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I was supposed to go this week to one of my favorite timeshare places Plantation Beach Club in Stuart. I had to cancel due to a water leak in my home.
Three weeks ago I had a flow of water in my garage that leaked thru to the house to the dining room area. It was not apparent where the water was leaking from but I saw rust on my water heater so I called my plumber. He told me it was coming from the air condition. I did change my water heater because the rust was bad and he felt soon it would be another problem.
I called the air conditioner guy and he fixed it. Then I called water remediation as it was apparent my wood floors had gotten wet. They opened baseboards to make sure I did not have a mold issue and then set up air tents to dry it.
Week one it hardly dried, the same the second week. They sent a trouble shooter who opened more baseboards and did more testing. He is 99% sure I have a broken pipe in the slab. 1% it is from a wall pipe but there is no sign of that. It was recommended I hire a leak detection company as they have the proper equipment to pinpoint the problem.
Tomorrow the leak detection company is company. My gut says it is a broken pipe in the slab. My stomach turns knowing the mess and inconvenience this will cause. Financially I will put it through insurance. If the slab is the problem they have to lift the floors, being they are wood and 25 years old it will be a complete redo in my house. This all means packing, putting things in storage and moving out while the work is done.
I am praying it is a roof leak but there is no sign it is and the roof is only 3 years old.
I am trying to look at the bright side. The water leak from the garage might have been a blessing in disguise to find this problem that could have become worse.
Three weeks ago I had a flow of water in my garage that leaked thru to the house to the dining room area. It was not apparent where the water was leaking from but I saw rust on my water heater so I called my plumber. He told me it was coming from the air condition. I did change my water heater because the rust was bad and he felt soon it would be another problem.
I called the air conditioner guy and he fixed it. Then I called water remediation as it was apparent my wood floors had gotten wet. They opened baseboards to make sure I did not have a mold issue and then set up air tents to dry it.
Week one it hardly dried, the same the second week. They sent a trouble shooter who opened more baseboards and did more testing. He is 99% sure I have a broken pipe in the slab. 1% it is from a wall pipe but there is no sign of that. It was recommended I hire a leak detection company as they have the proper equipment to pinpoint the problem.
Tomorrow the leak detection company is company. My gut says it is a broken pipe in the slab. My stomach turns knowing the mess and inconvenience this will cause. Financially I will put it through insurance. If the slab is the problem they have to lift the floors, being they are wood and 25 years old it will be a complete redo in my house. This all means packing, putting things in storage and moving out while the work is done.
I am praying it is a roof leak but there is no sign it is and the roof is only 3 years old.
I am trying to look at the bright side. The water leak from the garage might have been a blessing in disguise to find this problem that could have become worse.