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Hi Ronnie, for two weeks. The overflow pipe wasn’t fully tight. Having spoken to my kids, they fill the bath very high (so water would flow down through the overflow regularly). They also use ‘bath bombs’, which I understand leaves a layer of grease across the top of the bath. I think the...

Thanks everyone for all of your comments. That certainly gives me plenty to think about. I ran a couple of tests. Firstly. I put some kitchen roll under the trap. Then filled the bath, let it to rest a bit, then pulled the plug and let it empty. Kitchen towel was dry afterwards. The plumber...

Thanks Blup, good point. There are two damp patches in the ceiling below. Sorry, I should have mentioned it before. That's how we became aware of the problem last week. Strangely, the two damp patches / stains in the ceiling below don't seem to correspond in position to the two damp patches...

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We had a bathroom leak a week ago. An emergency plumber came out. He found that one of the plastic tap joints had been over-tightened. The copper ring caused a crack in the plastic joint. It had been like that for 10-11 years (since we bought the house). Thankfully we caught it while it was...