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DixNik (LA)
I have a slab home. The cold faucet water is not just warm but hot! The slab floor in certain parts of the home are HOT which is causing the room to become warm. What could be causing this?
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packy (MA)
check your water meter to see if it is spinning with no water being used. if it is, you have a leak under the slab. turn off the cold inlet into your water heater and get someone to find and fix the leak. be warned that one leak can sometimes mean more are on the way and you will need to repipe most if not all trhe water pipes in the slab.
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m & m (MD)
You probably have a major underslab leak in a hot pipe.
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DixNik (LA)
I'm assuming this is going to be very expensive.?
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DixNik (LA)
Is this covered under homeowners insurance?
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bernabeu (SC)
yes
probably not
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hj (AZ)
Yes, but your homeowner's policy may cover some, if not most, of the cost, depending on their procedures. Sometimes, they will only pay to repair the actual leak.
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sum (FL)
"Is this covered under homeowners insurance?"
Look through your policy and read the fine print.
I would say chances are you are covered at least partially. I have seen many policies would cover damages from "sudden and unexpected" plumbing leaks.
Now understand to actually solve the entire problem, you might have to break it down to these itemized costs:
*Cost to detect and pin point where the leak is - this is investigatory and may or may not be covered.
*Cost to access whatever is leaking - this means tear out part of your carpet or wood floor or tiles, break up the slab, excavate to expose the pipe that's actually leaking. This is probably the most expensive part, and most home owners insurance would cover this.
*Cost to actually repair the leak - which means mending, replacing, patching or whatever process to fix the piping that's leaking. This may or may not be covered. Many policies will not cover it.
*Cost to cover the access, put the soil back, compact, possibly termite treat the broken moisture barrier, repour slab, put back finished flooring. This again may or may not be covered but if they cover access they may cover this.
*Cost to repair damages caused by the leak itself. For example, the leak caused warping in your wood floor so the entire floor in the room needs to be redone, as well as the baseboards, or water seeped into bottom kitchen cabinets, or carpet developed mold...all this sort of things may or may not be covered.
Many policies would cover *SOME* of what I listed above. When you call them and they say "Oh no we don't cover the repair of the leaks" and many people just gave up and assumed nothing is covered, when in fact they may cover the damages, the cost to access the leak, which is usually much more expensive than the actual repair part of it. The wording in the policy needs to be correctly interpreted.
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Alwaysfixing (NY)
Another option. . .you might want to consider getting an estimate for a surface re-plumb. . new pex piping from the service entry in the slab to cold and hot water supply to all appliances.
A neighbor of mine had wartime copper heat pipes in his slab that cracked like pretzels during a deep freeze st a few years ago. He used pex fin and tube perimeter heat and all new lines to their water appliances. Could be a lot cheaper and with less mess having to live in a construction zone.
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srloren (CA)
There comes a time when you need to have an Insurance Agent that you trust, hopefully you have been with him or her for a number of years. You need to have your agen come to your home and show him what has happened then he can tell you what he thinks are your rights to a claim. My policy covered pipe breaks but not ongoing damage from a break. So it is important that these claims be made immediately when discovered or you may get an argument that you were negligent and didn't take immediate steps to stop the damage from increasing. Like as said before me, policies vary so be sure you understand what is covered and what is not. You may find that you did not understand what was covered but that should have been addressed prior to any claim. I went through this with my insurance company after my lavatory overflowed from me not paying attention while filling my lav. I put the stopper in and turned on the water and thinking this is going to take a minute to fill, I quickly went to the kitchen with the intention of coming right back. I noticed my computer was on and something distracted me so I sat down at the computer. 15 minutes later my dog was barking and I looked to see what it was and water was flooding my flooring from hallway to all bedrooms and from my overflowing sink. Wow...how stupid could I have been. Anyway _hit does happen. I did $28,000 plus in damages to my flooring. They replaced the whold house flooring except for the tiled baths. The $28,000 more than covered for the loss, but what a wake up call to not get distracted when you are dealing with plumbing. Water damage can be horrenous and it is a major reason why insurance costs are escalating. The kicker is that I have been in the trade since 1955....duh?
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