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Default need ideas for finding a plumbing leak.

On Aug 2, 6:13 pm, "Steve Barker"
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20PSI!!??? that much pressure would surely blow the water out of the traps.

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Found it! Wound up putting a smoke cartridge in a vent, then putting
a continuous 20 PSI on it (enough to blow out the hole but not enough
to blow water out of the traps). Found it next to a tub access hole--
someone had widened the access hole and got a little wild with the
sawsall!.


Correction, I had the regulator on the compressor set at 20. Never
got that high in the pipe I suppose because of the leak..