A downpour of rain has caused one of the ceilings in my bedroom to leak. Now a small little hole in the ceiling is dripping water.
I would like to get to the bottom of how I can prevent this from ...
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Is it okay to reroute this water heater line?
The slab under hot water heater 3/4" hot manifold was leaking, so I decided to have plumber reroute through the attic.
The 3/4" copper that supplies hot water to bath manifold through the ...
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Ceiling leaks in driving rain -- how can I find source?
Apologies if dupe...
Once or twice a year, in driving rain conditions, I get a ceiling drip on the northeast side of the house. Photo attached showing the damage. (Yes, kitchen. Yes, that is a stock ...
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Can you help me identify these pipes and valve sizes?
I was met with this (photo included) when asked to help someone. I am only concerned with the pipe with the red knob. This is under a mobilehome after the water pit, the shut off to the home. I am ...
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No-hub coupling on stack leaking - how do I replace it?
The no-hub coupling on my stack is leaking. It has a rubber liner with a corrugated metal covering, per northeast Ohio plumbing codes. See below for the type of coupling that is currently in place. ...
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How can we detect or redirect a water leak from a 2nd floor toilet?
Last year we had a water leak in the drain pipe of our 2nd floor toilet. It dripped onto the 1st floor kitchen ceiling and created a soft, discolored spot over time. That's how we discovered it. We've ...
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How can I safely clean up a Zinc Chloride battery leak?
As we changed old batteries, a rusty liquid was smeared on the floor and hands. I wiped it up and opened the window, but the metallic smell lingers in the room still.
Is the metallic smell from the ...
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How to temporarily catch leaks trickling down the outside of a pipe
I have a small, slow and steady trickle of water running down the outside of a vertical 15 mm copper pipe.
How can I capture the leak and divert the water into a receptacle?
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What can I do about the joint between my roof and brick wall leaking?
I have a bay window with its own roof, that connects to a brick wall. The joint between the roof and brick leaks when water is sprayed at or otherwise lands on the brick -- during our last hurricane, ...
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Slab Leak in Foundation [closed]
If there is a slab leak, will the water eventually come directly out of slab above the leak or can it come up in the surrounding are?
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Leaky Air Duct Sealing
I have duct work in a house that I recently bought were it looks like some ducts were removed and then just sealed over with a metal sheet. The vent seems to be leaking air and in my opinion should be ...
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Deteriorating Plywood Subflooring
Here is scenario:
House has cement foundation/slab
An asphalt mastic was put over foundation/slab as a vapor barrier
5/8 inch plywood put over asphalt mastic and nailed into foundation
Heavy plastic ...
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Well line cover is leaking in heavy rain. What is the likely fix?
My well line comes in at this point below. The water line itself is just the Pex but it’s wrapped in a PVC-like cover. There is water coming in from the PVC cover in heavy rain.
It’s coming through ...
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Why do my upstairs master bath and shower cause downstairs air vent leak when they run at the same time?
When our upstairs master bathtub and separate master shower are run at the same time there seems to be a leak that occurs that leaks down near the front door air vent in the entryway.
I don’t ...
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What this small diameter drain tube coming out of my house wall?
Tube is in the lower left of the photo. There is a small painted tube (similar to plant irrigation tubing) coming out of the wall about 12 inches off the ground that is dripping constant water. There ...
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Main water valve leaking
I had a leaky fitting (on the left side) so I replaced it, but now my main valve has a slow leak through the handle (right side)
I've tried securing the nut behind the valve handle, which wont budge, ...
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Why is my boiler losing pressure with no leak? [duplicate]
I have a combi boiler, this one, required to fill in 1.5 BA, 8 radiators, and heated floors in the same system.
I have a pressure loss problem, I lose ~0.3-0.4 every week without visible leakage. I ...
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Do you need to empty a 500 gal propane tank if the shutoff valve is leaking?
I own my tank that came with my home purchase. My propane supplier said I should never shut off the main valve. How do I replace the valve if I do an upgrade to support new gas appliances? I don't ...
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Window Leak at bottom corner
We’ve noticed a leak in the bottom corner of a downstairs window. There was always a mark there but it got considerably worse after a recent few rainy days. Any quick guesses for what to look for?
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Converted garden shed with concrete floor is wet during rainy season
We converted a small garden shed, about 8' x 12' into a small free-standing office space. It works great for that purpose, except the floor (concrete pad) seems to wick water if it rains too much.
We ...
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water leak in ceiling -- how to proceed
I just noticed that there are two new water leak stain marks in my kitchen ceiling --- cf the zoom out photo. I'd really appreciate help and advice on how to proceed.
The zoom-out photo actually has ...
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Fixing water leak without turning off water. (Water pipe busted, can't get company to turn off water) Please Help
Trying to fix a water line that froze then busted, I can't get the water company to cut off the water, the valve at the meter no longer shuts off water to the home (I was not informed that the new ...
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How to turn showerhead without creating a leak
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Shower head is positioned on the red line. The water shoots too close to the wall. Even with adjusting the "front" of the shower head, the positioning of the pipe prevents it ...
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What is this opening in my tile for my bathroom?
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There is a crack on my bathtub that ants are coming in and out of. The ant traffic seems to increases significantly after a shower.
Immediately above the crack there is what appears to be ...
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How to diagnose the source of bathroom leakage with minimum damage
Today we notices some discoloration/stains under our stairway, next to our upstairs bathroom:
I removed the wooden cover of the piping system, which was mostly soaked/rotten
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Water running down beam [closed]
Water is leaking and running down a beam and is collecting collecting near the bedroom. I can't fix the leak right now.
Is there any way I can temporarily stop the water from flowing down the beam? ...
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How to fix water leakage from drain hose of a washing machine?
We have this washing machine connection, which was setup by the installer some years back that has started leaking now. Probably it was not setup correctly, but we want to fix this to avoid the ...
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I'm trying to identify and find The manufacturer of a shower valve that is stamped gobo asse 1016
I have been looking for hours online I have an old shower valve that's leaking everywhere and I just need to find a part that will be the same as this one but I cannot even find who makes this part. ...
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drying out a shower leak
I had a leak in my shower. The caulk on the interior of the shower had failed. I cleaned and replace the caulk, and as far as I can tell, there is no more leak.
I'm now trying to repair the water ...
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Do I need to turn the gas off to my water heater when doing plumbing repairs?
I have to turn my water heater off because I found a leak in my wall.
Do I need to turn the gas off as well, or can I leave it on?
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Washer drain hoses don't fit our washer
We have a GE Harmony washing machine. Recently the drain hose sprung a leak at the base. No issues with the connection to the machine, its strictly the hose. We bought both generic hose attachments ...
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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 ...
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Is it normal for air to leak around blower
I concered about gas leaking from furnace. I sprayed soapy water around base where blower is and huge bubbles form.
We bought it brand new right after it was installed. It just wasn't heating the ...
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Wood burning stove chimney leaking
A house we bought a few years ago has a newly fitted wood burning stove and chimney. During combined heavy rain and high winds we will get water leaking down our inside wall near the stove.
I’m went ...
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Ceiling stain and potential water leak [closed]
I recently opened a few window blinds, that I had not opened in a while. When doing so, I observed a stain on my kitchen ceiling. I’m not sure how long it has been there, as I only saw it with the ...
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Is glue needed for an LPG pigtail hose
We have a twin 45kg LPG gas cylinder setup.
One of the pigtail hoses had a gas leak and as such needs replacement.
I found a manual for our setup:manual pdf
We've been able to find the correct pigtail ...
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How to turn off the water valve to the sprinkler
I believe one of our sprinkler units is leaking…I have turned off the sprinkler system however I want to turn the water off to the sprinkler manual valve . Would I do it from the back flow I assume…...
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Fixing PVC pipe connection leaking from downspout
I was doing some construction and while trying to figure out where the PVC pipe that brings water from the gutters away from my home was going to, I messed up a connection/joint in that pipe. Some ...
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Where to find a shower half-panel?
my shower is 20 years old and leaking from the rubber around the glass. We've tried to patch it a few times, but I'd like to just rip it off and put on a new one at this point. The width seems to be ...
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How can I fix a frost-free spigot that's leaking out of the handle/rod?
I have frost-free spigot that developed a leak this summer that comes from the handle only when the water is on. After trying to fix the problem then turning on the spigot without a handle, it ...
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How to troubleshoot a slowly leaking toilet cistern/tank [closed]
One of my toilets is slowly leaking. It has (what I have deduced from Google) a dual push button cistern and a float-cup fill valve. Here's a photo.
As you can see, from this animated GIF sped up 60x,...
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