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Post by Lexica on Feb 15, 2017 18:48:41 GMT
I have another leak! I took a shower and bathed my dog this morning. After getting him almost dried off, I took the towel back into the shower area to hang up to dry. I thought I heard water running. This was before the workers got here, so there should be no one in the house. I immediately checked out front to see if my renter's car was here. It wasn't. Thankfully.
I went to check my renter's bathroom and before I even opened the door, I felt water hit my feet. There was water coming under the doorway and when I opened it, it was gushing from behind the toilet area. I'm not sure from where, but it was coming out at a very high volume. The bathroom floor was about 2 inches deep. Since I am not allowed downstairs, I called my next door neighbor and asked him to turn off my water main. He came running out in his robe while he was still on the phone with me and shut the water down at the entrance to the house. Thank God for great neighbors.
I immediately called the guy who is dealing with the current leak. He said this was a separate claim! That means another huge deductible. Damn! So, I had to start at square one and start a new report for another leak and they are going to be sending all the same teams out to deal with this one. The asbestos is going to give them a bit of a problem though.
The guys downstairs haven't heard from their boss yet, but I was told they are supposed to redo the plastic to allow access to the guys coming this afternoon to put in the dehumidifier and all that crud all over again. They said there is damage to the bathroom ceiling and water all over the floor down there. I hope I can use the same entrance they make for the clean up crew to go outside for a little bit. I could use a run to the trash can since the work I am doing is accumulating a bit of boxes and stuff that I'm tossing. I'm sure my dog would love a little run around in the front yard at least.
When I spoke to the field investigator from my insurance company, he said it is not at all unusual to get a second leak after one is repaired. It does seem to be coming from the same pipe, just farther up.
I really want to get this house on the market this summer, so I hope this is the last of the incidents.
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Post by papercrafting on Feb 15, 2017 18:50:49 GMT
oh, man!
Annette
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Feb 15, 2017 18:53:50 GMT
Wow, that's nuts!
I wonder how long it would have taken the other workers to discover it if you hadn't already been home.
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Post by pudgygroundhog on Feb 15, 2017 18:54:41 GMT
This tells you my state of mind that I saw this post and wondered why there wasn't a "politics" label given all the leaks lately, lol.
Sorry you are having issues and hope it's resolved soon!
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Post by used2scrap on Feb 15, 2017 18:57:46 GMT
Oh no, how frustrating! What a nightmare!
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Post by PLurker on Feb 15, 2017 19:08:20 GMT
Am I the only one who thought, by title, this thread needed political tag? Lol. So sorry for the sucky luck!
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Post by quinlove on Feb 15, 2017 19:25:36 GMT
Oh No !! I'm so sorry.
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Post by papersilly on Feb 15, 2017 19:35:16 GMT
man that's sucks. i hope you are able to sort that one out soon too. water is not my friend. we had a pipe burst at the office and it was such a PITA dealing with that especially after i just had a hysterectomy a few days before. no one else could take care of it but me so guess who had to go into the office and babysit the work until it was all re-piped and the insurance claim was taken care of. so much for staying in bed and recooping.
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Post by bc2ca on Feb 15, 2017 19:36:47 GMT
I didn't follow the cause of your first leak, but do you have copper pipes and pinhole leaks? This is just one story on the problem. If the problem is corroded pipes, there will be a cluster of leaks and I'd approach the insurance about repiping the whole house or consider an epoxy lining fix instead. |
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Post by colleen on Feb 15, 2017 21:16:02 GMT
I feel your pain, OP. We had a leak last summer in the kitchen wall and had to redo all the downstairs floors. We had another leak in the same pipe a couple weeks ago -- caught it right away, so no damage. A week later we found a slab leak. We are having the whole house repiped on Tuesday.
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Post by Lexica on Feb 15, 2017 21:26:29 GMT
I didn't follow the cause of your first leak, but do you have copper pipes and pinhole leaks? This is just one story on the problem. If the problem is corroded pipes, there will be a cluster of leaks and I'd approach the insurance about repiping the whole house or consider an epoxy lining fix instead. Okay, THAT was a scary article. I almost bought a house in Ladera Ranch a few years ago. My house does have copper piping, but it's 35 years old and this new situation today makes my 3rd leak within 6 months. The first leak was caught very quickly and didn't do any damage other than I needed to replace the wall board where they entered to fix it. Then the second leak is the one that started a few weeks ago that they are still working on. This new one today is supposedly from the water pressure returning to full force after the leak repair. The investigator said it is quite common for another area of a pipe to break after a section is repaired. How am I supposed to be comfortable in here now? The plumbers should be here any minute now and they will hopefully get my water turned back on. I am going to pay them to reduce the pressure of the water entering the house. My neighbor that rescued me this morning said he started having leaks and had his pressure reduced and hasn't had a leak since. Apparently, our homes have really really good water pressure. We don't need it anymore because all of our showers and toilets have low flow restrictors on them anyway. I just want to get this house sold and move away from here. I got a text from my renter an hour ago asking if they were almost done and could he return tonight. I haven't told him about the new leak and I don't think I will until I get an idea of how long of a delay this is going to cause. Can you imagine the state of this house if I had gone to a hotel like they all wanted me to? That water was not dripping or spritzing like the other leak was, this was a gusher. My entire downstairs would have been flooded. A lot of my furniture is shoved into my living room right now and that would have been soaked. I am so grateful I was here. SaveSave |
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Post by gailoh on Feb 15, 2017 21:39:04 GMT
So sorry you are having so many problems...hope it gets fixed...all of it...
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Post by mlana on Feb 15, 2017 21:53:00 GMT
This is awful! I get why you are so nervous about future repairs. Our home also has very high water pressure and we have had the regulator changed out.
You might consider having any pipes that are exposed during the repairs changed out. It might cost a bit more, but you also might sleep better. Since our house was built in 1987, I've made it a point to have any wiring or pipes exposed during service inspected and, if not up to current code, replaced. Yes, it's made the current repair cost more, but it, hopefully, eliminated any future repairs in that area. It's much cheaper to add that in at the time the wall is open than to reopen the wall at a later time. Since one of the previous home owners fancied himself a DIY handyman, I am REALLY sure this has saved me thousands.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Feb 15, 2017 22:38:55 GMT
I would seriously look into repiping the entire house at this point. Once you start getting multiple leaks, odds are they will continue. We remodeled 80% of our 1950's house 4 years ago, including the kitchen and laundry room. The second week of construction our hot water heater went out. While they were working on that they discovered multiple pipes with pinholes. Because two immediate neighbors had had multiple water leaks w/major damage, we opted to repipe the entire house. It meant that we blew way past the contingency in less than 2 weeks and put off the master bath/bedroom remodel. That remodel begins next Monday (it took me this long to get over living through that last remodel!) and we are just praying there are no big surprises when we open up the walls. I really hope this is the last of your big problems. It's so frustrating to be working towards a goal and have obstacles keep popping up. I got a text from my renter an hour ago asking if they were almost done and could he return tonight. Sheesh! What part of 1 week does he not understand? You are a much more patient person that I would be with him! |
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Post by Lexica on Feb 16, 2017 1:25:25 GMT
I would seriously look into repiping the entire house at this point. Once you start getting multiple leaks, odds are they will continue. We remodeled 80% of our 1950's house 4 years ago, including the kitchen and laundry room. The second week of construction our hot water heater went out. While they were working on that they discovered multiple pipes with pinholes. Because two immediate neighbors had had multiple water leaks w/major damage, we opted to repipe the entire house. It meant that we blew way past the contingency in less than 2 weeks and put off the master bath/bedroom remodel. That remodel begins next Monday (it took me this long to get over living through that last remodel!) and we are just praying there are no big surprises when we open up the walls. I really hope this is the last of your big problems. It's so frustrating to be working towards a goal and have obstacles keep popping up. I got a text from my renter an hour ago asking if they were almost done and could he return tonight. Sheesh! What part of 1 week does he not understand? You are a much more patient person that I would be with him! I am selling the house as soon as I can finish up all the repairs and a few other things that my realtor suggested. I don't want to go to the expense of repiping the whole house now. I talked to the plumber about it when he was here a few minutes ago. He said my pipes should be fine for a number of years. There has actually only been 3 leaks in pipes over the last 35 years, so that's not too bad. Oh, and he told me this last leak was NOT from a pinhole in a pipe. It was the renter's toilet that somehow malfunctioned. He was messing with it recently and he may have screwed something up or didn't tighten something properly. These are the air assist toilets that have a sealed big black tank inside. I opened mine to try to adjust it and was surprised that you cannot get to any of the components. May as well just replace them all. I don't want to take the chance of another one exploding like that. SaveSave |
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Post by IAmUnoriginal on Feb 16, 2017 1:49:32 GMT
Lexica -- on the air assisted toilet -- we have those in our office condo. One went bad last fall. When we called out our plumber, he found out that there was a recall on the big black thing in the tank. The company sent the new tank piece and paid for the plumber's fee. Check for the brand of your component and google a recall on that brand. If it is the same company, you may be able to get some money out of them for the damages from their faulty product. We didn't have damage since we are on a slab and there is a drain in the floor. We have two toilets in the ladies room with those air assisted power flushers. The one went bad. Our plumber tried to order two replacements, but the component company denied the second and said they are only replacing them as they fail. They know they have a faulty product out there, but aren't issuing a mass recall. We would have never known if our plumber didn't look it up when he was ordering the part.
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Post by anniefb on Feb 16, 2017 4:02:19 GMT
Oh no how awful. Hope the claim proceeds is straightforward at least.
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Post by hennybutton on Feb 16, 2017 7:36:04 GMT
You said you almost bought in Ladera Ranch. Are you in south Orange County? We have friends in Aliso Viejo who got a leak in their home less than ten years after they bought it brand-new. Another friend in Mission Viejo experienced SIX slab leaks. Both had copper pipes. From what I've heard, the water in South County has something in it that corrodes copper.
Our house was built with galvanized pipes in 1972 and we never had a leak, but we did repipe with PEX because a leak was inevitable.
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 16, 2017 13:17:39 GMT
YIKES! I am so sorry.
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