123hotchef
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yes i am gameShall we have a forum day, where we all turn up, with inspection cameras and power drills, I ply him with alcohol, and we find closure here.
Only joking.....
yes i am gameShall we have a forum day, where we all turn up, with inspection cameras and power drills, I ply him with alcohol, and we find closure here.
Only joking.....
didn't think you need infection to be turned away just living over the border qualifies youDon't forget face shields and Covid masks & a 2three metre stick rule . ..be lucky to manage to get past all the border checks from here to there . The Welshies are already thinking of turning people round who hail from high infection areas .
most modern toilets don't have an external overflow they flow in to the toilet panBack on topic.........
If the drip stops when you turn the water off at the mains, then the drip must be controlled by a valve (open) or by a faulty ballcock, the next thing I would try is to turn the hot and cold water on in the bath and see if the drip stops, as the flow of water would be more than the flow of the drip.
You could then turn off the cold, see if the drip starts, then turn off the hot and see if it starts to drip, this may give you some idea which system is more likely to be at fault, Hot or cold..
Also check the overflow from the cisterns n the toilets, although this would be noticeable as they would be on constant filling, altrhough a slight drip may be unnoticed.
If you live on an estate where the house were built by the same builder and to similar design, I would ask a neighbour if you could have a look and see wether they have the same pipes coming out of their house, if they do, then contact the builders and ask their advice, they should be able to explain the reason for the pipes and give you some idea where they go too.
A few years ago I bought a house for my daughter, brand new, after a few days the bottom toilet started to leak, on close inspection I found they had not put a overflow pipe in, and the ballcock was faulty, hence the flood.
Yes!Just get a can of expanding foam on it - that'll learn it proper.
Wos up with the hot drain discharge side nut?The mystery is solved. Took up lino as getting new flooring down. Found this hatch. The valve nearest the top of the picture is the cold water system drain. It was open a tiny fraction and so was passing the amount seen.
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Tightened this up and leak stopped.
Working towards the right the valves are cold drain, hot drain and c/h feed and return drains.
Luxury! (said in a strong Yorkshire accent) everywhere I've moved into/bought as a BTL, never has a drain for domestic hot or cold water.Working towards the right the valves are cold drain, hot drain and c/h feed and return drains.
Luxury! (said in a strong Yorkshire accent) everywhere I've moved into/bought as a BTL, never has a drain for domestic hot or cold water.
But will have one of these situated in a position (not at the lowest point) miles from a drain, tight to the floor, so almost impossible to get a garden hose pushed on in order to empty the central heating.
Had two houses with one of these soldered into the system . . both, when undone, left the disc precisely where it had been jammed for the last few years, hard up against the seat, so neither would drain. I seem to recall I managed to pop this one by whacking the pressure up in the system.Luxury! (said in a strong Yorkshire accent) everywhere I've moved into/bought as a BTL, never has a drain for domestic hot or cold water.
But will have one of these situated in a position (not at the lowest point) miles from a drain, tight to the floor, so almost impossible to get a garden hose pushed on in order to empty the central heating.