Recent content by Suzi

The water was leaking into the overflow in the toilet cistern, I was looking in the wrong place for the leak! I went back to the plumbers merchant to see if they had any further advice and there happened to be a plumber in there :D He offered to come round to have a look and told me...

There's a leak! I turned off the water supply to the tank last night and this morning the tank is empty! I have checked all the pipes, taps and toilet - no leakage. The cold water tank sits in a cupboard in the lounge (I live in a converted flat) above the hot water cylindar. There is...

I'm not drawing any water off anywhere. I'll turn the water supply off to the tank overnight and see where the water level is in the morning - no doubt I will have more questions then! Thank you very much for your help

I've just checked again now and the water level doesn't seem to be changing, does that suggest a leak? If it's not obvious how to I check for this?

The water level is quite a bit under the overflow, I haven't let it get up far enough yet so not sure what will happen - hoping it will go out the overflow :? Thanks for the link.

Thanks for the quick reply. I wondered if there was a leak but it's not obvious if there is. I may sound like I know what I'm talking about but I learnt all the above today from google and my DIY books! Please can you explain a bit more about putting a bung on the inside of the tank...

Hi All My cold water tank is constantly filling. The float valve and ballcock were really old, so I went to a local plumbers merchant today and was advised to replace it. I did this earlier today, (part 1) for a (part 1) and have bent the arm to the required water level. It doesn't cut...