Hello!
I'm going to try my best to explain the situation here, but I'm not sure about the terminology so I apologize in advance! :thumbup:
We are putting in a bathroom in our basement and in this space there are 2 main water lines with meters. One is inside water meter and the other outside water meter (clear water they call it here). When the basement was poured they put both of those meters like 3 feet away from the outside wall. Huge waste of space. We asked the plumber if they could be moved and he said yes except for roughly the 1 foot of pipe that comes up through the concrete to the first meter b/c that would require the city shutting off our water from the street. It wasn't a big deal to leave that copper pipe as we are going to enclose these pipes in the back of a deep closet with removable shelves so there is still access to the meters. Plumber said it was a pretty easy fix so we said "do it"...
Fast forward to after the job is done.... it looks great but the plumber says there is a lot of condensation on the pipes- We have lived here over 4 years and NEVER had any condensation on these pipes- winter or summer. The basement is heated, so we were hoping that temp would adjust and in a day or so we would have no more issues. Not the case- I am watching drips forming quickly from one area that looks soldered , but there is noticeable condensation all around that area. The heaviest condensation is on the inside water meter line- we live in WI so the outside water lines have not been on since Oct/Nov.
My question is how do I know that this is really condensation and not a leak? The temp's have been in the 40's the last week (when the work was done) , the last 2 days in the 30's if that matters. I've been leaving a fan on all weekend and changing a towel under the pipes to catch as much water as I can, in hopes that the wood isn't getting to wet in there- it's treated, but I don't want it getting behind the polystyrene and molding there. Should I try wrapping them with something to stop this condensation? I know that there is NO WAY we can put anything on the walls until this stops- if anyone has any advice I'm all ears!
Thanks-
~T
I'm going to try my best to explain the situation here, but I'm not sure about the terminology so I apologize in advance! :thumbup:
We are putting in a bathroom in our basement and in this space there are 2 main water lines with meters. One is inside water meter and the other outside water meter (clear water they call it here). When the basement was poured they put both of those meters like 3 feet away from the outside wall. Huge waste of space. We asked the plumber if they could be moved and he said yes except for roughly the 1 foot of pipe that comes up through the concrete to the first meter b/c that would require the city shutting off our water from the street. It wasn't a big deal to leave that copper pipe as we are going to enclose these pipes in the back of a deep closet with removable shelves so there is still access to the meters. Plumber said it was a pretty easy fix so we said "do it"...
Fast forward to after the job is done.... it looks great but the plumber says there is a lot of condensation on the pipes- We have lived here over 4 years and NEVER had any condensation on these pipes- winter or summer. The basement is heated, so we were hoping that temp would adjust and in a day or so we would have no more issues. Not the case- I am watching drips forming quickly from one area that looks soldered , but there is noticeable condensation all around that area. The heaviest condensation is on the inside water meter line- we live in WI so the outside water lines have not been on since Oct/Nov.
My question is how do I know that this is really condensation and not a leak? The temp's have been in the 40's the last week (when the work was done) , the last 2 days in the 30's if that matters. I've been leaving a fan on all weekend and changing a towel under the pipes to catch as much water as I can, in hopes that the wood isn't getting to wet in there- it's treated, but I don't want it getting behind the polystyrene and molding there. Should I try wrapping them with something to stop this condensation? I know that there is NO WAY we can put anything on the walls until this stops- if anyone has any advice I'm all ears!
Thanks-
~T