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Mysterious Water Leak Tom 07-31-2008
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Posted by Tom on July 31, 2008, 8:35 am


Hi, this morning I cleaned up a mess in my basement caused by a water leak.
Most of the water was on the floor of the bathroom and surrounding areas,
including under the Whirlpool water heater that was installed 3 - 4 years
ago.
I checked all the water pipes and fittings in the bathroom but they were dry
and apparently not the source of the leak.
After mopping up the water it appears no more water is leaking.

Would a leaking water heater cause this type of leak?

Because of a water leak (single drip every minute or so) in the cold water
pipe supplying the bath tub on the second floor I've been turning off the
water main supplying the house before going to bed and turning it back on in
the morning. This drip\leak is not the source of the water leak in the
basement.

Is there any reason turning on/off the water main, which is located in a
different place then where the water leak occurred, would cause a water
leak?.




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Posted by Frank on July 31, 2008, 8:40 am


Tom wrote:
> Hi, this morning I cleaned up a mess in my basement caused by a water leak.
> Most of the water was on the floor of the bathroom and surrounding areas,
> including under the Whirlpool water heater that was installed 3 - 4 years
> ago.
> I checked all the water pipes and fittings in the bathroom but they were dry
> and apparently not the source of the leak.
> After mopping up the water it appears no more water is leaking.
>
> Would a leaking water heater cause this type of leak?
>
> Because of a water leak (single drip every minute or so) in the cold water
> pipe supplying the bath tub on the second floor I've been turning off the
> water main supplying the house before going to bed and turning it back on in
> the morning. This drip\leak is not the source of the water leak in the
> basement.
>
> Is there any reason turning on/off the water main, which is located in a
> different place then where the water leak occurred, would cause a water
> leak?.
>
>
>
I would suspect faulty water heater pressure relief valve. I've had
that problem a couple of times.

Posted by Bob on July 31, 2008, 8:47 am



> Tom wrote:
>> Hi, this morning I cleaned up a mess in my basement caused by a water
>> leak. Most of the water was on the floor of the bathroom and surrounding
>> areas, including under the Whirlpool water heater that was installed 3 -
>> 4 years ago.
>> I checked all the water pipes and fittings in the bathroom but they were
>> dry and apparently not the source of the leak.
>> After mopping up the water it appears no more water is leaking.
>>
>> Would a leaking water heater cause this type of leak?
>>
>> Because of a water leak (single drip every minute or so) in the cold
>> water pipe supplying the bath tub on the second floor I've been turning
>> off the water main supplying the house before going to bed and turning
>> it back on in the morning. This drip\leak is not the source of the water
>> leak in the basement.
>>
>> Is there any reason turning on/off the water main, which is located in a
>> different place then where the water leak occurred, would cause a water
>> leak?.
>>
>>
>>
> I would suspect faulty water heater pressure relief valve. I've had that
> problem a couple of times.

do you have pressure tank on hot water heater? closing off the main cut off
may give you less room for heat expansion of the water, so it blows out the
relief valve.



Posted by Steve Barker DLT on July 31, 2008, 9:35 am


that sounds like the most likely cause. An expansion tank would cure that
problem, IF in fact that's what's happening. ANOTHER cheap way of dealing
iwth the problem would be to flush a toilet AFTER turning the water off for
the night. THEN when the WH causes expansion, it could just flow into the
now emtpy toilet tank.

s


>
> do you have pressure tank on hot water heater? closing off the main cut
> off may give you less room for heat expansion of the water, so it blows
> out the relief valve.
>



Posted by Tom on July 31, 2008, 10:16 am



> that sounds like the most likely cause. An expansion tank would cure
> that problem, IF in fact that's what's happening. ANOTHER cheap way of
> dealing iwth the problem would be to flush a toilet AFTER turning the
> water off for the night. THEN when the WH causes expansion, it could just
> flow into the now emtpy toilet tank.

You guys are great.



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