Ask Me Help Desk

Ask Me Help Desk (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forum.php)
-   Plumbing (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=259)
-   -   Hissing sound from the basement bathroom (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/showthread.php?t=772096)

  • Oct 21, 2013, 05:07 AM
    pjay23x
    Hissing sound from the basement bathroom
    It sounds like the toilet is running from the basement but it is not. I turned off the water line from the house and the sound stopped, also I noticed the basement concrete floor have two very warm spots that is getting hotter under the washing machine
  • Oct 21, 2013, 05:11 AM
    hkstroud
    That indicates that there is a hot water line underneath the basement floor and that it is leaking. This piping is probably from the water heater to the washer.
  • Oct 21, 2013, 10:00 AM
    ballengerb1
    I agree but it is unlikely that a water heater in the basement would be piped under the slab going to a washer in the basement. Can yiou trace the hot water line to and from the washer, it would normally go up the wall and be piped overhead.
  • Oct 21, 2013, 10:18 AM
    hkstroud
    I agree with Bob that it would be unusual for hot water pipe to go under basement slab. But you did say it was warm. Also after giving it a little thought, I don't think you would hear the hissing sound of a leak if it were under the slab. Could a hot water pipe be leaking in the wall and the water being soak up by the concrete?

    You could verify that it is a hot water leak by leaving the main valve on and closing the cold water stop valve to the water heater.
  • Oct 21, 2013, 01:56 PM
    speedball1
    Open up your water meter and check the below pointer. If it's moving day. Shut the cold water supply off to the heater. You have a leak in the hot water pipe in the slab. The problem is that you don't know what that pipe feeds so you can't simply And off and run a new one. I see no other way than to open up the slab and repair the leak. Good luck, Tom

  • All times are GMT -7. The time now is 11:52 AM.