Hi All,
We have been in our house for about two years. Over the past couple of weeks we have noticed water marks coming through our tile grout in our kitchen floor, we also noticed a water line going up the interior wall (this wall has no exterior face and connects to the living room next door and the party wall between us and our neighbor).
We started to mark the line and we could see it rise by about 5mm overnight. We started to look for leaks but couldn't find any pipes in the area. We found a lot of wet behind our kitchen sink cupboard so looked for leaks. We recently put in a new washing machine about 6 weeks ago but the connections are dry and sound. Behind the cabinet all the cold pipes including the mains pipe, the stopcock and even the water meter were dripping wet. I have lagged most of the pipes although i cannot get to some of them to lag them! I think the excess condensation is the cause of the issue but I am not sure. I have two questions regards to this.
Firstly, what could have caused this sudden moisture change? We dry clothes on an airer the same as we have always done we use the same cooking the same everything we have for the past two years the only thing that has changed is the washing machine. We have tested for leaks and cant find any and we also looked at the fine movement dial of the water meter to see if there was any movement and there is nothing.
Secondly the water is still rising, although now slower than before however the floor looks to be drying out and salt crystals are forming which i think is a good thing. So why is the wall still rising? or will it take a while for the wall to evaporate the water and is it this cycle that is putting the moisture back?
Also we can see moisture dripping from the pipes that i cannot get into to lag is there something i can do for these? i have covered everything else i can get to even the back of the water meter, the stopcock (although removable easy if needed) We are at a loss at what to do next.
Thanks in advance for your help.
We have been in our house for about two years. Over the past couple of weeks we have noticed water marks coming through our tile grout in our kitchen floor, we also noticed a water line going up the interior wall (this wall has no exterior face and connects to the living room next door and the party wall between us and our neighbor).
We started to mark the line and we could see it rise by about 5mm overnight. We started to look for leaks but couldn't find any pipes in the area. We found a lot of wet behind our kitchen sink cupboard so looked for leaks. We recently put in a new washing machine about 6 weeks ago but the connections are dry and sound. Behind the cabinet all the cold pipes including the mains pipe, the stopcock and even the water meter were dripping wet. I have lagged most of the pipes although i cannot get to some of them to lag them! I think the excess condensation is the cause of the issue but I am not sure. I have two questions regards to this.
Firstly, what could have caused this sudden moisture change? We dry clothes on an airer the same as we have always done we use the same cooking the same everything we have for the past two years the only thing that has changed is the washing machine. We have tested for leaks and cant find any and we also looked at the fine movement dial of the water meter to see if there was any movement and there is nothing.
Secondly the water is still rising, although now slower than before however the floor looks to be drying out and salt crystals are forming which i think is a good thing. So why is the wall still rising? or will it take a while for the wall to evaporate the water and is it this cycle that is putting the moisture back?
Also we can see moisture dripping from the pipes that i cannot get into to lag is there something i can do for these? i have covered everything else i can get to even the back of the water meter, the stopcock (although removable easy if needed) We are at a loss at what to do next.
Thanks in advance for your help.