- Joined
- 7 Mar 2005
- Messages
- 8
- Reaction score
- 0
- Country
Hi there,
Wondering if anyone can offer any advice as to whether i should attempt a diy job, rather than call a plumber.
The water tank in our airing cupboard has just recently started a slow leak.
I think it's where we have put bedding in beside the tank and nudged the pipe.
We have tried to stop it by using Plumbers Mait putty which goes hard, but this has not alleviated the problem.
There is some scale around the pipe, but i can't see any rust.
Is it worth us draining the tank and attempting to repair this by perhaps cleaning the area of scale & re-tightening the nut, perhaps using some sealant tape?
Haven't done this sort of thing before, so ANY advice would be very gratefully received.
Also - if we were to do the above, we need to remove the Plumbers Mait sealant, which now of course is hard. Any recommendations how we should go about removing this?
Thanks so much in advance
Wondering if anyone can offer any advice as to whether i should attempt a diy job, rather than call a plumber.
The water tank in our airing cupboard has just recently started a slow leak.
I think it's where we have put bedding in beside the tank and nudged the pipe.
We have tried to stop it by using Plumbers Mait putty which goes hard, but this has not alleviated the problem.
There is some scale around the pipe, but i can't see any rust.
Is it worth us draining the tank and attempting to repair this by perhaps cleaning the area of scale & re-tightening the nut, perhaps using some sealant tape?
Haven't done this sort of thing before, so ANY advice would be very gratefully received.
Also - if we were to do the above, we need to remove the Plumbers Mait sealant, which now of course is hard. Any recommendations how we should go about removing this?
Thanks so much in advance