flooded concrete after burst pipe

[stevecarrett]

Recently found that there has been a burst heating pipe under concrete in one of our rooms. Plumber in and fixed the copper pipe with plastic pipe. However, we do not know how long this has been happening, we presume some time. Where the hole was dug to fix pipe, the water from the concrete keeps filling up the hole. The heating and fan is on in the room, is there a quicker way to drain a solid concrete floor or do i keep bailing out the water until it dry's out?

 

[muggles]

Go to your local hire centre and hire an industrial dehumidifier.

 

[Blagard]

I think it is best to wait until it starts to dry. - Are you sure there was only one leak ? Hopefully you didn't damage the pipe elsewhere breaking out the concrete. Did you manage to identify the cause of the burst?

Heating in the room is good, but you also need ventilation, which a fan does not really do (it only circulates air).

The alternative is as muggles suggested, a dehumidifier.

 

[HERTS P&D]

The pipe that was leaking, was it in contact with the concrete or was the copper protected? As you might find that you will have many more leaks due to the copper corroding.

Andy