I live in a bungalow with concrete floors and no central heating, I have economy 7.
At the end of December Anglian water notified me that I may have a leak, using 2 to 3 litres
per hours 24 hours a day.
They came out and I turned the stop tap off and no water was going through the meter.
After turning the stop tap back on, none of my taps leak in the kitchen or bathroom,
the loo does not leak and the cistern is not constantly filling up.
The AW guy noticed water dripping from the ballcock in the loft, I held it up while he
looked at the meter and no water was going through the meter.
He said I just need a new ballcock valve. I was not so sure so kept the ballcock tied up
and came back in an hour and the level in the loft tank had dropped. The tank eventually
emptied.
I check the AW website and can see the hourly usage, it is back to normal now with the tank
empty but of course I have had no hot water for the past week.
A plumber came out and we looked but could not see and water. He suggested rather than
digging up the floors cutting and capping the 22mm hot water pipe that goes underground to
feed the bath, basin and kitchen sink and rerouting them above ground, the bath hot would
go through the airing cupboard wall and would be hidden under the bath, the hot basin
could also go under the bath and I could box in the small piece from the bath to the basin.
The kitchen hot could go up in the roof and down into the Kitchen, I could live with the
4 or 5 foot of pipe showing.
What do you think?
At the end of December Anglian water notified me that I may have a leak, using 2 to 3 litres
per hours 24 hours a day.
They came out and I turned the stop tap off and no water was going through the meter.
After turning the stop tap back on, none of my taps leak in the kitchen or bathroom,
the loo does not leak and the cistern is not constantly filling up.
The AW guy noticed water dripping from the ballcock in the loft, I held it up while he
looked at the meter and no water was going through the meter.
He said I just need a new ballcock valve. I was not so sure so kept the ballcock tied up
and came back in an hour and the level in the loft tank had dropped. The tank eventually
emptied.
I check the AW website and can see the hourly usage, it is back to normal now with the tank
empty but of course I have had no hot water for the past week.
A plumber came out and we looked but could not see and water. He suggested rather than
digging up the floors cutting and capping the 22mm hot water pipe that goes underground to
feed the bath, basin and kitchen sink and rerouting them above ground, the bath hot would
go through the airing cupboard wall and would be hidden under the bath, the hot basin
could also go under the bath and I could box in the small piece from the bath to the basin.
The kitchen hot could go up in the roof and down into the Kitchen, I could live with the
4 or 5 foot of pipe showing.
What do you think?
