on 10/6/2007 4:08 PM Ray K said the following:
Ray K wrote:
The edges of some of my paver bricks are always damp, even though a
ceiling over them prevent rain from ever hitting them. The water
meter doesn't budge when all the faucets are off, so I suspect a leak
in the main waste pipe.

The house is on a slab, and located in central New Jersey, so the
pipe might be a couple of feet below the soil (and below the frost
line).

Another winter problem is that the nearby blacktop driveway will
raise about two inches above the concrete garage floor following a
couple of weeks of below freezing temperatures. There had been a gap
between the blacktop and the garage that I just filled, so I don't
yet know if that's how the water was getting below the blacktop.
Again, it may have been leaks from the waste pipe.

Any tips for finding it?

Thanks,

Ray

Thanks, Jim and Bill. Being a city boy always on public sewage
systems, I didn't know about such dye test powders.

I'll have to investigate the aquifer possibility. I too am above most
of my neighbors, but based on Bill's experience, that could be my
problem too.

Ray

When my house was built, they went down 325' for my well. If I'd known
about that shallow aquifer, I would have built an old type wishing well
with a bucket. My wife always wanted a wishing well to cover the well
head. Maybe I'll dig a real one on the other side of the driveway. :-)

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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