Recent content by liver-bird

Oh good! :D I did think that - in my more rational moments! I'm at the top of a hill too which I guess helps.

Yeah, I take your point. I think the kitchen floor is concrete, though - so presumably that would involve drilling down through it to get at the pipe? Don't really fancy wrecking my quarry tiles if I can help it as they'd all need replacing then. Didn't know that about the internal stopcocks...

keego - Don't think so, just a standard policy (though I'll check before I ring the plumber tomorrow.) Cheers I'm hoping it's in the hall rather than under the stairs as the cupboard's full of cr*p - but you mean there could be a trap door sort of thing in there that a plumber could get...

United Utilities were testing everyone's supply pipes in my area this morning and unfortunately found that mine is leaking. At first the inspector thought that it was most likely to be in the back yard where maybe a pipe to an old outside toilet hadn't been closed off properly. But he...