# Its funny how a broken water pipe... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-funny-how-a-broken-water-pipe/151545 "2003-01-30T04:29:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-funny-how-a-broken-water-pipe/151545/1 "2003-01-30T04:29:21Z")
…can effect so many people’s daily routine. Isn’t it ? For those of you who dont know a water pipe broke at Cecil’s house and damaged his T-1…😃 …or was that the offices of Chicago Reader ---
**Author:** ![j\_kat\_251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@j\_kat\_251](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_kat_251)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-funny-how-a-broken-water-pipe/151545/2 "2003-01-30T04:31:14Z")
They can also make your carpet smell really disgusting. Clean that crap up as soon as you can, I tell you. ---
**Author:** ![1ofthegulls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/bcef8e/32.png) [@1ofthegulls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1ofthegulls)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-funny-how-a-broken-water-pipe/151545/3 "2003-01-30T05:21:50Z")
I just got the lab report back today that I have three of the most toxic molds behind my walls. Leaky pipe and condensation from unwrapped pipes caused it. I’m in a condo so at least from the studs on out I’m not responsible for repair costs. The bath is tarped and taped off. Two more walls have to be knocked out for leak repairs. On top of everything else today, I REALLY don’t need this. It sure would be easier (better, nicer, quicker) if I didn’t have to rely on the association to get these repairs done and could just do them myself. But then the repair costs would be mine too. This is to be treated as an emergency, but it only seems to be one to me. Got my trusty Attorney on standby 😃 But this is really a terribly suckola end to my day. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-funny-how-a-broken-water-pipe/151545/4 "2003-01-30T05:35:41Z")
A pipe burst in our house last week. Money’s tight, so I’m reparing it personally. Man, I hate that. So far I have managed to: Turn off the main water supply to the house to stop the flooding figure out the problem wasn’t the dishwasher, where the water was gushing from Move the dishwasher Figure out the problem was a pipe running behind the dishwasher to a sink in another room that we don’t use Cut and seal off the line leading to the pipe that burst (as there was no cutoff valve and the line was soldered directly into the main pipe Once I had that done, I was able to turn the main water supply back on then I moved the dishwasher back in and hooked the water supply back up It’s leaking. It looks like the bolt connecting the hot water pipe to the dishwasher has gone south. It’s still leaking, but at least there’s a cutoff valve for the dishwasher. I can figure things out but I have no mechanical aptitude and also I hate lying on a damp, cold, recently flooded floor I’d pay a plumber if I could, believe me Fortunately, I didnt’ have any T-1 lines in the vicinity. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-funny-how-a-broken-water-pipe/151545/5 "2003-01-30T13:20:31Z")
So much depends upon A red T-1 line Full of rain water Beside the white 'puter ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-funny-how-a-broken-water-pipe/151545/6 "2003-01-30T13:54:07Z")
That’ll do, **RTFirefly**. That’ll do. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-funny-how-a-broken-water-pipe/151545/7 "2003-01-30T17:10:41Z")
1ofthegulls, where did you get the mold test? ``` My friend just had her upstairs toilet leak when she was asleep & she is Deaf so she didn't hear it, woke up to three inches of water on her floor. The condo people wouldn't pay for it cause they dont cover floods, but I don't see how this is a flood, since it started on the second floor & I would think a flood starts on the first floor? ``` ---
**Author:** ![1ofthegulls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/bcef8e/32.png) [@1ofthegulls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1ofthegulls)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-funny-how-a-broken-water-pipe/151545/8 "2003-01-30T17:31:26Z")
It has to be performed by a company. I contracted a company by the name of Moisture Vision ([moisturevision.com](http://moisturevision.com)) they have a patent on a device that takes an xray of your wall and can detect hidden leaks. They are located here in Atlanta, but I’m sure they’d come out to CA! (tell him #606 sent you!) They found a substantial amount of water ABOVE my water line. Also this is behind my walls. Studs on out are not considered condo ownership. Your friend’s leak was located from the studs on in, her property, not the association. Floods are an act of God, nothing to do with a leaky toilet. The seal ring in a toilet is considered general maintenance and should be replaced anytime you replace a floor or do any kind of work on a toilet. Kind of like keeping the belts on your car in working order.