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Posted by Malathan on September 25, 2006, 12:42 pm
Excellent site for patching walls, Thank you.
Will do some additional checking/tests tonight. (fingers crossed)
- Clayton
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>Malathan wrote:
>> After taking a shower (1 piece shower-bath unit), I can hear what
>> sounds like a dripping in the wall. The plumbing on the shower in in
>> the wall to the bedroom, so placing ear on both sides I can hear it.
>> The sound is constant, every 8-10 seconds it will drip. Due to
>> consistency, I ruled out noise from tub expanding/contracting from hot
>> shower. No leaks show in the wall, under baseboard in bedroom, or
>> from down below (downstairs). After an hour or so the dripping stops.
>>
>> Is this an actual drip or maybe pipes just making noise? If the pipe
>> were to leak/drip at a slow rate, wouldn't the water run down the pipe
>> rather than fall hitting floor in wall? I have considered cutting a
>> 2'X2' in wall from bedroom to look at pipes and see if there is a
>> leak, but dread doing this as I am unfamiliar on patching the hole up
>> again so you wouldn't be able to see it was ever cut out (guess as
>> good a time as any to learn) as well as wall has a faux finish on it,
>> so attempting to redo that and blend it is also daunting.
>>
>> Any hints or ideas? Thanks in advance
>>
>> - Clayton
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>Rule out pipe expansion by running the shower with only cold water for
>ten minutes and listen for drip, then run full hot and listen. It is
>usually the hot pipe that makes noise as it creaks through clamps.
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>Does it only leak when showering as opposed to just filling the tub?
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>Take off the trim plate for the valve(s) and look at the seals, water
>may be getting behind them. You may need to put plumbers putty on the
>back of them.
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>If it is only when showering try taking the showerhead goose neck off
>with pliers and a rag. Replace the teflon tape and reinstall.
>
>If you still hear the dripping go here:
>http://tinyurl.com/hp94w
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>good luck.
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