A real brain teaser, its got me beat

[Dotty]

Hey derrick hows about you disconnect everything on the sc3 leg and cap off , then check the flammin meter and if it still moves get a shotgun out. lol

OR have you ballafixes on the drawoffs on SC3, you probably have already but turn them all off and see what happens.

 

[Derrick229]

OR have you ballafixes on the drawoffs on SC3, you probably have already but turn them all off and see what happens.

I have the ballafixes off on the WC and the HB, I got a gauge on the bath tap pipe, meter still moving, no drop in pressure (well there was, but not now) holding steady, got to wait till Monday for WB to look at meter, AGAIN

 

[Derrick229]

I have to say thats the first thing i would have done, cut the pipe and cap it off. All this umming and arring about what it might be is ridiculous, just disconnect it and start again.

Its new pipe, going to the bathroom, there is no leak that I can find, no wet bits, no puddles, the meter is still moving,

(unfortunately, the glass is broken, I think a bit of brick rubble may have fallen down there, someone left the cover up , werent any of you lot was it ? just to see the end of this thread )

 

[dontknowitall]

... just to see the end of this thread )

Hehe - you're not the only one!!! Taking up far too much of my time this! Hope it's sorted soon. Perhaps you could print out all this stuff and give it to the WB?

 

[Derrick229]

Hehe - you're not the only one!!! Taking up far too much of my time this! Hope it's sorted soon. Perhaps you could print out all this stuff and give it to the WB?

I'm taking my laptop on Monday, and going to show him this lot, the worst thing is, he isnt a plumber, just an inspector, been doing it 30 odd years, and I am hoping he is going to advise me on this

 

[NickH]

Its new pipe, going to the bathroom, there is no leak that I can find, no wet bits, no puddles, the meter is still moving,

(unfortunately, the glass is broken, I think a bit of brick rubble may have fallen down there, someone left the cover up , werent any of you lot was it ? just to see the end of this thread )

I dont dispute its new pipework but why not cut it off at some piont after the s/c and before any branches and cap it off. Then check the meter, if it stops then its your pipework or fittings, connect them back up and see, and then maybe disconnect each branch one at a time, its a logical process of elimination.

 

[Derrick229]

I dont dispute its new pipework but why not cut it off at some piont after the s/c and before any branches and cap it off. Then check the meter, if it stops then its your pipework or fittings, connect them back up and see, and then maybe disconnect each branch one at a time, its a logical process of elimination.

I have tried all that, cant do anything now though (waiting on the bloke to arrive)

No puddles, no damp patches, no pinholes, gauge holding steady, SC 2 off, meter still moving or was before the glass got broken)

 

[Plamber]

yeah, but when stopcock 1 is off the meter doesnt move. right? so doesnt that rule out the meter?

Sorry if already been asked lots to read

 

[Derrick229]

yeah, but when stopcock 1 is off the meter doesnt move. right? so doesnt that rule out the meter?

Sorry if already been asked lots to read

Thats right, get no water anywhere,

I know there is far too much to read, thank god its a weekend

and this was just supposed to be a PJ, and lasting a couple of days at most, but everything you cxan think of has gone wrong (its Murphy's law gone mad)

 

[Plamber]

so wont the WB guy look at the meter when stopcock 1 is shut and instantly rule out the meter? sorry to sound negative.

 

[Derrick229]

so wont the WB guy look at the meter when stopcock 1 is shut and instantly rule out the meter? sorry to sound negative.

He did come out and check between the meter and SC 1, it had stopped, the problem is between SC 3 and the bathroom (now I dont really want to go through it all again, just start at the beginning )

 

[Dotty]

Delboy! Where are we on this?

 

[dontknowitall]

LOL Croppie

Asleep ... !!!

 

[Dotty]

Woohoo! DKIA and his 1,000th post!

 

[dontknowitall]

Hehe - FAR too much time on here obviously - cracking thread on your booze shelf!!

I still find your Avatar unbelievable!!!

 

[Dotty]

It's me missus's fault! she took a perfectly good picture of me, cut it in half and mirrored it. Terrifying result!

My daughter (who lives in Cannock with her mum) once asked me to send her a pic quick by phone so she could show her mate and her parents. I sent her that, she was very quickly escorted from the premises!

 

[Derrick229]

Waiting for the water board to dig out the meter,

the owner has NOW decided to get the bathroom done, change the bath, HB and WC

He now wants a corner bath, a shower cubicle, use the old WC and HB if I can get them out without breaking them

Then tile the floor, walls, brick up a window (because of the shower)

He said it must be the taps

That wont happen for a while, I'm away on Saturday for 3 weeks

But apart from that, nothing has happened, the meter is still moving, but so slowly

Still no water showing

The kitchen fitter is still sodding about 16 days after all the flat pack arrived (must be on day work)

When anything new happens, I will let you all know

I cant see anything wrong with that picture, it keeps the kids away from the PC, I suppose, print it out and put it on the mantlepeice, it will keep them away from the fire as well

(last time I saw a tongue like that, it was in front of a door, they called it a door mat)

 

[dontknowitall]

Sounds like a typical home owner project management!! Enjoy your break.

 

[Dannypipe]

I can't be faffed to read through all the threads again, but there's not a shower mixer anywhere on this system? Could be mains pushing through hot supply?

I'm just gonna wait till they dig that damn meter up!

 

[Derrick229]

I can't be faffed to read through all the threads again, but there's not a shower mixer anywhere on this system? Could be mains pushing through hot supply?

I'm just gonna wait till they dig that damn meter up!

Yes there is a shower mixer, I had the hose in a bucket of water to see if it would either fill up or empty, neither happened

I want to see this meter dug up as well

 

[D34no]

Av just had similar problem with alcotheme . Someone used protectaline pipe and a philmac fitting on it and the water was getting in between the metal protection on the pipe and was leaking the under floor, no wet patches anywhere either.

 

[Derrick229]

Av just had similar problem with alcotheme . Someone used protectaline pipe and a philmac fitting on it and the water was getting in between the metal protection on the pipe and was leaking the under floor, no wet patches anywhere either.

Tell me more about this, as you can see I have a similar problem

 

[Dannypipe]

Ahah, could we have found the culprit? I bloody hope so, this is a brain bender.

 

[D34no]

my call out. water on at meter water off at stop tap meter didnt move. water on at meter on stop tap meter turning, everything off service valves on everything (it brand new house on building site) cold main had filled everything in house so only place left to travel was in between metal protection on alcotheme and alcotheme itself was actually leakin underground had blown hole in protective layer. the way I found out was I dug meter up pulled alcotheme out and saw hole. Then I went round site jus cutting metal layer back on alcotheme to expose inner pipe and fastenin my stoptap on this. For me job done! hope this helps m8...

 

[D34no]

only reason I stripped all alcothemes back is because at the time I didnt know if water was gettin between the layers from my side or meter side.