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Posted by G on October 26, 2005, 9:36 am
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> I have a bi-level ranch, just moved in, first house so
> excuse any mis-terming of items.
>
> In the 2-car garage, the main sewage drain pipe that is
> angled into the ground always drips (slowly about every
> 15 seconds) whenever it rains, no other times at all.
> The pipe seems to have 2 others connecting to it, from
> the right & left. I can't cut the sheetrock to get a
> better view of the vertical dripping because there is a
> horizontal wood beam blocking my view of the drainage
> pipe if I were to stick my head up into the ceiling
> sheetrock.
>
> I checked the attic while it rained hard and there are
> no obvious leaks and all the roof openings are bone dry
> with cobwebs around some of them. My house also has 2
> overhangs, both sloping away from the house along w/ the
> gutters which are leak-free.
>
> The only culprit I can think of is that for some reason,
> the vent pipe sticking out of my roof (not from the
> furnace, that one is covered), collects water whenever
> it rains and that water finds it's way out of a perhaps
> broken seal or something somewhere and it hugs the pipe
> down into the garage. Because the roof water vent pipe
> seems to be directly above the problem area in the
> garage...I was going to try 2 things to fix this even
> though I'm not sure where the drip starts from:
> 1. Cover the vent pipe (not sealed, just to prevent rain
> water getting in, but air will still get in/out)
> 2. Water sections of my roof/gutters with a hose to try
> and re-create the leak and figure out where it is coming
> from....
>
> Any other ideas? Unless of course it is somehow coming
> from where my raised deck is bolted to the side of the
> house, but I find that to be a stretch of the
> imagination....
>
> Thanks!!!
Ok, so I found the leak I referenced in my previous
post...but the problem is, it only occurs when I run a
hose INTO the plumbing vent pipe, the flashing & rubber
gasket AROUND the pipe are in perfect condition.
So my question now is....everywhere I read states that a
plumbing vent pipe should NOT need a cap. Given that
mine leaks when it rains and/or I run a hose into it,
can I get away with just capping the pipe (obviously not
restricting the air flow)? Or do I have much bigger
problems than that? It does not drip when we take
showers or use water in the house, only when it rains...
Tnx!
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> excuse any mis-terming of items.
>
> In the 2-car garage, the main sewage drain pipe that is
> angled into the ground always drips (slowly about every
> 15 seconds) whenever it rains, no other times at all.
> The pipe seems to have 2 others connecting to it, from
> the right & left. I can't cut the sheetrock to get a
> better view of the vertical dripping because there is a
> horizontal wood beam blocking my view of the drainage
> pipe if I were to stick my head up into the ceiling
> sheetrock.
>
> I checked the attic while it rained hard and there are
> no obvious leaks and all the roof openings are bone dry
> with cobwebs around some of them. My house also has 2
> overhangs, both sloping away from the house along w/ the
> gutters which are leak-free.
>
> The only culprit I can think of is that for some reason,
> the vent pipe sticking out of my roof (not from the
> furnace, that one is covered), collects water whenever
> it rains and that water finds it's way out of a perhaps
> broken seal or something somewhere and it hugs the pipe
> down into the garage. Because the roof water vent pipe
> seems to be directly above the problem area in the
> garage...I was going to try 2 things to fix this even
> though I'm not sure where the drip starts from:
> 1. Cover the vent pipe (not sealed, just to prevent rain
> water getting in, but air will still get in/out)
> 2. Water sections of my roof/gutters with a hose to try
> and re-create the leak and figure out where it is coming
> from....
>
> Any other ideas? Unless of course it is somehow coming
> from where my raised deck is bolted to the side of the
> house, but I find that to be a stretch of the
> imagination....
>
> Thanks!!!