I Found The Leak.....And This Is How I Fixed It

After a series of investigations including finding a secret room under our house, chipping holes in the concrete, and cutting a hole in the ceiling I have found a reasonable work around for this plumbing problem. I will have to reroute a kitchen sink drain to start, here is how I did it.
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[@markmcgee9732]

from a plumbers perspective, this has to be the best homeowner plumbing ive seen. good job man!!

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Appreciate that!

[@number1pappy]

You sir, just saved yourself thousands of dollars by being able to run down and fix the problem yourself! I don't even want to imagine how much a plumber would have cost. Gives me shivers! Lol!

[@robindelgado5878]

Maybe its just my lack of plumbing knowledge but this man is a beast. I would have never attempted that.

[@tswitch86]

I can’t speak for everyone, and I know ur a busy family but I do wish these videoed were longer

[@dawndixon402]

Took the words right out of my mouth.

[@RoseThistleArtworks]

I cannot imagine how much money you saved by having the skills to do that yourself! What a great dad, taking care of the fam and home!

[@Rockribbedman]

When you are finished with the HVAC system you should consider access to your new basement from inside the house. A secret playroom or a man cave or the batcave 🤔

[@ssnerd583]

Man, I gotta tell you...I stumbled upon your channel and saw the PAIN of your predicament with this.....I gotta say that I'm really happy you found your issue and can enjoy your home without the stink!! BRAVO!!

[@JamesCouch777]

I have done a lot of plumbing in industrial plants and on houses and I have to say that you solved the problem relatively easy. Good job 👍

[@TheUserid82]

Glue a large washer to the bottom of the primer and glue cans and glue a magnet to the top of the ladder so you can just stick them on and have some hold for movement to not be able to knock them off. The magnet also is useful for holding other metal tools in place along with screws.

[@billhiggins3845]

That's a good idea 💡

[@tonygrimes13]

But what happens if your ladder is Aluminium?

[@TheUserid82]

@@tonygrimes13 Why would the glue used to hold the magnet down care if it is a wood, fiberglass or aluminum ladder?

[@tonygrimes13]

@@TheUserid82 Apologies, I misread your original comment. Again Apologies.

[@mimimitch327]

Brilliant!!!

[@marcyeaglecloud7345]

That bar and carpeting took me back to the 70s. The brick and wood paneling....I thought the Brady Bunch would be walking in any minute.

[@davidepperson2376]

Great work buddy. You clearly gave this a lot of thought before you started cutting. And because of that the execution was terrific!

[@jgjg3848]

That's the cleanest crawl space I've ever seen. Highest head room too.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

It is pretty nice and super dry, first thing I did when we moved in was clean it out

[@christineortmann359]

Great job!! You must have had plumbing experience and carpentry experience. You are Not the average homeowner.🥇🏆

[@doloresrivero-fonseca6314]

Sue, you certainly have a lot of patience. This repair job was quite extensive. Great job. Your wife is lucky to have such a an expert in the job.

[@tmackie1694]

Wow, congratulations on crossing this one off your list!

[@floridanative0224]

Good job. Dad!! I am a maintenance super and with a 19 acre campus of 35 duplexes I’ve done some plumbing in crawl spaces. First I love the attitude, maybe it’s editing I don’t know. Second great job getting your hands dirty and doing it yourself! So, good job dad

[@louisianapatriot5818]

LOL Yeah my dad offered me his HVAC company upon retirement, I passed. Didn't mind helping him now and then but maintenance can be very nasty. I was an industrial pipe fitter and loved the work.

[@shirleyk623]

You certainly have had your share of problems with both residents, as far as previous owners "makeshift" house repairs and secret problems, finding windows, rooms etc. Thank goodness you are a very good repairman of strange circumstances. You certainly save you and your family a lot of money. Best of luck that you don't have any more surprises in your new home.

[@waylonhartwell]

If you want to keep that bar sink you could install a lift pump to pump the water up and into the crawl space drain. It really depends on how much you use the sink and if you think it would be that beneficial for the amount of work

[@Randy_84]

Good tip: keep all the labeling/writing on-line, that way anyone coming in behind you can see what they are working with or if something needs to be replaced.

[@joshrosenbloom9726]

Shut up randy ur ass wouldn’t know

[@user-fy7ru4ii1i]

My wife and I purchased our first home, 9 years ago. It's a 100 year old house. Lots to do! One of my proudest moments was taking apart some of the old drain pipe (which had cracked) and spent $200 on materials + 5 hours to fix it. No more leak. I saved hundreds not having to pay a plumber.

[@TheKamakuraGardener]

Way to go! Congratulations! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@walterbordett2023]

Hindsight is always 20/20. I would have used cleanouts wherever the drain line made a 90, or used no hub clamps so it could be dismantled if it clogs. Great work getting that all together.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

I thought about adding one clean out as soon as it came into the crawl space but there is so little room there I would never use it anyway

[@krisgoyette9938]

always neat what you find in your home when doing fixes

[@lvlndco]

That was a relatively 'easy' fix! I thought you might need to do some spelunking or major excavation. That house has some pretty complex elevations to work with!

[@22doulos22]

Another one of my favorite verses at the end! Continually doing that sure will straighten the path. So, this month, you defeated COVID and conquered this leak. Praise and thanks to the Lord!!

[@christymccartney3870]

Great you found the leak. I hope the fix is easy and inexpensive to fix6.

[@scottfoster2487]

Before I patched that ceiling I would run new non copper water lines since they are showingtheir age. Greatway to fix a issue,luckly you hada better option then digging up the floors.

[@newtronix]

No need

[@scottfoster2487]

@@newtronix Clearly your not a plumber.

[@newtronix]

At least I'm not a bad one!

[@jeneb52]

No more bad smelling air, good to see you found the issue.

[@christophermorin9036]

Oh thank god. Congratulations! PS, your daughter has great taste in chips.

[@Kevin_D1]

Glad to see you putting that old Army PT shirt to good use. 😄

[@ollenilsson1264]

Very good plumming!

[@picklerix6162]

I got out of HVAC for the same reason. I always hated working in 140+ degree attics. I almost had heat stroke replacing a leaking evaporator. Also, there are so many dishonest HVAC contractors in the field that many customers assumed that I was also dishonest.

[@valeriewilliams6576]

Well done and saving money. I wouldn't have known where to start! New "fort" for your kids. Can't wait to see how cute is gonna be.

[@BushImports]

I'm glad you were able to get that fixed, I hate those long drawn out projects.

[@louisianapatriot5818]

So happy for you all! Congrats on a job well done.

[@HeartofaHandyman]

The evil purple primer 👿 Yep I've spilt that on a fresh floor job. Fixing a drain under a bathroom sink just hours after laying the last piece 🤦 Nasty, nasty, primer 🧟 😂 Great job 👍 I can see you're handy at heart 🤓 Always looking for the next fix 😉👍

[@staceywing9875]

WOW...that is a lot of PVC pipe to run! Great job. Love and Miss all of you!!

[@JL_10acres]

Awesome! Congratulations on the fix.

[@WalkingScriptureWithShanna]

Your job this winter is to check all molding, mirrors, bookcases and floorboards for a secret passage. This is a maze house

[@MsJWheels]

Glad you figured it out.

[@JesusFreakJene]

You are so talented, the Lord has blessed you mightily 🙏

[@SheardTV1]

Glad you got it sorted out. Greetings from York, UK.

[@brucewatson8750]

Scripture at the end of every video. Awesome!

[@JLange642]

Best solution to an ugly problem! I’m glad you were able to avoid excavating the cement slab-THAT would have been a nightmare!

[@Alan-Dawson]

Man and his power tools gotta love it!

[@MsEvelyn30]

Nice job! The amount of exterior space that you have surrounding your home within is truly unbelievable. It's like a house within a house. Lol It makes me think that the person who designed this house most likely didn't care for traditional crawl spaces either. Lol

[@marilynm8812]

Boy, it never ends. Do you ever regret buying this house? It is a good thing you are very resourceful.

[@selador11]

Excellent job! I like your new place more, every time I see you working on it. This week has been my turn to deal with covid. Miserable miserable week. Oxygen below 83 many times. Starting to look like light at the end of the tunnel, though.

[@jphickory522]

Hang in there buddy. That is low oxygen saturation…. Keep close eye on it and get oxygen if you need it.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

So sorry to hear that! So glad we can help you though in some way with our mess over here:) praying for you man

[@rogerparris6742]

Found your channel today! Loving it! Brother, you have an infinite amount of patience !

[@davek6630]

Nice job on the work around repairs! Good thing your experienced at plumbing and HVAC!

[@realestateinfonet9041]

Very nice work! Congratulations! I am glad to see you were able to finaly resolve the problem, with a very clever & elegant solution! Regards!

[@gardeningperth]

Well done! Your house has a lot of surprises for you.

[@nickiecass8808]

I really like watching and learning!

[@teresaoftheandes6279]

Uy yuy yuy. Good thing you know how to do this.

[@dooleysmichiganhomestead8339]

Dooleys of Michigan Enjoyed The Video

[@augustreil]

Great problem solving. Thumbs up !

[@feelingtardy]

you know you're off to a good start when you find a clean out above a finished ceiling

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Lol, no kidding.

[@nickivanaltena923]

Fantastic! What a relief to get that resolved! Nice work.

[@runpurebloodrun2355]

I’m so glad, I never thought I would know 😚

[@DanielinLaTuna]

I've always hated running anything in concrete, especially pipes. If you have a failure (and you eventually will) your options to make repairs are severely limited. By the way, Love this oscillating multi-tools. They make short work of many jobs. Blessings/

[@brendamorgan59]

Happy for You that You found & figured it out!!! Woohoo!!!! Glad ur knowledgeable of what needed to be done Thank You Jesus!

[@my_flippin_journey]

Enjoyed following along the leak rabbit hole (multiple video search ;-))and seeing it get resolved. Nice plumbing work.

[@kevink3461]

Nice job! Giving up the bar sink was a small sacrifice compared to the alternative. Great job of finding where all the piping goes, and good job of fitting the new piping. Interested in seeing the rest of the repairs. Also, share a little about your church if that’s not too intrusive. God bless.

[@fredspindor1624]

Great job on the piping

[@tomnick5787]

Nice job! You are very knowledgeable!

[@markanderson8677]

Great skillset to have - well done!

[@kennethalmond8922]

Gritty but inspiring - tracking things down, taking action, ... thank you sir for sharing!!

[@chuckwiderstrom8994]

Congrats , well done

[@FlashPan73]

Probably too late, but while you are opening up spaces I'm screaming run data cable, run data cable! :)

[@darkpanda55]

GOOD JOB BRO.......

[@scottrhoades]

What a find. My degree is in HVAC and this is an HVAC problem, not plumbing. The line between the two professions are fuzzy at times but ductwork is straight HVAC work. The odds of a water or sewer pipe that are external to the duct leaking into it are pretty slim. Many HVAC businesses do plumbing as well but not necessarily the reverse. The plumber will probably tell you the same thing then charge you for the visit. Condensation can collect in uninsulated metal duct. If you don't wish to replace the main trunk then you should clean all of the dirt out of it as well. It creates drag on the air and lowers the CFM to your vents. It can also hold mold, especially when combined with water. I don't think you want to breathe that in every time you turn on the A/C. If you are going to clean it then try to think of it like the aerodynamics of a car. Manufacturers smooth out the lines of vehicles to prevent drag and that's what you should do to the insides of duct work. Just the dust that can collect inside of ducts can affect flow. Personally, I would replace the trunk with one made with fiberglass duct board then you don't need a wrap or to worry about condensation at all. On a side note, please shine a light in the hole to the left of where the duct enters the wall. I'm hoping for a secret vault but it can also help you inspect the duct after the wall transition. Good luck!

[@snickelp]

I'm a retired plumber/hvac guy. You have the vent tee backwards"I'm sure it will work just not to code". Instead of raising the old drain line up into the joist space you could of just dropped down the new drain line in to the old drain line

[@TexasScout]

I am really impressed with what you have done, and I am so glad that my house is a single story on flat ground which makes repairs very easy. Good luck to you in future endeavors and I am going to subscribe to your channel.

[@davecozzi9721]

Unless you have cast iron drain pipe and it has disintegrated. Then, let the fun begin cutting concrete floors. Like in my house that is 50+ years old.

[@jeffreymurdock8366]

Now here's a good one for plumbing. The fall of a drain pipe is steeper the smaller the pipe. A 8 inch pipe requires less fall than a 4 inch pipe. Thats why our mobile home park has 6 inch pipe buried when 4 inch pipe is all that was needed. We had a limited fall we could have so we went over sized. At the front of the property where the city sewer is the pipe is 6 feet deep but at the back its less than a foot deep.

[@IamDerick]

Nice work around. Superior alternative to busting up that nice floor. I do hope the duct cleanout works it took forever to get the smell of dead mouse out of ours. The little varmints' found there way it through a hole in our plenum. Finally had to hire a duct cleaning company that used an enzyme solution similar to the stuff used to remove dog pee odor from carpets and that finally got it. Cheers.

[@Gayle.M]

Wow, everyone here is giving great options on how to keep that bar sink with a working drain. I was just going to say put a pail under it. After all, if you don’t put anything down the sink but water and soap, you can reuse what the pail catches to water plants.

[@adelitasoto6593]

Thanks for the information great work🙂

[@roypaulcarter4654]

Nicely done.

[@user-hp3rh9ws7r]

Hey you have a sump pump in the corner of that utility space check if the pump splurged in and check the bottom of that sump !!!

[@pja8204]

When you're under the house banging around and digging around you should have a Shop-Vac to suck up all that Dusty stuff so you don't inhale it.

[@jaecubed592]

Enjoyed that Series

[@kathrynaustin7245]

OMGosh what a nightmare! Great work though! This is a homeowner's nightmare for the average person.

[@d.j.robinson9424]

Great job, that should be a huge relief. 👍👍💛💚

[@adoptacat2877]

Where did you learn how to do all that difficult hard work. That’s why all my plumbing is broken because plumbing jobs are thousands and thousands of dollars. Your family really need to give you a lot of praise and throw you a big thank you party for saving the family probably 40,000 or more dollars.

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

Nice to have it done, now to fix the odds and ends

[@takeitslowhomestead5218]

Good work, as always!

[@rsr3959]

Sewer gasses can be pulled into your HVAC. You need totally disconnect the existing drain line at the main -- can't just do inputs. Also would be well served to run flexduct inside existing ductwork for add'l air quality protection. Any sewage into soil will seep into air too...

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Yup, all will be capped off in later steps

[@adelitasoto6593]

Thanks for the information great work

[@sonjacrowell9896]

Wow. That’s a whole lot of work to do.

[@gordonwilloughby8793]

The stuff in the vent pipe probably came from stuff falling in the vent pipe from the roof. Probably would be a good idea to put some kind of cover over it that would allow it to vent but would prevent stuff from falling in the vent.

[@kijuty]

Awesome job

[@frrapp2366]

just wondering what you were going to do with the old drain saw you plugged the end where you cut off but i think a foam or even concrete plug after you take out the bar sink don't know what would be best but something i think so no backups will come out the leak again.

[@anonymousamerican5676]

Good 👍 job!!

[@johnstancato8785]

Just wanted to let you know I found your video when you built your suburban chicken coop I got the plans and I built my own like yours I didn't do exactly everything you did but mostly and it's worked out great thank you God bless

[@SSLFamilyDad]

So cool, thanks for following along!

[@luellenatlittletexashomest3041]

Good Job!

[@zates2272]

Strong work

[@starlighttruthseeker6000]

Great job!!!!!!

[@lja1229]

Neat house!

[@renatovenuto296]

Good hard work