Im 62 year old, on low income. I own my home. I am in need of help trying to figure out why I've been hearing water running when I'm in my bathroom. I've checked everywhere to try to find the source, and I can't. There is no standing water under my house. My water meter is showing no signs of increased usage. Now, I've noticed a lot of moisture along my baseboard. It's getting worse.
Thank you in advance for your help!
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I am thinking you may have a roof leak. You might want to call Habitat for Humanity.
Your gutter may have come loose and you are getting run off in the house. If you have a trusted general handy person, I would call and have this looked at. Water issues can cause all kinds of issues from mold to shorting out electricity lines.
You should probably try to contact a construction company that gives free estimates and have them look for your problem. You may want to call at least 2 companies so you will know for sure what is causing this "running water" as this could be causing all kinds of problems that will only get worse until repaired.
If you listen closely you may be able to tell if it coming from the back tank of your commode or under/behind your shower/tub or your wash stand as that is probably where it is. It could be a broken pipe and it will have to be repaired.
If the cost of repairs is more than you can afford then you may have to research how to get help with home repairs in your area (Google home repair help for low income (senior?) with your zip code. There will be many places to check out to see if you qualify.
Listen real close to the running Water. That way you can hear the water in the pipe
It sounds like the toilet sometimes when the chain loosens up or whatever on that's connected to the stopper in the toilet it will be running the water but it's running down through the reservoir have you noticed that you have to hold the handle down to flush you need to get a new ball or the toilet gut system or sometimes simply adjust the chain, if you take the lid off and hold the stopper down and pull the lever of where the chain is connected if there's any slack in it I've used a bread tie and we've been through and tied it through the eye of the lever oh, I hope this helps you
It sounds like the toilet sometimes when the chain loosens up or whatever on that's connected to the stopper in the toilet it will be running the water but it's running down through the reservoir have you noticed that you have to hold the handle down to flush you need to get a new ball or the toilet gut system or sometimes simply adjust the chain, if you take the lid off and hold the stopper down and pull the lever of where the chain is connected if there's any slack in it I've used a bread tie and we've been through and tied it through the eye of the lever oh, I hope this helps you
It sounds to me that there's a problem in your toilet tank do you have to hold the toilet handle down for the water to flush through? sometimes when the stopper gets old you may have to replace the guts inside the tank if it's not flushing properly that will leave a sound of running water because it's running down through the reservoir or do adjustments reach inside hold the stopper down pull the arm lever up there's a chain if a chain has slack in it use a piece of wire I use bread tie faded through the chain and into the eye of the chain at the beginning and twist it tight to get rid of the slack or check and make sure the knob that brings a water into the toilet is all the way on,
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