Gtomike06
New Member
I'm trying to narrow down where it's coming from. It isn't a major leak I just noticed some dampness on the baseboard and tracked it to behind the shower in the exterior wall. There's a single cold water line behind the shower in the wall that feeds a spigot on the back of the house. I suspect it's either leaking from the brand new shower I had put in or the brand new water line in the wall.
I installed a ball valve in the attic to the spigot and didn't take a shower for a couple days and it dried out. I went and bought a pressure gauge and screwed it onto the spigot on the back of the house and turned the valve on and let the gauge pressure up and turned it back off. I let it sit overnight and it's been about 12 hours and the gauge has dropped 8 lbs. Is that going to be my leak or is there an acceptable amount of pressure drop?
When the shower was installed 2 months ago the plumbing was leak free but I do wonder if a screw could have found its way into the water line when they put the shower in.
I installed a ball valve in the attic to the spigot and didn't take a shower for a couple days and it dried out. I went and bought a pressure gauge and screwed it onto the spigot on the back of the house and turned the valve on and let the gauge pressure up and turned it back off. I let it sit overnight and it's been about 12 hours and the gauge has dropped 8 lbs. Is that going to be my leak or is there an acceptable amount of pressure drop?
When the shower was installed 2 months ago the plumbing was leak free but I do wonder if a screw could have found its way into the water line when they put the shower in.