Nothing good will come of this either

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23 June 2019, 02:15 PM

Steve Miller

Nothing good will come of this either

This morning - in my kitchen:

Only upside is that it's dripping in to the kitchen sink.

23 June 2019, 03:14 PM

Mikhailoh

Pro tip: Turn the light off.

But seriously, that's bad. Since it is June I will assume a broken pipe or water heater. Not sure where your mechanics are.

23 June 2019, 03:26 PM

Steve Miller

It's a pipe.

This house was re-piped in copper some time in the 80's. Whatever pipe they used is starting to fail - we had another leak in the bathroom wall just last month.

I see a re-pipe project in my future.

23 June 2019, 04:17 PM

ShiroKuro

23 June 2019, 04:18 PM

Mikhailoh

Sounds like it. Nothing lasts forever.

23 June 2019, 04:43 PM

Steve Miller

Dodged a bullet. What's leaking is a water hammer arrestor I didn't even know was up there. The one next to it is in bad shape as well.

Easy enough.

23 June 2019, 04:44 PM

Mikhailoh

Wow...you got lucky indeed.

23 June 2019, 04:48 PM

I have no idea what one of those is...haven't seen one. ???

23 June 2019, 04:53 PM

Steve Miller

They keep pipes from rattling when a valve is turned off quickly. Not all houses have them.

I'm about to find out if my house really needed them.

23 June 2019, 04:53 PM

Doug

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
Dodged a bullet. What's leaking is a water hammer arrestor

That was going to be my guess…

23 June 2019, 04:59 PM

Doug

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
They keep pipes from rattling when a valve is turned off quickly. Not all houses have them.

I'm about to find out if my house really needed them.

Well, it means you’ll no longer be able to arrest your water hammers. Maybe just have to give them written warnings?

If you ever have any questions about this kind of stuff, I’m available…

23 June 2019, 05:24 PM

pianojuggler

I have a friend who did a complete re-pipe in the early 1990s. Their contractor gave them the old "copper is proper" talk and they dropped much money to go with copper instead of ABS or PVC. All of the (affordable) copper pipe was coming from China at the time. Within a few years, all over the house, they started to get pinhole leaks. They ended up buying a large box of the rubber+band clamp repair gizmos. I didn't hear if they ever just bit the bullet and had the house re-piped again.

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23 June 2019, 05:53 PM

kluurs

quote:
Originally posted by Doug:
quote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
Dodged a bullet. What's leaking is a water hammer arrestor

That was going to be my guess…

Doug's been following this kind of thing since they first installed aqueducts.

23 June 2019, 06:01 PM

Steve Miller

It's a good thing this happened when we were home. The part split at the bottom as soon as I touched it.

If it had happened while we were away it would probably have filled the whole house with water.

23 June 2019, 06:07 PM

Steve Miller

quote:
Originally posted by pianojuggler:
I have a friend who did a complete re-pipe in the early 1990s. Their contractor gave them the old "copper is proper" talk and they dropped much money to go with copper instead of ABS or PVC. All of the (affordable) copper pipe was coming from China at the time. Within a few years, all over the house, they started to get pinhole leaks. They ended up buying a large box of the rubber+band clamp repair gizmos. I didn't hear if they ever just bit the bullet and had the house re-piped again.

In the late 80's and early '90's there was a lot of trouble with copper pipe made in Mexico. It had iron in the copper which then rusted and caused pinholes. I suspect that is what my house was repiped with and may well be what your friends house is piped in also.