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    May 20, 2010, 10:56 AM
    Can water seep up through a slab foundation and soak my carpet due to a busted pipe?
    When my dishwasher runs I get flooding carpet several feet away in another room. I assumed the dishwasher leaked, so I got a brand new dishwasher new hoses and ran it while it was in the middle of the kitchen floor, so I could see where the water is coming from. NO Leak in the hoses or water coming from the dishwasher! I think I have water seeping up through a crack in the foundation, but this only happens when the dishwasher runs. Could I have a cracked pipe that is partially blocked and only backs up when the dishwasher pumps water faster than it can drain? Please help.
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    May 20, 2010, 12:18 PM

    The only way to see if pipe is broken under slab is to have a plumber run a camera down drain and into pipe. This will show u, real time, what is happening in pipe.

    If slab is cracked and pipe broken or if u have high ground water, u could get water up.

    Chuck
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    May 21, 2010, 06:21 AM

    Something don't sound right here.
    The dishwasher discharges into the sink drain line where it now leaks up from the slab. But when you fill a sink full of water and drain it nothing happens? The dish washer drains by gravity and not by pressure so discharging the dishwasher and draining a sink full of water should have the same effect. What am I missing here? Cheers, Tom
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    May 21, 2010, 03:19 PM

    If the drain is cracked, water will not push itself up through concrete slab. You may have a slab leak.
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