[Help] Plumbing advice

Clive Walker · Dec 10, 2020

Where else to turn other than NSC.

I detected a leak from the kitchen ceiling this morning and have a plumber coming tomorrow. Will the plumber access the pipe from the kitchen ceiling or the upstairs floorboards?

I assumed it would be via the floorboards but a quick look at google suggest a horrific hole in the ceiling is coming my way.

Bold Seagull · Dec 10, 2020

Clive Walker said:
Where else to turn other than NSC.

I detected a leak from the kitchen ceiling this morning and have a plumber coming tomorrow. Will the plumber access the pipe from the kitchen ceiling or the upstairs floorboards?

I assumed it would be via the floorboards but a quick look at google suggest a horrific hole in the ceiling is coming my way.

One thing you can rely on with plumbers, is how careful they are with a multi-tool and a crow-bar.

grubbyhands · Dec 10, 2020

Clive Walker said:
Where else to turn other than NSC.

I detected a leak from the kitchen ceiling this morning and have a plumber coming tomorrow. Will the plumber access the pipe from the kitchen ceiling or the upstairs floorboards?

I assumed it would be via the floorboards but a quick look at google suggest a horrific hole in the ceiling is coming my way.

Wanna swap with me? My ( just started ) leak I've just traced to the Macerator in the eaves of the loft conversion. Water it certainly aint that's collecting in my kitchen strip-light diffuser. Hey-ho eh?

AmexRuislip · Dec 10, 2020

Clive Walker said:
Where else to turn other than NSC.

I detected a leak from the kitchen ceiling this morning and have a plumber coming tomorrow. Will the plumber access the pipe from the kitchen ceiling or the upstairs floorboards?

I assumed it would be via the floorboards but a quick look at google suggest a horrific hole in the ceiling is coming my way.

Have you tried............. :facepalm:

WATFORD zero · Dec 10, 2020

Clive Walker said:
Where else to turn other than NSC.

I detected a leak from the kitchen ceiling this morning and have a plumber coming tomorrow. Will the plumber access the pipe from the kitchen ceiling or the upstairs floorboards?

I assumed it would be via the floorboards but a quick look at google suggest a horrific hole in the ceiling is coming my way.

I know which I would guess but I wouldn't want to upset one of NSC's longest standing cliques. You'll get some professional information shortly, between lunch and afternoon tea :wink:

Unless it's one of the clique coming tomorrow

Wrong-Direction · Dec 10, 2020

Taking sections of ceiling down is always the last resort! and rarely ever done.
Is the floor tiled?
Can you see where the leak is coming from, noticed any water behind toilet/basin?
Is the leak getting worse? If so it could be on a hot/cold/heating supply. If not it could be on a waste pipe.
When you noticed it had someone just used the toilet or had a bath/shower?
What's the silicone seal look like around edges?

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Clive Walker · Dec 10, 2020

Wrong-Direction said:
Taking sections of ceiling down is always the last resort! and rarely ever done.
Is the floor tiled?
Can you see where the leak is coming from, noticed any water behind toilet/basin?
Is the leak getting worse? If so it could be on a hot/cold/heating supply. If not it could be on a waste pipe.
When you noticed it had someone just used the toilet or had a bath/shower?
What's the silicone seal look like around edges?

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The floor is carpeted in the upstairs bedroom.

I have only noticed water on the ceiling in a long thin line presumably where the plaster boards join.

It’s not getting any worse. I only noticed it after the heating had been on for an hour.

Wrong-Direction · Dec 10, 2020

Clive Walker said:
The floor is carpeted in the upstairs bedroom.

I have only noticed water on the ceiling in a long thin line presumably where the plaster boards join.

It’s not getting any worse. I only noticed it after the heating had been on for an hour.

Oh I see, well he'll deffo be having the carpet/floorboards up then. Have you noticed the pressure on the boiler has dropped

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schmunk · Dec 10, 2020

Have you tried turning it off but not on again?

PILTDOWN MAN · Dec 10, 2020

Use a screwdriver and slowly "dig" a hole in the ceiling near to the leak avoiding the joist if you can this will allow the water to drip through obviously use something to catch it in downstairs it will stop the possibility of damage to the whole ceiling. Once it's fixed and dried out then you only need to fill a small hole and re-paint perhaps using a stain block.

Questions · Dec 10, 2020

When they go up through the ceiling it’s because of tiled floor or sunken shower tray. No other reason.

zefarelly · Dec 10, 2020

AmexRuislip said:
Have you tried.............

No, It takes more than 5 minutes.

BN9 BHA · Dec 10, 2020

Wrong-Direction said:
Taking sections of ceiling down is always the last resort! and rarely ever done.
Is the floor tiled?
Can you see where the leak is coming from, noticed any water behind toilet/basin?
Is the leak getting worse? If so it could be on a hot/cold/heating supply. If not it could be on a waste pipe.
When you noticed it had someone just used the toilet or had a bath/shower?
What's the silicone seal look like around edges?

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Guess who had to take part of their own ceiling down? :nono:

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