Sooooo. . . there has been a strange noise under our house for a while. At first we thought it was the water heater just being loud. Then the noise seemed to get louder. John noticed at around the same time a strange noise coming from one of the phone jacks in the living room. Deep down I knew something was not right, I just could not put my finger on it.
Yesterday I watched Myth Busters with the boys. It was the episodes about the water heater rocket. Basically people plug up the safety valve because it is leaking (which is what it's supposed to do), pressure builds up because the safety valve is plugged and the water heater explodes. Or turns into a rocket.
So this is in my head and add to that I am watching a scary movie and can hardly hear it over this loud noise in the house, PLUS John is away on a business trip and you get a VERY paranoid Eva.
Today I called our handyman and said something is very wrong. I don't know what it is but something is WRONG. He came and looked around and listened to the noise. First he tried flushing the water heater, sometimes the sediment can make noise. Nope that was not the problem. Then one by one he turned off and on various faucets while I listened for the noise. The last thing we tried was turning off the water to the entire house. OMG. The noise was gone. Then he wanted to see under the house so I emptied the hall closet and lifted the crawl space door. I nearly cried. There was a pool of water under the house!
Apparently we have had a substantial leak that has been spraying the under side of the house for at least 3 months. :(
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