I put a new bath in my daughter's en suite about a month ago and everything was fine until last night. She rang to say water was dripping down the wall in the porch immediately below the en suite. When I installed it the hot supply came up through the floor in 22mm Hepworth plastic pipe, I put a 22 to 15mm Hep2O reducer on this with the correct inserts and all was ok. The drip was coming from where the 22mm pipe went into the 22mm fitting. I took the fitting apart but could not see anything wrong so just cut the pipe slightly shorter( in case there was a nick in the pipe I couldn't see) put a new Hep2O insert in and instead fitted a 22 to 15mm Speedfit reducer. This is the first time I have had a leak from a Pushfit fitting, has anybody any ideas why it should leak particularly after being perfectly OK for a month or so?
I should add that they have had a leaking thermostatic mixer valve on their mains pressure hot water cylinder and the heating engineer has had them turning an isolating valve off when they are not using the hot water as it was leaking quite badly. He is fitting a new valve today. I don't really see why this should have caused the leak to the bath but it seems a bit of a coincidence.
I should add that they have had a leaking thermostatic mixer valve on their mains pressure hot water cylinder and the heating engineer has had them turning an isolating valve off when they are not using the hot water as it was leaking quite badly. He is fitting a new valve today. I don't really see why this should have caused the leak to the bath but it seems a bit of a coincidence.
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