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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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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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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…
Ken Brooks
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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…
Timmy Turner
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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…
Christina Weaver
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How to protect corner of roof from rain?

I have a two sided metal roof with a different grade on each side. The two sides do not meet at the center. The design incorporated vertical sky windows in the center of the roof which creates a hip joint that is only met by the steeper side of the…
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Ceiling fan dripping in bathroom

I have a problem similar to this: Downstairs half bathroom, ceiling exhaust fan dripping, first noticed during very hot weather. However, the amount of water makes me think it is not condensation. Also, the downstairs doesn't have AC, just the…
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Any way to fix a shower handle dripping through the stem?

Unlike most answers I've found, this valve is not leaking at the seat washer. I still replaced that since I had the valve open. I tried putting some packing inside the concentric nuts, the silver one that holds the cover and the bronze one that the…
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Occasionally floor around toilet is very very wet. Why?

A couple of times per week the bathroom floor will be flooded from the toilet. Not sure why since I'm not there when it happens. Can flush the toilet over and over again and everything seems fine. Help.
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