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shmokes:
oh . . . it was big.  I get the impression that when she got home it had more in common with a fire hydrant than a pinhole leak.  The hole in the wall was huge.
ChadTower:

It does happen... we had a tank fail in the apt we lived in a few years ago.  We woke up to two inches of water in most of the apartment.

I'm thinking I want to get two years out of this water heater.  After that, it will probably be time to replace it.  Don't want to have a crappy tank wreck all the cabs/stuff in my basement.
mccoy178:
We had a pinhole leak in the crawl space under one of the bathrooms.  It was costing us an additional $10 a month.  For the life of us we just couldn't figure out what was going on.  Just a stupid solder fitting on an elbow gave. :banghead:
ChadTower:

Did that cause any mold issues?
shardian:
On my current bathroom renovation, I took a break of about 2 weeks after finishing some plumbing. I walked out into my garage on day and noticed a wet spot on the floor. I looked up and noticed the drywall on the ceiling was sagging and leaking!! Apparently, while wiggling around an exisiting water pipe we opened up a pinhole crack in the pipe. I had to tear down 2 sheets of the ceiling, and there was about 2 inches of standing water sitting on the ceiling. Good stuff...
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