Plumbing advice

[SteveDallas]

Originally Posted by glatt

But in the meantime, I taped a plastic bag under the pipe, and leading outside the access panel and onto a rag on the floor. The drips hit the bag and roll down onto the rag, which absorbs them.

DAMN! A man after my own heart! Ours is dripping a bit faster than that.

What kind of pipe? It's METAL. It doesn't look like copper. That's all I know.

Originally Posted by the eagle-eyed xoxoxoBruce

It only leaks when the shower is on? If it was leaking between the water supply and the faucet assembly, it would be leaking all the time. It has to be after the valve if it's only when you shower.
Look again.

You're right, of course. It's on the other side of the valve that's attached to the pipe that feeds up to the shower head & out the faucet into the tub. (I'm sure I'm not using the correct terminology for all this.)

Thanks for all the comments. It looks like we're going to get the plumber who lives down the street to take a look at it. (Or so Mrs. Dallas tells me.)