Yesterday while running the dishwasher, I noticed a leak down staris in the basement (split foyer home). This leak is not directly beneath the kitchen dishwasher or sink, but the water from the leak down staris was hot, and the dishwasher was the only hot water runnging in the house.
I then tested the sink in the kitchen after the leak had stopped (after stopping the dishwasher), and low and behold, more hot water (running hot water in the kitchen sink).
It looks to me like there is a problem with the water draining from the kitchen since the water pressure in the kitchen is not effected (i.e. no leak in the water going to the kitchen). So, I'm thinking that there's a leak in the drain pipe somewhere in the wall where it is leaking down stairs (where the wall meets the ceiling, about 6 - 7 feet away from kitchen).
Does this sound right? And if so, is there anything that I can do since it appears to be behind a wall? It was also raining hard last night, but I'm pretty sure that had nothing to do with it, right?
Thanks for the help,
Jason
I then tested the sink in the kitchen after the leak had stopped (after stopping the dishwasher), and low and behold, more hot water (running hot water in the kitchen sink).
It looks to me like there is a problem with the water draining from the kitchen since the water pressure in the kitchen is not effected (i.e. no leak in the water going to the kitchen). So, I'm thinking that there's a leak in the drain pipe somewhere in the wall where it is leaking down stairs (where the wall meets the ceiling, about 6 - 7 feet away from kitchen).
Does this sound right? And if so, is there anything that I can do since it appears to be behind a wall? It was also raining hard last night, but I'm pretty sure that had nothing to do with it, right?
Thanks for the help,
Jason