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Just a follow up to q to my ballcock problem in the water-tank in the first floor bathroom. The plastic water tank is about 2ft vertical, 2 ft deep and 2 1/2 ft horizontal and the inflow (where the ball-cock is affixed) AND the overflow pipe are both about one-and-half inches from the top lip of...

Folks, Hopefully the first pic shows the tank on first floor (in bathroom cupboard). There is a drip INTO the tank from under the white plastic thing atop the copper securing device of the BRAND-NEW ball-cock. When the tank fills a bit more this drip slows right down but does not stop, so when...

Yes the ball was changed - I reckon that there is a bit of grit/hard water effluent stuck somewhere - seems most odd and the drip, drip annoys me! Cheers for your help folks, much appreciated.

Cheers folks.

Yes it does stop when i hold it up - but I can't hold it up all of the time! I wonder if somewhere in the system there is a washer that may have worn or some other gremlin.

Hi, I stood and watch him remove the old one (covered in muck) and install the nice new one.

Folks, In the bathroom on the first floor of my Victorian abode is my water tank. For the past few months there has been the sound of water dripping INTO the tank from the pipe that feeds it, and when I went away for a week I returned to find a small puddle below the overflow pipe, so clearly...

Jackthom, The boiler is in the kitchen on the ground floor at the back of the house and the water-tank in the bathroom directly above it on the first floor. The "pinging" pipework is at the front of the house on the first floor, so a long way away. I am guessing that I have a three-way-valve...

I received a good answer to this question recently "When the boiler goes on at 5.30am I occassionally wake to hear a noise akin to to a soft "tap-tap" or creaking sound from the central heating system in my bedroom (on the first floor)." However on examination the central heating is not yet...

Cheers gents.

A familiar question I would guess! When the boiler goes on at 5.30am I occassionally wake to hear a noise akin to to a soft "tap-tap" or creaking sound from the central heating system in my bedroom (on the first floor). Whilst half in the land of nod this morning and awoken thus I had a look...

I live in a house built in 1884 and the walls are NOT cavity-style and they are nine inches thick. Ten foot off of the ground in the ground floor kitchen a 18x18 inch damp patch has appeared after heavy rain. It is thus not rising damp and nor is it a leak from the room above. I suspect that the...

In my old Victorian terraced-house the previous owners installed a shower in the first-floor bathroom; however they did not install an extractor fan. The windows are sash-style so can be left partially open to aid the hot and wet air to leave. Is an extractor fan the best thing the try to...

Gents, Thanks for the replies. been away for a while today, so I'll answer further now. There is no extractor fan in the kitchen and the air brick, which is on a different wall is mostly covered by some cupboards put up by the previous owners I should add! I rarely cook in the kitchen (I eat...

As per previous topics, I have a damp patch eight feet up an external wall which I feel has been caused by war and tear (house built in 1884 and NOT cavity-walled) to the pointing. A gent from a local damp proofing company popped round this evening to view it and like builders before who have...

Many thanks for the above two bits of advice - cheers.

Thanks for that. None of the builders who have attended have mentioned that one, and it did occur after two heavy rainstorms. PP

Hmm, I am confused as none of the three builders who have attended seem to think that the pointing has allowed water in. So I am confused having taken their advice as to how the water is getting in. The plasterboard that I mentioned has I was told been stuck to the INSIDE of the room originally...

Can I guess that it is the walls or pointing that are allowing water to pass through them?

A builder noted (from the surviving tin of paint) that the external rear wall of my house (built in 1884 and whose walls are NOT cavity style) was painted with Homebase's WEATHERCOAT MASONRY paint which also says "Water Based". He therefore surmised that as it is water based it would useless at...