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Post by rocketmanbkk on Aug 31, 2018 12:40:56 GMT
About 4 months ago I swapped a ball cock in the cwsc in a loft, filled up, all ok.
About 2 months after the woman rang me & said she had a leak through her kitchen ceiling, her grandson turned off the water the night before. So I went there, turned the water back on but nothing, waited half an hour, nothing.
I didn’t charge
My window cleaner who knows her just said it was the ball cock that was punctured & leaked!
I said no way, as it would’ve overflowed first.
He said there was a pinhole leak in the ball.
Now I’m not stupid & know if the ball cock fails it’s going to over flow as it was doing.
Has anyone had a ball with a pinhole that’s caused a leak without the over flow going?
Cheers all
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Post by lauraleeks on Aug 31, 2018 14:01:23 GMT
I,ve seen more than one o/f pipe running uphill, letting tank overflow. Is this a flat, as the kitchen was below the loft. No danger of it being a bathroom above? The source of many a leak through ceiling.
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Aug 31, 2018 14:44:25 GMT
When I got there it was dry
The bathroom is above the kitchen
The overflow is all ok
I just smell bullshit
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Post by tomplum on Aug 31, 2018 15:09:46 GMT
perhaps it the roof leaking, they all call a plumber first when water is coming in, was it raining, then stopped ??
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Aug 31, 2018 15:24:12 GMT
perhaps it the roof leaking, they all call a plumber first when water is coming in, was it raining, then stopped ?? No idea It’s very strange I think they’re having me on They’re not complaining I just want the truth I reckon it was a leak in bathroom that built up It’s a mystery |
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Post by woodbine66 on Aug 31, 2018 16:16:57 GMT
Did you establish if the overflow on cwsc can take the tank overfilling with the valve filling at max flow (ie. no other outlets in house being used)? Even if the overflow can't handle full flow, not your problem.
And yes, if I had a pound for every time I've been sent into a loft for a leak only to see daylight coming through a hole in roof, I'd have 7 quid.   |
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Post by battle1066 on Aug 31, 2018 19:23:29 GMT
About 4 months ago I swapped a ball cock in the cwsc in a loft, filled up, all ok. About 2 months after the woman rang me & said she had a leak through her kitchen ceiling, her grandson turned off the water the night before. So I went there, turned the water back on but nothing, waited half an hour, nothing. I didn’t charge My window cleaner who knows her just said it was the ball cock that was punctured & leaked! I said no way, as it would’ve overflowed first. He said there was a pinhole leak in the ball. Now I’m not stupid & know if the ball cock fails it’s going to over flow as it was doing. Has anyone had a ball with a pinhole that’s caused a leak without the over flow going? Cheers all Only leaks I've had from ball valves have all been at the spindle. |
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Post by joinerjohn on Sept 2, 2018 17:14:32 GMT
Bathroom above ? Could be she's let the fookin bath or basin overflow and thought as you'd been there a few months earlier that she could blame you.  |
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