Nycpluminghek
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Hi there... I noticed some water (marked in blue in the pre-construction picture) underneath by sink area. I did all the appropriate troubleshooting steps.
1/The water was leaking with everything shut, hence it meant a leak in one of the supply lines
2/I did some trial and error with the cut of valves and determined the leak is in the hot water pipe and not the cold water
3/Given the location of the water accumulation, I am pretty sure the issue is in the area marked in red (hot water supply line to the sink)
see picture
questions
a/this is a new installation, what could cause such a leak after ~8month of use? Is it possible that the water inside my pipe is so hot (which it feels it is) that it could modify the soldering done by the plumber, making it lose? Note: There are no nails that went into any walls
b/is there a way to see a leak thru drywall so I can cut the appropriate part of the dry wall?
c/what is the best way to fix this? my current thinking is to cut out a part of the dry wall and re-solder the part leaking or connect it again with the current nut/bolt pipe parts
help
(Note: Blue on the picture is where the water was, the water does not leak during cold water use, and the pipe marked in red is delivering the hot water to the sink)
1/The water was leaking with everything shut, hence it meant a leak in one of the supply lines
2/I did some trial and error with the cut of valves and determined the leak is in the hot water pipe and not the cold water
3/Given the location of the water accumulation, I am pretty sure the issue is in the area marked in red (hot water supply line to the sink)
see picture
questions
a/this is a new installation, what could cause such a leak after ~8month of use? Is it possible that the water inside my pipe is so hot (which it feels it is) that it could modify the soldering done by the plumber, making it lose? Note: There are no nails that went into any walls
b/is there a way to see a leak thru drywall so I can cut the appropriate part of the dry wall?
c/what is the best way to fix this? my current thinking is to cut out a part of the dry wall and re-solder the part leaking or connect it again with the current nut/bolt pipe parts
help
(Note: Blue on the picture is where the water was, the water does not leak during cold water use, and the pipe marked in red is delivering the hot water to the sink)