Blooze
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Today we noticed that a corner area about 12" square of carpet was damp near an outside faucet. We always pull the hoses off long before a freeze hits here and put those little styrofoam covers over the spigots and haven't turned on the faucet since. We have built in cabinets in the corner where the leak is occuring and the faucet appears to go through the brick siding and behind the inside cabinet sidewall, not behind the cabinets, so there is maybe 8 inches from the outside edge of the brick to the inside edge of the cabinet. Oh, and we are built on a slab.
It's a very slow leak most likely at this point and is just dripping as there is not a ton of water, just the carpet pad and carpet a little wet as well as the bottom of the cabinets. Must have started in the last week. Wouldn't have noticed it if my daughter wouldn't have asked what that was over in the corner (it was a little mushroom growing in the very corner). I went out and opened up the faucet and the worst rusty colored junk came out then cleared up. It didn't seem to make it leak any worse yet like you usually see with a split faucet though.
I've doodled a little picture from the vantage of looking straight down. The cabinets and interior walls are black, the outside brick blue, faucet yellow, and wet spot red.
It's a very slow leak most likely at this point and is just dripping as there is not a ton of water, just the carpet pad and carpet a little wet as well as the bottom of the cabinets. Must have started in the last week. Wouldn't have noticed it if my daughter wouldn't have asked what that was over in the corner (it was a little mushroom growing in the very corner). I went out and opened up the faucet and the worst rusty colored junk came out then cleared up. It didn't seem to make it leak any worse yet like you usually see with a split faucet though.
I've doodled a little picture from the vantage of looking straight down. The cabinets and interior walls are black, the outside brick blue, faucet yellow, and wet spot red.