Plumber's 'horrific' discovery prompts warning to Aussie residents
This client has mushrooms growing out of their wall, and they don't know where they're coming from.
This whole wall is absolutely saturated, as you can see.
Which is also evident on our thermal imaging.
They've got a shower on the other side of that wall here.
A plumber has already been there trying to find what's causing those mushrooms to grow, and they don't know what it is.
So we're gonna do an investigation, see where this leak is coming from.
So we're gonna do an investigation, see where this leak is coming from.
So we're just doing a pressure test of the pipework here with our gauge, and that's not dropping pressure, so there's no leaks on the pipes, it's gonna be coming from something else.
Next, we thoroughly inspect the grouting and the ceiling inside the shower, which we found nothing.
Let's dye test this bath.
There might be a leak coming from the bath waste, so we're gonna test it and see if it's leaking.
Again, as you can see, we've got about 50 degrees of hot water inside this bath with our tracing dye.
This will test for any leaks.
Now it's time to pull the plug and test the drain, let's see how it goes.
Alright, after running the water through the bath waste there, it's leaking out onto the floor here.
As you can see, there's all water pooling on the ground, so that means the bath waste is leaking underneath the tub.
And they're gonna have to open a hole in the wall, fix that pipe, stop it from leaking, and start drying out all of the areas.
So, job's all done and we're on to the next one, we've found the leak and this one was causing these mushrooms here.
If you've got leaks, make sure you call us, we're the experts.
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