Author Topic: Why is my floor wet? (Read 2571 times)

Maser · « **on:** September 02, 2006, 07:18:14 PM »

This is a problem that has been bugging me for a long time. It's not an everyday thing, but more of rather a once every other week thing. I wake up and get out of bed and like 2 feet from the front of my bed is a huge wet spot on the carpet. At first I thought it was my brother's cat but the spot don't smell like anything. I then though maybe my waterbed was leaking, but obviously not because my sheets are dry. Then I thought maybe it was a leaky roof, but there was no rain. All I can think of now is that maybe there's water or something coming up from under the house and soaking through the floor. This is such a weird thing and it's making me go nuts trying to figure out what's going on. Any ideas?

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #1 on:** September 02, 2006, 08:13:30 PM »

It could be a lot of things, except that you only see it in the morning. Have you checked it at other times of the day? Could it be that your waterbed leaks from underneath, but only when you are laying on it? It could leak from beneath without affecting your sheets.

You should also see whether this spot is close to a pipe for a sink, a tub, a dishwasher, a refrigerator, whatever might be on the other side of the wall. There could be a drain or supply pipe leaking inside a wall, with water running down the wall, and onto your floor.

Maser · « **Reply #2 on:** September 02, 2006, 08:15:27 PM »

Yeah, there are pipes under my house running under my floor but they don't seem to be leaking.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #3 on:** September 02, 2006, 08:16:51 PM »

With a water leak, you usually need to look above the moisture, not underneath. Is this close to a wall, or in the middle of the room?

Maser · « **Reply #4 on:** September 02, 2006, 08:20:23 PM »

Well my room is rather large and the wet spot is like maybe 4-5 feet from the nearest walls.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #5 on:** September 02, 2006, 08:27:29 PM »

Odd. Got a yellow or brownish stain on the ceiling, perhaps? That usually means water leaking from above. It could be coming through a light fixture, as well, leaving no visible stain.

What's above your room?

Mabs2 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 02, 2006, 08:31:45 PM »

Haints.

280plus · « **Reply #7 on:** September 03, 2006, 01:31:09 AM »

Is your house on a concrete slab or do you have a basement?

m1911owner · « **Reply #8 on:** September 03, 2006, 07:35:44 AM »

(Post deleted, because I decided it wasn't a good idea.)

wmenorr67 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 03, 2006, 08:16:14 AM »

Do you have HVAC venting running under the area? There could be condensation built up from that.

Mabs2 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 03, 2006, 04:34:28 PM »

Going with the HVAC stuff...
If you have a register over it there could be condensation forming inside and coming through the register.
THis would only be if there was a register directly over it.
Being 5' from the outside wall I doubt this is the case.
A duct running under it, I doubt could cause it.
My expert opinion remains: Haints.

280plus · « **Reply #11 on:** September 03, 2006, 04:41:52 PM »

Why would these guys be putting water on Maser's floor?

http://www.myspace.com/haints

Cheesy

Mabs2 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 03, 2006, 04:50:15 PM »

Maybe they're just roudy? =/
Hey, I don't question the voices in my head, I just do/say what they tell me.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #13 on:** September 03, 2006, 05:59:51 PM »

I have this hunch that Maser doesn't know what a haint is.

Maser · « **Reply #14 on:** September 03, 2006, 06:21:23 PM »

Nope. What does haint mean?

mfree · « **Reply #15 on:** September 03, 2006, 06:32:29 PM »

Stetch or prop something elevated over the spot where the water is. That'll tell you if it's coming from above, or tentatively from the side.

Two chairs and an old blanket ought to do it

cosine · « **Reply #16 on:** September 03, 2006, 06:59:55 PM »

Quote from: fistful

I have this hunch that Maser doesn't know what a haint is.

I don't know either. Let me guess.

Southern variant of haunt?

(Well okay, I'll admit, Wink

ten seconds on google popped this up first thing.)

BobR · « **Reply #17 on:** September 03, 2006, 08:25:38 PM »

I can remember visiting my grandparents as a child. It seem granddad would have to answer the call of nature during the night, and get a touch confused. Always had to watch for the wet spot in the hallway in the morning.

You don't sleepwalk, do you? Wink

Good luck on finding the source, haint or otherwise.

bob

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #18 on:** September 03, 2006, 08:28:37 PM »

A "haint" (haunt) is a ghost.

Maser · « **Reply #19 on:** September 03, 2006, 08:40:37 PM »

Quote from: BobR

You don't sleepwalk, do you? Wink

Good luck on finding the source, haint or otherwise.

No, I never had that problem. I have lots of trouble sleeping. I do remember falling out of bed a few times as a kid. Can't say that I walk around the house peeing in my sleep though. Oh God I sure hope my room isn't haunted by the water ghost.

280plus · « **Reply #20 on:** September 04, 2006, 01:13:03 AM »

It's ghost pee. It should disappear after a while. Tongue

Maser · « **Reply #21 on:** September 04, 2006, 04:01:56 PM »

Iain · « **Reply #22 on:** September 04, 2006, 04:04:30 PM »

I could tell you the story about the housemate's friend. Or the other story about the other housemate's friend. But you have trouble sleeping as it is.

Maser · « **Reply #23 on:** September 04, 2006, 04:11:14 PM »

Nah, go ahead and tell it. Is it a gross story or funny story?

Maser · « **Reply #24 on:** September 05, 2006, 08:21:11 PM »

I want to hear the story.

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Author Topic: Why is my floor wet? (Read 2571 times)