leak

Hi all Hope you're well. I've just had my house re-roofed (new membrane, new battens , new thin edge sandtoft concrete tiles, and new dry ridge system). Following rain, the wooden rafters are getting damp in some areas (always the same recurring spots). When the rain stops and we have a dry...

Hey folks. We've had issues with leaking around this bay before and had 2 different roofers out to do repairs in the last 2 years. The most recent being this repair to the valley, which I've never had much confidence in (the roofers seemed more interested in trying to sell us a new roof than...

Rain is forecast for the next few days and I was wondering if there is anything I can do to try and stop it in the short term. I thought about spray sealant but that needs to be dry Because it is very windy also I cannot really lay anything against the silicone that is leaking. Are there any...

Hello. I have a Giberit hidden cistern and I can always hear water trickling, especially loudly for 20 mins after the toilet is flushed. I can see water is spurting out of the screw bit as indicated in the photo. I’ve taken the screw cap off and washed it and cleaned all the gunk so it...

Hi all, Got an old 60s/70s PVC soil stack, the pipe socket (which is partly painted pink in the photo) is Hunter branded and has an old O-ring design quite different to modern stuff. I tried to revive the o-ring with some grease and ran a short length of new grey PVC pipe into it, then have a...

We've had issues with our garage ceiling since we moved into our new build Almost 4 years later now....I know....it's still leaking after being repaired numerous times, they are still repairing it...must be in the 15/16th attempt. I know it's hard to tell without seeing it, but here is some...

Hello. I apologise if this should be in a more appropriate thread. I had a look but couldn't find one. Tearing my hair out here about this leak which proceeds from roof into bedroom, down same column to kitchen on one side and dining room on the other. The roof was replaced two years ago and was...

I've had a complete reroof done (new membrane, same tiles, new guttering, a few rafters reinforced and a new render around chimneys). I did that as a preventative measure as the roof membrane was very old, but had no leaks. 3 months after the roof was done a serious leak developed on the top of...

Hi all, Thanks in advance for helping. Basically, as can see from photos, we have damp patches on our chimney stack. It's out of use and tops have been capped few years back (before our time). You'll see from photos damp is in 2 rooms, that are back to back, and share the chimney stack. 1 of...

Hi all, In recent months, I noticed a leak coming through the middle of our house whenever the rain was heavy and constant. Our house is an old Victorian House with a slate roof, which is pitched, with a chimney in the 'gulley' in-between where the two roofs meet. One roofer said it was likely...

Hi all As title, noticed water moving noise when on the loo and nothing was using water. Turned the stop cock off, it ceased. Started again when stop cock opened. Have checked all taps and pipes I can physically get to, no leaks. Went to the boiler (Worcester Greenstar Combi) and on...

Hi all, I'm getting a persistent leak from my combi boiler unit. It fills a 500ml container a week, so it's not 'critical' just yet. I do not intend to fix this myself. I want to save time and identify what parts I might usefully get for whoever comes and does this repair for me. Here are a...

During some renovating I realised our bay window has a water leak. Will remove and reapply the silicone sealant on the external sill (where the sill meets the window frame) to try fix this. Just wondering though, looking at the windows from inside, one of them has some sort of seal/gasket...

Hey! I live in the middle floor of a 3 storey apartment building. The flat above has a leak. I’ve been in to investigate, and from what I can see the seal from the nut and bolt screw holding the cistern to the toilet has warped. Could anyone recommend what type of fixtures I’d be searching...

Hello, today I've seen some patches on plasterboards and it was getting wet without any leakage. Upon further investigation, condensation on steel beems were seen.. before plastering it over, please can someone recommend what it needs to be done? (Appreciate if you can give me a name or link to...

Hi, novice here. Yesterday evening I discovered that a valve underneath my kitchen sink is leaking. To give an idea of the leakage rate, I dried off the valve and the area underneath it last night, and a puddle a couple of inches wide formed over 12 hours or so. I've attached a couple of...

Opened our CH drain to drain the system and now it won't fully close. I've fitted a new drain elsewhere on system so happy to bung this old one up, any tips? Photo from before I opened it.

In the living room of my son's middle floor tenement flat, damp appeared in the corner of an internal wall, external wall and ceiling. Turned out that upstairs had a rising mains leak which was eventually fixed late 2022. However, both walls about 1m each in from the corner were damaged...

Hi I have a pressure gauge on the outside pipe just before it enters our house. It has started leak. Is it just a case of turning the water off then swapping it for a new one. Do I even need a pressure gauge or could I just close it off? Thanks in advance Kev

Hi. I have a leaking compression valve (I think) for the cold water feed to the washing machine. When I moved in to the house a few years ago, it dripped whenever the cold water was turned on- a plumber was checking the (failing) boiler and had a look (I think it was something to do with a...