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Water Leak
My home has all copper water lines. I had the mind set that these water lines was good for a hundred years. And maybe they are. But the main line coming in the house thru the basement developed a leak. Not a pin hold leak, but a much smaller leak. A small hair leak. It did not drip, but it made a very small mist. I couldn't see it because I had the 16 foot geo-canoe hanging right under where the mist was. Now all summer the mist evaporated faster than it leaked. But when the weather cooled the mist fell in the canoe. Now the canoe is like new and don't leak. Guess What? Yelp!!!! It was very slowly filling the canoe. I believe it took months to add weight to that canoe. This week it got heavy enough to pull out the nail holding the rope that held up the canoe.
One end of the canoe fell and dump a boat load of water in the basement.
AHAWWWW what happen HERE!!!!!!
Okey The only thing in this end of the house that has water is the icemaker.
After moving half the kitchen around and checking out all the icemaker hook up, no leaks. Shut off the water and started hunting the leak. There was no mist with the water turned off. Next day still couldn't find the leak. It was like a gobbin got in and filled the boat with water.
What to do. By this time I had the basement dryed out and all the wet stuff thrown
out. I put some news paper down and turn on the water. At first nothing. Then after awhile a drop of water fell on the paper. The next drop a little while later came from a floor joist. I got my flash light and found the light mist above the water pipe.
Got it. Mark the spot on the pipe and cut off the water again and made the repair.
An adventure right here in the house.