Water Heater Woes

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Home Repair, plumbing, water heater

One of many things a homeowner does not want to deal with is a water leak. We discovered a puddle by the water heater, a bad sign. The water heater tank drain valve failed and was leaking, not the tank itself. In the photo there’s a short copper pipe screwed in where the valve was, a placeholder while the plumber went to get a replacement valve.

This was a much less expensive fix than replacing the entire water heater. My budget is very thankful!

Water Line Replacement Day 2

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Home Repair, plumbing, water line replacement

Today the bulk of the work on our water line replacement was done. The plumbers dug a trench, laid a new water line, disconnected the old and connected the new. Then they turned the water on and checked for leaks.

Digging

New water line in trench. The new line is a plastic material.

View of the project.

Now we wait on the building inspector to approve the job, and then the new water line will be buried.

Water Line Replacement Project

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Home Repair, plumbing, water line replacement

The plumbing woes continue at our 194o’s era home we call The Farmhouse. We discovered a water leak under the driveway a little while ago, today the plumbing contractor started work to reroute the water line. When they dug up the connection at the water meter, they discovered the line was full of leaks. The first photo is a pool of water that leaked from the line just past the water meter. Also, the ground by the footer of the house was found to be wet.

Here’s the end of the trench by the house and you can see (look hard) the hole drilled through the foundation into the crawl space. The new water line will go through this hole and be connected to the water pipe in the crawlspace beneath the house.

Trench across the driveway.
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Debris pile along the driveway.

And if you’re wondering, the answer is yes, this is an expensive repair.

Plumber’s Graffiti

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plumbing

Once again our old house, built in 1945, is having plumbing problems. This time, water is coming out of an expansion joint in the driveway. The water supply pipe is under the driveway and it has a leak. This morning a utility locator came and marked where the pipe is and where the leak is located. These are his markings.

A leak inside a wall

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air conditioner, home repairs, plumbing, water leak

While doing some touch up painting on the exterior of our house, step son Taylor found a small water leak. The plumbing inside the wall in that spot is a pressurized water line to the frost free faucet for the garden hose at the rear of the house, and the drain for the air conditioning evaporator. When the a/c removes humidity from the air, that condensed water drains through the white pvc pipe you see in this photo. Thankfully this was discovered before it became an ugly, moldy mess.

Next, we’ll repair the drain line. The after the area dries, we will repair and paint the drywall.

With houses as with cars, there’s always something going wrong, something to be fixed.