Last night I kept hearing this sound. It was like the whirring sound you hear in the walls when the power is on. Only in our house, there isn't much in the way of power running at night. So this sound was out of place.
I mentioned it to J and he investigated. We decided that it was localized to the area around our bathtub and toilet. We suspected water so J turned off the water to the house. The sound disappeared. Hmmm...so J decided to look under the house. When he did, he found that the bellypan under the bathroom had been cut and then duct-taped back in place. He removed the tape and a rush of water came out.
Someone had tried to fix a leak in one of the pipes. Only it didn't look like it was working. They had obviously cut out the broken pipe, but instead of replacing it with a new length of pipe, they used several couplings in a row to span the gap. This meant that there were at least six new joints where water could leak. And that's just what it was doing. When J turned the water on, the leak was spraying out under the house. We guess that in the last three weeks we have probably lost 1500 gallons to the leak.
J fixed the leak properly and the problem was solved. So glad to have a hubby that can fix things. A plumber would charge a heck of a trip charge to come out here!
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