HANDYHACKERinFL
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Yeah I'm crazy. After rerouting the whole house hot side through the attic with cpvc, the cold sprung a leak. Something wrong with the way the pipe was run through the slab, electrolosis, settling, defective copper...You could hear it at night when it was quiet, especially if you pressed your ear against the bathroom wall. And the carpet waas getting wet from the wet slab. I had allready charged the landlord $800 for that last leak, and didnt want to go through the ordeal of crawling through the attic and opening up the walls again. SO I had a light bulb go off (although it may be a dim one, or a flickerer) I cut the supply line after the pressure tank, and watched the water slowly drop, due to the leak. I began pouring the poison of choice into the pipe, it was a liquid version of radiator stop leak from the autoparts store. Put the whole bottle in. Glued the pipe back together with a slip connector, waited 30 min. and switched the pump back on. I went into the bathroom and ran the water for 5 seconds to move the goop closer to the leak. Then I waited about 4 hours, and the sound of leaking water had subsided! I removed all the screens, let the system flush for 20 minutes, and only drink/cook with reverse osmosis water. Its been 3 weeks, still no leak.
If it comes back though, I'm fixing it proper.
If it comes back though, I'm fixing it proper.