TLDR: Pin hole just out of reach in slab. Alternatives to sledging?
Month and a half into our first (1987 Tampa) home and I hear a spray/gurgle in the wall. It sounded like pressure equalizing from some unknown system. The volume seemed to taper off, so we chalked it up to not knowing the house noises yet and went to bed. In the morning there was a dribble under the cabinet and about a square yard of wet carpet on the other side of the wall, so I opened it up.
In the pics, the fourth pipe from the left is leaking out of sight in the slab. I can hear it in the plastic sleeve. Seems to be a tiny pin hole that only overflowed the pipe's plastic sleeve after several hours.
If it were a single pipe I'd cut/sledge and see if I could do the repair, but I'm not feeling that adventurous/accurate with the array of pipes.
We've got a $2500 deductible so I'm not engaging insurance just yet, and I'm not looking to re-pipe at this time until we replenish the coffers from the move/purchase. Before I hire, I need your thoughts on alternative tech like epoxy, micro-chiseling locally instead of subbing out full sledging, re-routing, moving, etc.
I wish I could just pour gorilla grip down the tube and get back to unpacking.
Afterthought question: Can you describe what I'm looking at with the pipe array? What's going on there?
Month and a half into our first (1987 Tampa) home and I hear a spray/gurgle in the wall. It sounded like pressure equalizing from some unknown system. The volume seemed to taper off, so we chalked it up to not knowing the house noises yet and went to bed. In the morning there was a dribble under the cabinet and about a square yard of wet carpet on the other side of the wall, so I opened it up.
In the pics, the fourth pipe from the left is leaking out of sight in the slab. I can hear it in the plastic sleeve. Seems to be a tiny pin hole that only overflowed the pipe's plastic sleeve after several hours.
If it were a single pipe I'd cut/sledge and see if I could do the repair, but I'm not feeling that adventurous/accurate with the array of pipes.
We've got a $2500 deductible so I'm not engaging insurance just yet, and I'm not looking to re-pipe at this time until we replenish the coffers from the move/purchase. Before I hire, I need your thoughts on alternative tech like epoxy, micro-chiseling locally instead of subbing out full sledging, re-routing, moving, etc.
I wish I could just pour gorilla grip down the tube and get back to unpacking.
Afterthought question: Can you describe what I'm looking at with the pipe array? What's going on there?