You ready for a strange one? My brother in law has a truly odd plumbing problem -- I don't have a clue what's going on and I hope someone here can help! Here's goes:
The oven in the kitchen backs up to a wall. On the other side of that wall is a bedroom closet, and water tends to pool on the floor in that closet, from under the wall, right behind the electric oven, when the oven is turned on. (Yeah, I really did mean to say that.)
It's as if the water is coming up through the concrete floor under the wall. There are no pipes in the wall, the insides of the drywall and the studs are all dry, and the top of the bottom 2x4 (of the wall) is pretty dry. Apparently, from the bottom of the 2x4 out about a foot into the closet a small puddle starts to form about 30 minutes after the electric oven is turned on and dries up 12 or so hours after it's turned off.
Everything is dry on the kitchen side, and the oven doesn't have any water attached. The fridge nearly has a line for the ice maker in that wall but it's about 3 feet away and all bone dry. If they don't use the oven for a few days, it'll be dry for a few days.
It's a 20-year-old townhouse and the water meter seems to be completely still while the puddle forms.
Any ideas?
The oven in the kitchen backs up to a wall. On the other side of that wall is a bedroom closet, and water tends to pool on the floor in that closet, from under the wall, right behind the electric oven, when the oven is turned on. (Yeah, I really did mean to say that.)
It's as if the water is coming up through the concrete floor under the wall. There are no pipes in the wall, the insides of the drywall and the studs are all dry, and the top of the bottom 2x4 (of the wall) is pretty dry. Apparently, from the bottom of the 2x4 out about a foot into the closet a small puddle starts to form about 30 minutes after the electric oven is turned on and dries up 12 or so hours after it's turned off.
Everything is dry on the kitchen side, and the oven doesn't have any water attached. The fridge nearly has a line for the ice maker in that wall but it's about 3 feet away and all bone dry. If they don't use the oven for a few days, it'll be dry for a few days.
It's a 20-year-old townhouse and the water meter seems to be completely still while the puddle forms.
Any ideas?
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