Big water leak from upstairs
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I've woken up this morning to the sound of dripping water. A pipe has become detached somehow from the cistern in the top floor bathroom, and water has penetrated the ceilings in the two floors below.
I'm normally fairly resourceful, but I'm knackered at the moment, and I can't think what to do. My fiancee's away, I'm flat out at work, and my mind's blank.
I've turned the water off at the stopcock. The lights are fused. Ceilings are dripping from the joints in the plasterboard, the carpets are fecking soaked through. What do I do next?
I'm normally fairly resourceful, but I'm knackered at the moment, and I can't think what to do. My fiancee's away, I'm flat out at work, and my mind's blank.
I've turned the water off at the stopcock. The lights are fused. Ceilings are dripping from the joints in the plasterboard, the carpets are fecking soaked through. What do I do next?
Towels... dehumidifier(s?)... heat... plumber... ?
Our bath overflowed and fooded in our previous house - water streaming out of light fittings and running down walls downstairs. Lots of towels to mop up the puddles and get things as dry as possible.
A VAX to hoover up what we could out of carpets etc., and a dehumidifier and something to generate heat, to dry it out. Fortunately the electrics were fine, and it took a while to dry everything out, but didn't seem to be any lasting damage.
Our bath overflowed and fooded in our previous house - water streaming out of light fittings and running down walls downstairs. Lots of towels to mop up the puddles and get things as dry as possible.
A VAX to hoover up what we could out of carpets etc., and a dehumidifier and something to generate heat, to dry it out. Fortunately the electrics were fine, and it took a while to dry everything out, but didn't seem to be any lasting damage.
I had similar when the ballcock in the cold water tank decided to fail. I was only out the house for a few minutes(to keep it motoring related: I was dropping the car off at Str8six - all of 10 minutes walk away).
Thankfully it was mid-summer, so I isolated the leak and just left everything to dry out. Once dry it meant new ceilings and repainted walls - insurance job.
Thankfully it was mid-summer, so I isolated the leak and just left everything to dry out. Once dry it meant new ceilings and repainted walls - insurance job.
Bah. Started writing that one before the last few answers appeared. My fiancee's sorting the insurers. I keep getting interrupted by customer calls. The bloody house is on the market at the moment. This is the last thing we need.
I don't know how long the leak had gone on. I was working for 17 hours yesterday, and was pretty well asleep. I think what woke me was the water splashing in the kitchen, 2 floors down.
I don't know how long the leak had gone on. I was working for 17 hours yesterday, and was pretty well asleep. I think what woke me was the water splashing in the kitchen, 2 floors down.
I've just called in for a look. The ceilings are shagged, two carpets I reckon, too.
Insurers people aren't coming until Friday, apparently. I'm out the house 17 hours a day at the moment, so as long as I've got somewhere to sleep, l'm happy. I've reconnected the thing that came off, and it seems ok. A bit of a drip, but i can shower and flush the crapper.
Herself is in charge of dealing with insurers, and she's 250 miles away, and not particularly arsed.
Insurers people aren't coming until Friday, apparently. I'm out the house 17 hours a day at the moment, so as long as I've got somewhere to sleep, l'm happy. I've reconnected the thing that came off, and it seems ok. A bit of a drip, but i can shower and flush the crapper.
Herself is in charge of dealing with insurers, and she's 250 miles away, and not particularly arsed.
Looks to me like JG plastic coming out of the wall, JG elbow, then a bit of pipe going into a reducer (22-15), and the reducer inserting into a brass compression fitting. Either an isolating tap connector or just an inline isolator.
The ends wind off on plastic fittings, so there is a threaded aspect to them.
Many different brands and types of plastic pipe and fittings. Not a fan of the plastic fittings that are reuseable myself. The pipes alright, it's the fittings which can be problematic, but having that plastic on show is dreadful workmanship.
The ends wind off on plastic fittings, so there is a threaded aspect to them.
Many different brands and types of plastic pipe and fittings. Not a fan of the plastic fittings that are reuseable myself. The pipes alright, it's the fittings which can be problematic, but having that plastic on show is dreadful workmanship.
Edited by Gingerbread Man on Wednesday 28th March 22:44
Gingerbread Man said:
Looks to me like JG plastic coming out of the wall, JG elbow, then a bit of pipe going into a reducer (22-15), and the reducer inserting into a brass compression fitting. Either an isolating tap connector or just an inline isolator.
God knows what the sizes are (they do 12, 16 & 20mm) but this is fitting, I reckon: Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff