Hearing dripping noises in our new house. How to find the leak?

[Just1more]

This is the one of the first things you should learn in any house. Dead serious. And you may REALLY need to turn it off soon if something ruptures.

With a well, if there isn’t a cutoff anywhere to be found, cutting the power to the pump is one way to shut it down

 

[User170512]

With a well, if there isn’t a cutoff anywhere to be found, cutting the power to the pump is one way to shut it down

Sound advice. Even with a well, on a modern install there should be a cutoff after the pressure tank.

 

[Just1more]

Sound advice. Even with a well, on a modern install there should be a cutoff after the pressure tank.

True but if the original owner didn’t point it out he may not know where it is. I lived in a house a few years ago that had a cutoff to the outside faucets underneath the bathroom sink

 

[Lowrecoil]

I have a older house and when someone is using hot water,anywhere else in the house,the pipe inside the wall makes a light popping sound. I could see where,depending on where the pipe is in your home,that could mimic a dripping noise.

 

[whitmo]

Did the refrigerator come with the house? It might be doing a defrost cycle and dripping into a pan in the bottom of it. Our last refrigerator did this. It didn't drip all the time and the house had to be quiet to hear it.

 

[H2O MAN]

Since you are on a well, watch out for pin holes in copper pipe. If you see pink stains in tub’s, sinks, etc. that’s copper eroding from the pipes. I will never put another stick of copper in my house because of this.

Acidic water eating away at copper pipe will leave a Blue/Green stain wherever the water drips.

 

[BillsCamino]

Turn the TV up.....

 

[Gaffer1968]

Acidic water eating away at copper pipe will leave a Blue/Green stain wherever the water drips.

On my second house with all copper pipes... each one over 20 years and not one problem. But copper pipes aren't what they used to be, either. You gotta watch out for that cheap thin-walled stuff....

 

[rockyfatcat]

Did the refrigerator come with the house? It might be doing a defrost cycle and dripping into a pan in the bottom of it. Our last refrigerator did this. It didn't drip all the time and the house had to be quiet to hear it.

Not in the area

 

[rockyfatcat]

PVC or PEX? Some of the hangers used to hold PEX underneath the floors can rub against the PEX and as it flexes when water temp changes in the pipe. This will make a sound similar to water dripping.

Looks like PVC