My grandmother has an old house from the 1920's-30's that we havent lived in seice 2002 and we shut the water off because we didnt want a HIGH ass water bill and recently we came to turn the water on, the pipe that joins the washing-machine water intake broke in two it was a PVC-to metal pipe joint with a PVC hexaginal nut and no matter what we do to get it to unscrew it won't unscrew.

We tried Pliers and wrenches but we are afraid we'd damage the galviginized steel-pipe.

Funny thing is that that is the only pace where the water will come out.

The water won't come from the kitchen nor bathroom sink or the toilet and tub. WTF is going on? I do think that the original commer pipes are intact but there is evidence of digging near the sewer-pipe vent, someone put a wheel-barrel over it to cover it up. :eek:

I think it is the vent for the toilet, too bad my aunt wants to sell the house. There is a large living room that is Aprox 30 feet long and 12 feet wide and 10 feet tall! :D there is a 15x20 bedroom with 10 foot high ceiling. :D

That's an awesome Home Theater story.

when you shut the water off 6 years ago, you probably didnt drain the house.

the water sat there in the galv. pipes and now they are completely closed up from corrosion inside. remarkably common. either sell as is or do the work to get it up to plumbing/electrical code. If it is on piers this is not a big job for a plumber to pex the whole thing

Several theories,

You also turned off the heat and you have a bunch of pipes that froze/split and when you turned on the water you just haven't found where it is leaking.

Someone got in and stole all the copper pipe for salvage

Tree roots in the line.

You just don't remember all the shut off valves you originally closed or they are corroded closed and even with turning the knob they really aren't opening.

Based on the fact you can't figure out what is going on you may need to call in a plumber.

The house is raised above the ground a couple of feet and there havent been any really cold winters, to freexe the pipes if it is a tree root then that is a SERIOUS problem because that means that that the tree's will have to be killed and all traces of the roots will have to excavated.

If it were me, I would pay a good plumber to come evaluate the problem, should be around 200-250$