On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 08:09:15 -0600, (lp13-30) wrote:

If it were my house, I would bypass the slab lines-- wouldn't even
entertain a thought of breaking the slab, patching the lines, and then
patching the slab. Larry

Why not? There's nothing sacred about the slab. If it leaked in the
wall would you run all new pipe instead of fixing the leak in the
wall?