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by billpater
Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:42 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: COLD WATER SYSTEM-UNABLE TO TRACE LEAK
Replies: 22
Views: 14766

thanks for all your help -- htg engineer and plumbob ----I broke into the path at side of house , the stop tap was behind that wall beneath the stairs of my house. The noise was very loud so I presumed it could not be far away from the stop tap. when I dug up , the hole jast filled with water---it w...
by billpater
Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:21 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: COLD WATER SYSTEM-UNABLE TO TRACE LEAK
Replies: 22
Views: 14766

HELLO AGAIN MR HTG ENGINEER, IF YOU HAPPEN TO READ THIS. AFTER ALL THIS TIME ( SINCE FEBRUARY 2008) , WE HAVE BEEN HEARING THE FLOWING SOUND TO GET MORE NOISY LATELY SO CALLED UP SCOTTISH WATER TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THE CHAP COULDN'T FIND WHERE THE PROBLEM - BUT DID SHOW ME WHERE THE FLOWING WATER W...
by billpater
Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:27 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: COLD WATER SYSTEM-UNABLE TO TRACE LEAK
Replies: 22
Views: 14766

[quote="htg engineer"]I would say it was just the flow of water through the mains outside - the noise will travel up the mains supplying your house. I can hear water running sometimes, and that's just the mains water flowing - my stop tap is about 8 metres from the external mains stop tap....
by billpater
Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:46 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: COLD WATER SYSTEM-UNABLE TO TRACE LEAK
Replies: 22
Views: 14766

THANKYOU MR HEATING ENGINEER - YOU HAVE RELIEVED MY WORRIES, I THINK !!!!!!! - I DID WONDER IF IT COULD JUST BE THE SOUND FROM THE MAINS SUPPLY PIPE OUT IN THE STREET - BUT COULD NEVER GET ANYONE TO CONFIRM THAT. i DID SORT OF PROVE TO MYSELF THAT THERE WAS NO LEAK --- LAST NIGHT I SHUT OFF THE WATE...
by billpater
Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:51 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: COLD WATER SYSTEM-UNABLE TO TRACE LEAK
Replies: 22
Views: 14766

[quote="Gareth Thomas"]You don't mention if you have central heating or not? How old is your house, and are the central heating pipes at any point located in the floor (Concrete)? If your pipes were not originally covered with DENSO tape or in conduit, they will have been eaten away by now...
by billpater
Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:47 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: COLD WATER SYSTEM-UNABLE TO TRACE LEAK
Replies: 22
Views: 14766

[quote="roger196"]If the previous sensible suggestions do not work, it is time to move onto the more bizarre. Try holding a tube of rolled up paper to your ear to try and detect where the noise is coming from. This should be repeated for each room in the house. Another method is to go roun...
by billpater
Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:36 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: COLD WATER SYSTEM-UNABLE TO TRACE LEAK
Replies: 22
Views: 14766

COLD WATER SYSTEM-UNABLE TO TRACE LEAK

HI AGAIN ALDA--I WAS WONDERING IF IT MIGHT JUST BE THE NOISE OF FLOW FROM THE MAINS PIPE WHICH RUNS UP THE PAVEMENT THE WHOLE LENGTH OF OUR STREET. DONT QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE GETTING AT , AS SURELY IF i TURNED OFF THE SUPPLY IN THE STREET/PAVEMENT THEN THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THERE DEFINITELY W...
by billpater
Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:56 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: COLD WATER SYSTEM-UNABLE TO TRACE LEAK
Replies: 22
Views: 14766

Thanks Nitro - buy alas, NO, its not the toilet overflow pipe or overflowing into the pan---I'm stumped and i know that if i call out a professional plumber then he will just go through the same checks as I have done.
by billpater
Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:56 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: COLD WATER SYSTEM-UNABLE TO TRACE LEAK
Replies: 22
Views: 14766

no - its not coming from next door - their house is about 10 metres away. If it was just the cisterns that were filling up a little extra during the night then they would have to stop sometime , as they are, as the overflow is not being used and I can see where the water level always comes up to on ...
by billpater
Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:51 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: COLD WATER SYSTEM-UNABLE TO TRACE LEAK
Replies: 22
Views: 14766

ALDA - thanks for replying but I am not on a Water Meter. It's not a case of the tanks filling a little more than usual, ballcocks are fine----I can hear the flow any time of day- even though I haven't used any water (taps,toilet etc) for a few hours beforehand.
by billpater
Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:34 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: COLD WATER SYSTEM-UNABLE TO TRACE LEAK
Replies: 22
Views: 14766

COLD WATER SYSTEM-UNABLE TO TRACE LEAK

I BECAME AWARE OF A "FLOW " NOISE COMING FROM OUR UPSTAIRS BATHROOM COLD WATER TAP. THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND ALL TANKS SHOULD HAVE BEEN FILLED UP ETC WITH NO WATER FLOWING FROM THE MAINS SUPPLY TO ANYWHERE. I WENT DOWNSTAIRS THINKING THERE MUST BE A TAP LEFT ON - I CHECKED E...
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