Plumber Needed!

[Oleander Kayaker]

He is going to fix the valve once he can find a replacement, strip it and use the guts.

Universal Plumbing Supply will have it. I brought them a gasket from a flush valve that was over 60 years old and they had new fresh replacements.
They're one of the last classic plumbing supplies, where you sit on bar stools, while they run down your order of parts.

[WestEndAngler]

....dude, ya hit it on the nose! Least Coe will rest easy until the next staples corrode and start another leak.

We hammered the staples flat to prevent future issues.

[WestEndAngler]

He is going to fix the valve once he can find a replacement, strip it and use the guts. Good call on cabinet staples.

[Oleander Kayaker]

The staples that punctured the pipe are from the cabinetry install on the other side of that wall.

Cool pic of the valve innards. The plumber was able to somehow tap in a lag bolt to get the guts out of the valve housing.

I wonder if Home Depot carries that sort of valve, hope they do. Otherwise Universal Plumbing Supply downtown opens at 8 am.

If I had been doing the repair I would have torn out more sheet rock (I was making various Project X suggestions to Coe). Lucky that the plumber was skinny and could fit and climb down into the utility chase.

Now, did the bill pay for the plumber's kids orthodonics?

[reeltime]

ask me about base board trim nail's!

[FlatoutFishin]

I used to get calls in my old Ac/Heat days...new siding was a killer on freon lines. Dry wall screws and copper don't mix well either!

That gate has a little corrosion!

[WestEndAngler]

The culprit!!

[WestEndAngler]

The leak was from some staples used during sheet rock install. Two puncture wounds on the pipe in a crawl space. oleander kayaker came over & he snapped this photo of the plumber down in the crawl space, accessible by dropping 10' onto the 3rd floor from the attic.

Outside valve still not replaced trip to home depot for the plumbers.

[Reef Drifter]

The leak was probably where it goes through wood , that was always the first place i checked when doing construction to get through college, vibration of the water running through creates friction and wears down the outside

[reeltime]

To add insult to injury the copper pipe shut off valve for outside is now broken & freely turns without opening the valve, thus leaving it in the closed position.

Homeowner side or city of houston?Dang Coe when it rain's it pours!

[WestEndAngler]

To add insult to injury the copper pipe shut off valve for outside is now broken & freely turns without opening the valve, thus leaving it in the closed position.

[Team Reel Pimp]

If you still need a plumber my dad is a master 25+ years master plumber has owned his own business for 20 American Angler Plumbing office# 281-997-3850 or his personal cell 281-808-9915 Curtis Goodson

[evansmarine]

God, brings back bad memories. Hope it's not water heater cause when it gives way your going to have our last situation on your hands. Good luck Coe.

[Oleander Kayaker]

Thanks pulling washer out now.

Checked hot water heater it looked (appeared ok) no sign of water

Like H.Maier said, the hose bib may be leaking, also check where the hose bib connects to the pipe, you may need to remove drywall to get to that connection.

[WestEndAngler]

You say (and I see) that there is one line (cold only) going to the third floor laundry, which means there is a hot water heater up there?
If so, you go where the hot water heater is (maybe in the attic) and check those connections.

Also check the laundry connections, especially below the duplex valve outlet in the wall behind the washing machine.

Thanks pulling washer out now.

Checked hot water heater it looked (appeared ok) no sign of water