galvanized water lines leaking this help you decide where to cut hole and what steps to take to repair the system. good luck
galvanized water lines leaking this help you decide where to cut hole and what steps to take to repair the system. good luck
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Question! I had a two week period where the temperature was barely above 32 degrees. The following is a chronological list of things that happened:
1) the first odd event was that my hot water flow rate went down to a weak trickle at the kitchen sink. All other faucets were normal. I was also able to use the shower as I normally do.
2) one week after the cold spell the 'clogged' hot water at the sink continued to have the weak trickle. I just assumed that it was frozen, and may need two weeks to completely thaw out. All other sinks, as well as the shower, worked normally.
4) About 30 days after I lost hot water at my sink (flow was a trickle) I noticed that the hot water side of the shower failed to get hot. I initially assumed that my power must have been off, and just turned my hot water timer back so that the hot water heater would turn on. I went to the store for about an hour, I came home and as I passed by the shower area I could hear the sound of water running through the pipes (the water heater is located 10 feet from the shower). There is an outlet valve located at the outlet of the water heater so I turned it off. The sound of water running through pipes stopped that point. I checked my water dial meter & nothing was moving. This indicates to me that I have a fully flowing leak between the outlet of the water heater & somewhere along that pipe ( goes for 30 feet under the house).
All pipes are galvanized.
QUESTION: Why would it take so long for the pipe to finally begin to leak? Was the rust so thick that it sealed the leak momentarily?