in the laundry room. Mold spots all over the place on the tile floor.
I could see through some of the missing grout sections that there was water in the voids. So I pulled back the carpet in the family room just outside the laundry room and there was water all around the outside border of the laundry room for about 2 or 3 feet. I started pulling up tiles in the laundry room and the closer I got to the toilet the dryer the floor was??? The waste line is under ground a good 12" or so below the surface.
The toilet bowl that morning was very low - almost empty. At first I thought the wax ring had failed but that would only show during a flush - I think. I looked all over for a crack in the toilet and can't find anything. The floor seemed fine yesterday and then today this. I can't figure out if it's the toilet waste line, water coming from the ground or what. The water supply lines come from the ceiling and down the wall. The walls are completely dry and the floor area where they come through the wall is dry to. The washing machine was not used all day as well and where the hoses connect (and the hoses themselves) are dry as a bone.
Toilet or ground water is all I can think of. Why now though - after
10 years (since I have lived here) with no problems and further drains added outside for rain water.Anyone have any insight into this or how I can verify the source? TIA.