I noticed this morning my kitchen ceiling was wet with a small damp patch, checked visible pipes in bathroom above and they are dry so cut a section of kitchen ceiling away and found two elbow compression nuts both leaking.
There is only around 4-5 inches of space between a joist and a brick wall, that's all I have to turn my spanner. Is there any trick I could use to tighten up the nuts ? Or is it simply a case of finding a small spanner that will fit the nut but also be small enough to get in the gap.
Just had a new bathroom in the room above with new tiled floor so not pulling any of that up, leak probably caused when putting the radiator back on with too much movement of the pipes.
I took photos but I can't get them on this laptop. I'll try posting again from my phone.
Also any advice on patching up the ceiling afterwards ? Would I cut away more plasterboard to reveal half of the underside of the joist and fix a strip of board to that and skim ?
Thanks, Lee.
There is only around 4-5 inches of space between a joist and a brick wall, that's all I have to turn my spanner. Is there any trick I could use to tighten up the nuts ? Or is it simply a case of finding a small spanner that will fit the nut but also be small enough to get in the gap.
Just had a new bathroom in the room above with new tiled floor so not pulling any of that up, leak probably caused when putting the radiator back on with too much movement of the pipes.
I took photos but I can't get them on this laptop. I'll try posting again from my phone.
Also any advice on patching up the ceiling afterwards ? Would I cut away more plasterboard to reveal half of the underside of the joist and fix a strip of board to that and skim ?
Thanks, Lee.