Hi!
My yard has been soggy since my husband and I bought it 3 years ago. My landscaper guy was fixing our sprinkler system (not a leak) and noticed that there was some water in the corner of the garage. We never noticed it before, nor after this day. It did however rain the previous day. We called a plumber to investigate for a possible leak. Long story short, they dug where water main comes into the house and supposedly found and repaired leak. However, within the next day or two, my husband went to check on it and sunk a foot in the covered hole due to soggy ground. We called plumber back out. They ran test and determined we supposedly have a leak under garage. I've got a giant hole in my yard and they started to tunnel but but their progress was halted by clay soil. Plumber thinks better to cut slab. I would rather reroute before cutting slab, but I'm not totally convinced there is a pipe leak. You see, I've been conducting my own experiment. The water is turned on outside. When we use water, the water meter moves as one would predict. When we are at work, no water is being used (except maybe ice maker which I keep an eye on). Since water is on but not being used, I would presume that if you had a leak, the water meter would move. Well, it doesn't. I've been taking meter readings before and after work, and there is no movement. So does this mean that there is no leak or could there be another explanation? By the way, our water bill has never been high and water pressure has always been fine. Our house was built in 2002. There has been clear water accumulating in the hole. It did however rain, so that kinda makes it difficult to determine how much of the water is from rain and how much is from supposed leak or maybe my house was built on a damn spring! Please help.
Thanks, Lisa
My yard has been soggy since my husband and I bought it 3 years ago. My landscaper guy was fixing our sprinkler system (not a leak) and noticed that there was some water in the corner of the garage. We never noticed it before, nor after this day. It did however rain the previous day. We called a plumber to investigate for a possible leak. Long story short, they dug where water main comes into the house and supposedly found and repaired leak. However, within the next day or two, my husband went to check on it and sunk a foot in the covered hole due to soggy ground. We called plumber back out. They ran test and determined we supposedly have a leak under garage. I've got a giant hole in my yard and they started to tunnel but but their progress was halted by clay soil. Plumber thinks better to cut slab. I would rather reroute before cutting slab, but I'm not totally convinced there is a pipe leak. You see, I've been conducting my own experiment. The water is turned on outside. When we use water, the water meter moves as one would predict. When we are at work, no water is being used (except maybe ice maker which I keep an eye on). Since water is on but not being used, I would presume that if you had a leak, the water meter would move. Well, it doesn't. I've been taking meter readings before and after work, and there is no movement. So does this mean that there is no leak or could there be another explanation? By the way, our water bill has never been high and water pressure has always been fine. Our house was built in 2002. There has been clear water accumulating in the hole. It did however rain, so that kinda makes it difficult to determine how much of the water is from rain and how much is from supposed leak or maybe my house was built on a damn spring! Please help.
Thanks, Lisa