Recent content by RussellS

Hi, we have a Faral Longo tall radiator in the kitchen which I noticed last night had a puddle of water underneath it. I initially thought it was just going to be the valve connections leaking having turned the heating on recently but it's not. The leak is actually coming from the bottom of the...

To be honest with you I don't think so. I have just checked Google Streetview and looked at the pictures of our house (and you can go back to previous years pictures as well) and it shows that in June 2011 the renovation had not started and in April 2012 it was nearing completion. This would tie...

Hi guys, Well I've heard back from Osma and they have confirmed that it is caused by the sun. Here is the content of their email: So at least I know it's not going to cause issues down the line. Thanks for all the input and suggestions (and the humour :ROFLMAO:) Russell

The fittings in question are along the side path of the house with a fence about 1m away. So the fence limits the amount of the surface affected. So first thing in the morning the fence stops the sun reaching the fittings until about 10am or so when the sun does hit them. I have just taken this...

No, we have no damp issues inside the house. Even if the discoloured pipe does become an issue in the future it won't be a particularly big job to replace it all. The toilet is just the other side of the wall with a straight pipe going from the elbow straight into the toilet connector. Thanks...

Yeah, I wondered about that. However the pipe itself is not discoloured either so I assumed that maybe the pipe and the retaining ring were made from a different material. This is a picture of the same fittings over the other side of the house that doesn't get any sun and you can see that the...

The pipe fittings are Osma. As far as I'm aware neither the decking or the walls have been treated with anything, certainly not in the three years we have been here. The whole house was renovated and extended shortly before we moved in and the soil pipe and decking was only put in less than a...

Hi, thanks for the replies. There has definitely not been any directly applied heat other than the sunlight in the three years we have lived here. I have to say that the the heat from the sun is very intense along that side of the house and the soil pipes do get extremely hot where you cannot...

Hi, I just wanted a little advice about the soil pipe on the outside wall. As can be seen in the pictures the fittings have become very discoloured from the sun and in a relatively short space of time. These were put in before we moved into the house but I believe they are about 5 years old and...

Just one other thing, after I cleared the inspection chamber I noticed this and I'm just curious as to what it is: [/URL] It is the threaded pipe on the right hand side that seems to have a cap on the end or maybe it is just the head of a bolt. Anyway, what is it for. Here is a close up...

Thanks Bosswhite, you were absolutely right. There are two inspection covers, one right next to each soil pipe and they were both full up to only a few inches from the top. I then checked the next one on the drive and that was the same. I then went to the large one on the other side of the...

Yes, there is another soil pipe further along the same wall of the house that serves the upstairs bathroom and does extend above the roof line and is open at the top. This then goes underground and presumably connects to the same underground pipe as the first one. The two are only a few meters...

Hi, I hope someone can help me here. We moved into a new house last October and we have just started having a problem with the downstairs toilet/shower room. The shower has started to not drain very well and when the toilet is flushed the shower drain gurgles. The toilet pipe goes straight...

Thanks very much for your input guys. I did think that the lower part should unscrew and we have had some descaler on it but it still won't budge. I didn't want to force it too much though just in case there was something else that needed to be freed first. I've got one of those rubber strap...

Hi, I have a monobloc kitchen mixer tap which has a leak but I'm not sure how to take it apart to fix it. This is the type of tap: ...and this is where it is leaking from: There is no cap on top of the handle to get to a screw and I have unsuccessfully tried unscrewing the lower...