LauraMM
New Member
A few days ago we turned that tap on in the morning and...no water! all taps not producing any water at all. The plumber came and was baffled, the pipes don't seem to be frozen a the entry to the house, the pipes in the house work fine (we currently have emergency water supply from our neighbor). We have a 30 year old rancher type house with all plumbing below the main house in the insulated 5 foot crawl space. We have never had any problems like this or even a frozen pipe.
We have been told we have a number of options
1. Replace outside line at huge expense and leave yard in complete chaos.
2. Run a current through the line at each end. I'm not sure what this would tell us. One plumber thinks this is a good idea to tell whether the pipe is intact. There is no obvious sign of a rupture or break as there is no water coming out of the ground or wet area - at least that we have found yet. If the pipe is intact, I'm not sure what is done next, does the current melt ice in it if that is the problem? At this point, I guess they would try to fix the problem?
We are very unsure of what to do, every plumber has a different idea. Can you help?
We have been told we have a number of options
1. Replace outside line at huge expense and leave yard in complete chaos.
2. Run a current through the line at each end. I'm not sure what this would tell us. One plumber thinks this is a good idea to tell whether the pipe is intact. There is no obvious sign of a rupture or break as there is no water coming out of the ground or wet area - at least that we have found yet. If the pipe is intact, I'm not sure what is done next, does the current melt ice in it if that is the problem? At this point, I guess they would try to fix the problem?
We are very unsure of what to do, every plumber has a different idea. Can you help?