Well, crap!

[sstormwatch]

Our water pipes in the master bathroom is most likely leaking. We have water leaks in both our bedroom, and in Cam's bedroom, at the floorboard level and at the edge of the carpets. Thankfully we don't have wooden floors. But I bet it will end up being expensive to fix... and this house is not even six years old yet

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[decembertyger]

oh no :( I hope it was easy to turn off the water and slow it down at least. I hope you don't have a slab foundation either!

**Good for one free do over**

sorry best I can do :(

[sstormwatch]

We have a slab foundation sadly, but the leak seems to be minor at this point, and slow or something. I can't shut that water off unless I shut off the entire house, unless Rob knows where the specific valve is. The only one I remember is the whole house valve outside.

[decembertyger]

I'd shut the whole thing off or at least the valves behind the toilets (when you can get back in the room) and the ones under the sink. Then call your home owners and see if they will cover any of the damage. Whats the worst they can tell you? no?

[sstormwatch]

The home owner warranty was for one year. I will have to check with Rob to see if they had anything extended, but I doubt it. And we own the home, so we have to fix the home.

[ravenessdotcom]

CJ is playing with doors too. I'm just waiting for the day he locks himself in the bathroom...I don't have a key.

[ciorstan]

If you have a typical interior lockset for your bathroom door (this is what the style of doorknob is called), then there is a special hole in the side of the knob that you can insert a tool or small screwdriver to trip the lock. It requires some fiddling, but it can be done.

My kids are now 14 and 16... and I used to manage three apartment buildings. You now don't need to ask me how I know. ;)

[docryder]

That worked great until the last time M. locked herself in her bedroom. The knob came off inside the bedroom, and we ended up pulling out the entire latching assembly. It was still locked. I don't now what I did that unlocked it, but I eventually got it. c0demonkey then replaced it so it locks now from the outside.

[ciorstan]

I've never been a fan of interior locking doors, especially around small or smaller children (or teens, for that matter). Better yet to replace them with non-locking knobs.

But then, I am an Evil Mom(tm)...

[rwfranz]

Just a thought - isn't the master bath approximately the same location as where the Air Conditioning/Heat Pump pipes come into the house? The "leak" might be condensation dripping down inside the wall. I'm not sure what mechanisms were put in place to prevent condensation inside the walls (usually an insulating jacket, which I think is what you've got, but they degrade over time).

Fixing a loose pipe fitting would be substantially less expensive and less disruptive than fixing that sort of thing, too (ripping out walls, re-plastering once fixed...).

[sstormwatch]

One, would it degrade in only six years time?

Two, how can we tell which is which until the wall is taken apart to look inside? That's the big problem, trying to figure out what is going on other than there is a water leak, and all I can think of is putting holes in our wall to figure out which is from where.