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I rerouted from the slab leak (pex in the attic) was redundant because there was already a copper line ran outside (but turned off at the hot water heater, wtf.) Okay, so my situation sounds so much the same. Once we identified the leak, we "capped it" at both ends, and ran a new PEX line buried 18 inches down outside the house (just outside the slab). And... as we passed OUTSIDE the house with the trench, we stumbled across a previous fix for the same issue!! At least that is our theory. Instead of jumpering "end to end" like we did, somebody trenched under the house from the middle and <did something that failed> under the foundation where the leak was. But we literally ran into their buried line the REST of the way where we were burying our new line, LOL. We just buried our line deeper (code probably changed since their fix, or they didn't care). Some of this is actually kind of fun for me. It's like an archeological dig uncovering the mystery of what somebody else did earlier. I mean it's expensive and irritates my wife when stuff takes weeks to fix, but it's interesting to have "OHHHHhhhhh" moments and understand the house better. I swear these houses need a "change log" with just text dump of thoughts when stuff gets changed or repaired and a date. Even one paragraph hand written could be massively helpful. What flir camera did you use on your phone? I got this one (for iPhone): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072J49BX7 HOWEVER, it was the one for a lightning port (older iPhones). Since then I've upgraded my phone (now USB C port) and now the flir doesn't work for me anymore. You want it? PM me your address I'll drop it in the mail to you. I'm on Far West blvd off MoPac 10 blocks. air leaks in the winter It's actually really fun. I wandered around my house with it at the time staring at walls and doors.