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Stan0228 (CA)
I found some water coming out below the wall outside of my house (Picture 1&2). Behind the wall is my washer (picture 3). I suspected that there may be a water pipe leak somewhere behind my washer, so I cut out the dry wall at the bottom of the wall right right behind my washer (picture 4) and found all these pipes. (Sorry I am new to plumbing so please excuse my questions may sound silly.) Can someone tell me why there are 3 cold water pipes coming out of the ground? (Photo 5) which one is from the mainline to the washer? I did hear some tiny water sound but don't see any obvious leak from any of the pipes above the ground. Does that mean I have to cut the concrete open in order to find out where the leak is? Thank you very much to your help.
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packy (MA)
it appears that the pipe on the right is the water coming up from the floor. it branches up to the washer connection and back down into the floor to go to other fixtures.
maybe should contact your home owners insurance company and how they would like you to proceed? they may pay for leak detector company, cutting and accessing the pipes etc.
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srloren (CA)
Copper rolled up to the wall under the slab is known to have leaks and there could be at least two causes. Hot wate expands and contracts and can cause failure of the material as time goes by. Also when copper is rolled up into the wall some times the plumber kinks the pipe because he was not careful in making a large radius bend. If he continues to leave this copper installed, it presents a problem and possible future leak.
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