On Oct 21, 6:44*pm, "Bob F" wrote:
Mike wrote:
This is a picture taken in my basement where the water line comes in.

http://imgur.com/K634A.jpg

I noticed a couple days ago the streak on the wall below the pipe and
a small puddle of water below. I know this cannot be good news. I
assume the pipe that runs into the house from the street has a slow
leak in it, perhaps due to tree roots growing in? I recall now that
the grass is always a little greener near the house where this pipe
runs. Now I might know why.

How much might it cost to have the yard dug up to fix a water line?
Thousands of dollars I fear. *Dreading the call to the plumber.

Is that plastic pipe coming in? If not, metal in contact with concrete corrodes
and then leaks.

If it is PVC coming in, it looks like a male Copper threaded into a female PVC,
which I do not believe meets code these days. The Female PVC tends to split,
unless it is the kind of fitting with a rubber gasket to avoid the need to over
tighten.

Hi Bob. It IS is plastic elbow pipe coming out of the wall, then
copper. I'd have to guess it was built that way (in about 1978).

Perhaps I'll get a shovel and start digging to see what I can find.
Someone else commented, though, that the leak might be well away from
the house and the leaking water might simply follow the pipe.

Mike