Where is the leak?

So after a few days of working on the house I came in one night and opened a closet door only to find moisture at the base of the drywall. As I looked down at my feet I noticed that the carpet was saturated all the way into the room next door, we have dubbed this room the bonus room. Behind the closet one will find a wet bar, so naturally one would assume the leak was coming from there. Well you cannot know where a leak is coming from without seeing what you are working with behind the wall. After a few holes in the drywall, the disposal of the carpet in the bonus room (it had to go anyway) and the gutting of the entire wet bar we found out that leak was not there!

So you get the dehumidifier, you dry it out, and THEN you turn on the water again. Go figure we have water again however it is coming from under the concrete slab HURRAY! Please take note it is winter and we also wanted to see if the water was coming from the exterior wall as THEN it would be a drain spout issue etc. So we were presented with 3 options from our plumber Chuck: 

1. break up the concrete fix the leak. 

2. isolate the hot, and then the cold, to determine which one or if it is in fact both that are cracked and run new piping over the concrete and then put a raised floor in the room.

3. run new piping up thru the wet bar (that will now become a closet) thru the ceiling and into the bathroom next door as that is really the only place that needs it

We chose option 3. Breaking up concrete is a pain in the ass so avoid it if you can. And I do not like the idea of a raised floor...

If you have a leak it's usually not a big deal to fix just a pain in the butt to find sometimes. We fixed up our condo and had water running thru the ceiling and down the walls, I learned how to solder pipes and it's really not that hard at all. I will be running new piping in our laundry room so in time I will post a you tube to show everyone how we did it and what you are capable of doing without a plumber handy and when you probably should just call the plumber :)