The plumber showed up today nice and early as promised and diagnosed our problem rather quickly. An hour later, we were leak-free and $340 lighter in the wallet, but happy to have it resolved. Turns out that when our house was plumbed in 2007, the contractor left out a small, vital piece when he installed the kitchen faucet. It rendered the faucet unable to tighten properly and it's probably been dripping behind the cabinetry ever since. (that's 3-1/2 years, folks!) The drip itself, and the fact that we've never been able to get the faucet to turn properly, has been driving us crazy. After all this time there was nowhere else for the water to go, so it began to leak through down through the concrete into the livingroom.
The plumber replaced the faucet with a new standard one and a separate sprayer. They don't quite match the other fixtures, but we really don't care at this point. It works -- hassle-free! This weekend we need to pry up the tiles under the sink and bleach out all the mold that has accrued. I can only imagine what the subfloor looks like underneath -- yuk! -- but at least we are able to use our faucet (pictured below) happily now!
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