Our Family's Story About One Little Hot Water Leak in El Cerrito.
I noticed in Sept. 2021. In our backyard outside of our master bathroom wall are two planters. A 4 foot wide landing between the two, made with pavers which lead to our outside water faucets. Underneath the pavers I began to notice the soil had more moister then usual. Oh I gave it a lot of thought over the next few months, trying to make good sense of it all and I reacted with doing a few different things, but no, these ideas didn't help.
Let's move into the night of the 4th of Nov. (I'm bear foot)walked into my closet (tile floor) and floor is unusually warm, honey honey check this out, (I'm talking to my wife) she said, Yes it is warm. O'my a Hot water leak under the slab. That very night we Texted a message to HMS Plumbing and Construction. They returned a Text a short time later, saying they can have one of their technicians (Jose) show up in a few hours. We thanked the owners (Megan) and said no, we turned off the water valve out front and the water heater, it's getting late. (Megan) said tomorrow morning is available to do an inspection. Yes we would like that appointment.
* Nov 5th 2021 - 7:30am using a special meter (Jose) found the leak. We authorized permission to open the wall where the leak was detected. In 1 1/2 hours he sealed the leak that was coming from a hot water line from the guest bathroom. Water off - water on; and the water heater back on; leak is all fixed. Jose say someone will be calling us up later today to discuss any further assistance we may need and that he will return The next day to close the wall back up and re-paint.
* We received a phone call from the owner, (Megan) and decided that since this had happened once before 12 years earlier we wanted to set an appointment to re-pipe all the hot and cold water in the house. Megan let's us know they will have (Jose) there on Monday the 8th.
* Nov. 8th - We received a call that (Jose) is in route. Start before 8am. Technicians Jose, Silas, and Tommy show up and put in a 10 to 11 hour day. Opened three precise Location indoors and two in the backyard. Ran new hoses to all water locations in the house, hot and cold.
* Nov 9th - Start at 8am. Second work day with two men. Jose and Silas finished running all water line's with all new connections all locations in the house. Washing Machines, Kitchen Sink, Refrigerator, Guest Bathroom, Master Bathroom. That part is now all done.
* Note : during the past two days we had hot and cold water ALL DAY, and never had to leave the house.
* Nov10th - Third day, Jose and Silas worked on reinstalling dry wall that was opened up for the re-pipe. Also, there was two other Technicians (Manuel and Tino) who did the re-stucco on the outside walls in the back yard. Let's let the walls dry and returned for repainting.
* Nov 11th - Fourth day, Jose and Silas repainted with (our) paint, all walls that they opened up. All the work inside the house is Finished.
* Nov 13th - Manuel and Tino, show up to repaint the Stucco that they had patched up a few days earlier. Manuel and also did a great job on the outside repair work.
* HMS PLUMBING AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR, is now are #1 contact for all things plumbing related (peace of mind) !!!!!