My in-laws have a house on the water in the Florida Keys. There is mildew on
the base molding in one of the rooms. Room is on the street side about 300
feet from water. There is pipe leaking.
On the outside wall was a copper pipe that was crimped. There were signs of
drainage. I chipped out around the pipe. It comes from the foundation
upward and then outside. I tried to drill a hole from outside to see where
it came out on the inside of the house. As I'm drilling, there is water
seeping from the hole. No, I didn't hit a pipe. And the hole is below the
inside floor. I was thinking of drilling other holes in the vicinity to see
if that also happens.
Any idea on what is happening?



inside floor
__________________________________________________
outside wall
X hole I drilled (cement seems wet
as I'm drilling)
0 copper pipe

____dirt_______________________________________

On Mon, 30 May 2005 14:37:09 -0400, "Phil" wrote:

My in-laws have a house on the water in the Florida Keys. There is mildew on
the base molding in one of the rooms. Room is on the street side about 300
feet from water. There is pipe leaking.
On the outside wall was a copper pipe that was crimped. There were signs of
drainage. I chipped out around the pipe. It comes from the foundation
upward and then outside. I tried to drill a hole from outside to see where
it came out on the inside of the house. As I'm drilling, there is water
seeping from the hole. No, I didn't hit a pipe. And the hole is below the
inside floor. I was thinking of drilling other holes in the vicinity to see
if that also happens.
Any idea on what is happening?



inside floor
_________________________________________________ _
outside wall
X hole I drilled (cement seems wet
as I'm drilling)
0 copper pipe

____dirt_______________________________________

I suspect a busted pipe.

"Phil" wrote in message
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My in-laws have a house on the water in the Florida Keys. There is mildew on
the base molding in one of the rooms. Room is on the street side about 300
feet from water. There is pipe leaking.
On the outside wall was a copper pipe that was crimped. There were signs of
drainage. I chipped out around the pipe. It comes from the foundation upward
and then outside. I tried to drill a hole from outside to see where it came
out on the inside of the house. As I'm drilling, there is water seeping from
the hole. No, I didn't hit a pipe. And the hole is below the inside floor. I
was thinking of drilling other holes in the vicinity to see if that also
happens.
Any idea on what is happening?



inside floor
__________________________________________________
outside wall
X hole I drilled (cement seems wet as
I'm drilling)
0 copper pipe

____dirt_______________________________________



This is Turtle.

I see this on houses that have shifting ground and on a slab of the house. the
slab will crack and shift nothing but maybe as little as a 1/64" but cut or
break the copper tubing and let it leak just a little for the hole in the copper
will be limited to the size of the crack. You will have to rerun the copper line
above ground but knowing where it goes and comes from in the slab will be the
problem.

If the water in like you say in the concrete , the leak is not far off.

TURTLE