It is already resting on an rsj in the loft. Sorry if I didn't make that clear. It only happens when it rains badly or for a long period of time so I know it's not condensation
Hi, we have a chimney in the loft above our offshot bathroom. It is resting on an rsj. It developed a leak a couple of years ago, we had it reflaunched and repointed by our nice roofer. It developed again last year and he came and found a leak in the lead which he repaired. It is now leaking...
Thank you everyone for all your help. A very lovely plumber came this morning and managed to turn off the external stop tap. We are now the proud owners of a new proper internal stop tap and a new kitchen tap
Thank you everyone for your help. Hoping the plumber who is coming tomorrow can turn off the external stop tap! Not sure what plan B will be after Oldbuffer's analysis, but trying not to think about it until I need to . Can't believe that Yorkshire Water are able to wash their hands of their...
Thanks Opps, there did seem to be more than a trickle even when the internal stopcock was closed. It's one of those circular, steering wheel type stoppers. Plumber said something about it working on gravity?
Thank you Rogue Trader, I am not disputing the price if we need to pay but in the past the water company would normally sort the external tap. Our home care package which we have been with for many years will usually fix things internally and we usually pay them for parts ( this hasn't happened...
Thanks Exedon, not proposing to do it ourselves. Just surprised our contracted firm ( we pay a monthly fee for boiler and plumbing cover) have been reluctant to use a freezer kit and told us it is risky.
Hi, I hope you can help.
We have a dripping kitchen tap and called our plumber to fix it. He tried to turn off the water using the internal stop tap but it was not turning off the flow.
He went to the external stop tap located outside of the the property with the meter in the pavement and was...