We have running water again!

Last Tuesday, March 16th, Tami woke up and stepped into wet carpeting when she went downstairs in the morning.

At first she thought the kids must have spilled something, but it turned out we had a leak UNDER the foundation of the house and behind a wall that sits between our living room and kitchen area.  She caught the leak pretty early, but it still damaged both the carpeting AND the laminate floor downstairs.

Location of the leak - behind the cut-out drywall

A leak detection company came out to locate the source of the problem.  Unfortunately we were not able to fix the problem by cutting into the slab and replacing the busted pipe because we have a Post Tension Slab and our insurance company won't allow cutting into a post tension slab.

So the only way to fix the problem was to cap the section of pipe that was leaking (cutting off water to the upstairs bathrooms).

Small hole in the laundry room to cap off the leaking pipe

Once the leaky pipe was capped, a new 3/4 copper pipe had to be routed from the kitchen to the upstairs bathrooms.

Pathway for the new pipe.

The plumbers started the job around 8:30am on Monday, March 22, and finished by around 5:30pm.

The "Disaster Recovery" team comes next.  They'll be at the house today at 3pm with fans and a dehumidifier to dry out the walls and floor.  Once everything is dry, we patch up the walls, re-paint, and re-floor.