Hi all. My first post so thanks for your help.
We moved into a new flat a couple of weeks ago and have a few issues.
There is an old gas boiler and, we think, a storage cylinder and maybe tank?. The trouble is that the cylinder and tank are boarded up behind a tiled wall which is very difficult to get into but I can peek through a bit of board I snapped back.
The main water pipe is by the front door which we can hear running all the time. In addition to the running water from the main pipe, we can hear it running into the cylinder and/or tank and outside there is a constant trickle of water from the overflow and, every now and again, a "flush" of water coming through the overflow.
From earlier posts it seems like a simple ball cock or valve fault which would be fine (we will be getting the whole system ripped out in a few weeks anyhow) but there is also some water getting into our flat as the wooden flooring is rising up.
The cylinder and tank are not close to the place where there is the floor buckling so we are worried there may be another leak.
I looked at the toilet cistern which is against the wall by the floor and that was overflowing which I fixed by tightening the ball cock screw. To make matters more complicated there is a waste pipe running through the bathroom from the flats above (it is a converted 1880s mansion block) which is also boxed in so could be the source of the leak.
Is the leak coming from the cylinder or tank overflow (i.e. after overflowing for so long the pipe might be leaking) and that it is running under the flooring?
Or is it likely to have been the toilet cistern (also boxed in but it looks like it is quite damp underneath it) and now it could be fixed. Any thoughts?
We also have some cockroaches which is lovely! I can't wait to get the boiler out and a combi in and a nicely sealed bathroom!
We moved into a new flat a couple of weeks ago and have a few issues.
There is an old gas boiler and, we think, a storage cylinder and maybe tank?. The trouble is that the cylinder and tank are boarded up behind a tiled wall which is very difficult to get into but I can peek through a bit of board I snapped back.
The main water pipe is by the front door which we can hear running all the time. In addition to the running water from the main pipe, we can hear it running into the cylinder and/or tank and outside there is a constant trickle of water from the overflow and, every now and again, a "flush" of water coming through the overflow.
From earlier posts it seems like a simple ball cock or valve fault which would be fine (we will be getting the whole system ripped out in a few weeks anyhow) but there is also some water getting into our flat as the wooden flooring is rising up.
The cylinder and tank are not close to the place where there is the floor buckling so we are worried there may be another leak.
I looked at the toilet cistern which is against the wall by the floor and that was overflowing which I fixed by tightening the ball cock screw. To make matters more complicated there is a waste pipe running through the bathroom from the flats above (it is a converted 1880s mansion block) which is also boxed in so could be the source of the leak.
Is the leak coming from the cylinder or tank overflow (i.e. after overflowing for so long the pipe might be leaking) and that it is running under the flooring?
Or is it likely to have been the toilet cistern (also boxed in but it looks like it is quite damp underneath it) and now it could be fixed. Any thoughts?
We also have some cockroaches which is lovely! I can't wait to get the boiler out and a combi in and a nicely sealed bathroom!
