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Throughout our house there are numerous isolation valves which are on almost every plumbing fixture. Clearly whoever plumbed this had a thing for using them but I have heard elsewhere that they cause problems and are prone to leaking, especially when used after long periods.
I noticed a...
I have a hot water slab leak which is found behind my bathroom vanity. We heard the noise for a week but never saw any water. Just today we saw water starting to come up under the vanity. I found the leak, my question is is it ok to run the hot water just long enough to take a shower? Does it...
I have been facing central heating low pressure on unvented hot water RM Cylinders but can't see any leak on the PRV, expansion vessels and plasterboard celling.
I have got unvented pressurized RM Cylinders hot water system with 27KW Worchester gas boiler with expansion vessels .
When...
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I have a couple of leaks coming under shower tray downstairs.
One is along the wall so think might be joint between wall and tray and the other seems to be near waste tray, there is a slight hairline crack in shower tray near waste .
This happens when I leave the shower head near the...
I recently had a plumber come over to look at a badly leaking shower head. As best I can recall, he described the problem as a crack in the bridge of the cold water pipe and explained that there were two options:
1. Get into the wall with a jackhammer to fix the problem; or
2. Install one of...
Not exactly a plumbing problem but here goes. I have known for a couple of years there was a water leak somewhere between the water meter, on our property, and the property itself. The water company fitted a new (smart) meter about 4 weeks ago. Now they have contacted us saying we have a leak...
I removed the tile floor in my bathroom to fit vinyl and I noticed that the loo now leaks slightly when I flush it. I haven’t put the vinyl down yet, so I can build up the floor under the loo if needed to put it back to the level it was, but maybe I can re-seat the big plastic flange slightly or...
Some advice please about a really worrying problem. I live in a terraced 2 bed room house. 10 days ago the gas combi boiler stopped heating the radiators but still gave hot water to the shower and taps. Naturally we thought there was a fault with the boiler. We had already arranged a yearly...
Heĺlo I have a water leak under bathroom floor tiles. It is on the hot water feed to the tap. I noticed the tiles leading to sink warm last few days. Now my radiators are not heating up because the hot water must be getting diverted to the tap. What are my options? Can I get house insurance...
Some advice needed please re a 3 year old combi gas boiler. The hot water works but no heating. A gas engineer was already booked to do the annual safety check before the fault developed. He said the boiler is ok with no fault. He said there must be a leak under the floor boards causing hot...
There's a leak in the ceiling of my Dad's living room which is on the ground floor and has a bedroom directly above it.
There's an in-ceiling speaker where water was dripping from, and there were slower drips coming from a...
I can see the small leak in back boiler, have tried all sorts of products to seal it. have drained the radiators but pressure from water in actual and pipes boiler keeping it wet!! any ideas please to seal, its my only heating.
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We have a leak in the expansion vessel, which is on the first floor, above the hot water cylinder.
As we wait for a plumber, can we keep the heating on?
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i need help to fix the leak from a pipe connected to the water pump via flexi pipe and it is feed from the immersion heater.
I have emptied the water tank in the loft and also closed the main stopcock. still the leak is on - hoping it will eventually stop.
I have not idea how the...
Hi sorry im a newbie, pls help if u can.
I had a new bathroom installed about a yr ago and since then when i flush the toilet the room stinks of sewer gas. Not only does the b/room stink it also smells in the kitchen too, which is directly below the toilet/b-room. It doesnt do it everytime...
Hi everyone,
I have taken out the heat exchanger because a tiny leak was found around the red gasket at the top of the heat exchanger of a Worcester Green Star 28i Junior.
The gasket itself is in perfect condition with no cracks.
As you can see from the photo, the rust is near that holding...
Bad leak inside bathroom walls at floor for three days. A gallon every hour. Shut off water for a few hours and leak stopped. Turned water back on and leak has not come back. What happened?
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After having pooling water on my drive, I dug down around to find:
Black pipe poly/plastic dug 450mm deep spraying water at mains pressure from small hole/crack
The outside of pipe (measured with veneer caliper) at 23.5mm
Pipe Runs under drive, along side of property and looks to go...