This is the second part in a series that I hope to write about water. Earlier this year was Part 1 about supply. Not too long after that we had to deal with the other direction, water leaving the house. When running the kitchen sink faucet we started to hear a the sound of water leaking somewhere. Luckily we still had a home warranty insurance that the selling agent had given us. They sent out a plumber who found the culprit, more galvanized pipe.
I can't believe that pipe actually took that long to leak. The rusted holes must have been so clogged with junk that the water just ran right over it. The plumber replaced it with a new section of black PVC pipe and tested it with the sink faucet running. No problems.
Then a few weeks later I was crawling around in the crawl space (it's my man cave) and noticed that the cripple wall framing in that same area was very wet. As it turned out, when the plumber cut out the old pipe he must have weakened another joint that only released water when we used the upstairs bathroom. So three weeks of showers and sink use had contributed to more leaking. I called up the insurance again and got the same guy out. He replaced more sections and now we have a leak-free pipe junction.
That still leaves sections of pipe that are bound to give out in the future, like the shower drain pipe. It makes me wish we had replaced it when we had the kitchen ceiling open for the supply piping. Here's hoping it holds out for a good long while.
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