So, being the paranoid folks we are my wife went out to the meter about lunch time. It was moving again, although very slowly. It did not move all day yesterday when we checked it.
Shut off the house on the newly laid water line. Good news, it held with no movement for about 10 minutes.
Bad news, it moves when we turn the water to the house on.
Shut everything that had a valve off, still moving. We think we heard some drips in the wall of the girls bathroom. Moisture level at the baseboard in the dry wall is 14% right now. It goes up as you work down the wall. Got a stethoscope and thought we heard some drips but nothing consistent enough to be sure.
Apparently when the girls went to take showers the pipes made all kinds of racket in that bathroom last night. My mistake was probably not turning on some faucets when I turned the city water on. What I'm afraid of is that it shook something enough to spring a small leak. I may be cutting the drywall out to access the wall tomorrow.
Either that or dig up the line from the shut off to the house to check that too. Or both.
So I'm making this one for all the questions I might have. Wish me luck. Off to work first though.
Shut off the house on the newly laid water line. Good news, it held with no movement for about 10 minutes.
Bad news, it moves when we turn the water to the house on.
Shut everything that had a valve off, still moving. We think we heard some drips in the wall of the girls bathroom. Moisture level at the baseboard in the dry wall is 14% right now. It goes up as you work down the wall. Got a stethoscope and thought we heard some drips but nothing consistent enough to be sure.
Apparently when the girls went to take showers the pipes made all kinds of racket in that bathroom last night. My mistake was probably not turning on some faucets when I turned the city water on. What I'm afraid of is that it shook something enough to spring a small leak. I may be cutting the drywall out to access the wall tomorrow.
Either that or dig up the line from the shut off to the house to check that too. Or both.
So I'm making this one for all the questions I might have. Wish me luck. Off to work first though.