45036guy oh ihave the same problem and hired a leak detection company to come out and pinpoint the leak.
Floor still warm after slab leak fixed.
Warm spots on floor even after turning off water heater reposting from r plumbing just bought a house built in 1972 in san diego and started noticing that a few perimeter walls of the garage are accumulating water outer and inner walls.
Slab leaks cause costly damage so early detection is important.
The first is the presence of water or damp spots on your floor.
Slab leaks can occur in either water or sewer lines.
Keep an eye out for pets that suddenly lay in a specific spot on cold days and check if the floor there is warmer than the surrounding areas.
Hot water and electrical.
So we have ruled out the refrig as the problem.
Actually that is a bit of a misstatement because they aren t usually an emergency at all although they are often thought of as one.
Looks like we have a slab leak in our house.
There are several signs that point to a slab leak.
The hot water system produces heat by passing hot water through.
After an hour they decided the leak was to large for them to pinpoint it to a specific area or tiles and since they couldnt pinpoint the leak they diodnt charge me.
Troubleshooting radiant floor heating.
When the pipe breaks water seeps into the ground and your home s foundation.
A slab leak can be one of the more frightening experiences a homeowner has to deal with when it comes to emergency plumbing problems.
A slab leak is a break in a pipe that runs beneath the concrete foundation of your home.
To rule that out we moved the refrig to another area on the other side of the kitchen.
Warm spots on floors.
Then the area in front of the sink became warm as well.
We thought the refrig was causing the problem.
There are two basic types of radiant in floor heating systems.
Leaking hot water lines can create warm spots on your floor.
There is an island between the refrig and the sink.
After two days the original refrig area is still warm.