water was leaking into my basement for the last few days and it has now stopped. There was some snow on the ground and I shoveled it away yesterday. Now a day later it is no longer leaking into my basement. Can it be because of the snow or maybe the ground is frozen around the leak? It is pretty cold outside. What do you think? I am getting ready to pay close to 2 grand to put a new pipe in. I will be remodeling soon... so maybe it's a good idea either way.... it's an older house and has old piping. Thanks for your thoughts.
2007-12-11 20:04:06 · 2 answers · asked by stanton7771 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I have someone coming in the morning for the new pipe.... is it too late to cancel?
2007-12-11 20:38:55 · update #1
Hold off on the new pipe until the remodeling as you could damage the new pipe and if added into the remodel ling contract you may get a better price just wait and see if the leak restarts ~~
2007-12-11 20:09:01 · answer #1 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have had water before then the path is still there and the second more water builds up it will follow that same path back into your basement. If a pipe had been burst then the leak would not stop no matter what you did. My guess is that you just had so much melting snow and the freezing of the ground would open up any crack you had and some water came in.
2007-12-12 04:25:03 · answer #2 · answered by Ice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋