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Original poster

there is water dripping through my kitchen ceiling <gulp>.

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hoxtonchick · 27/09/2006 14:27

this is not good. the only time it's happened before is when dp flooded the bathroom & he hasn't this time. can't see anything leaking from the bathroom above. am waiting for the insurers to ring me back. in the meantime i'm meant to be turning the stopcock off, but bugger knows where that is. arrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhh. at least dd is asleep i suppose....

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Marina · 27/09/2006 14:29

Under the stairs usually Hoxty, or near the kitchen sink. Best of luck

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hoxtonchick · 27/09/2006 14:30

thanks marina. i have found two hopeful looking taps but can't turn either of them.... am clinging to the fact it's dripping rather than gushing!

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heavenis · 27/09/2006 14:32

Stopcock can sometimes be under the sink in the kitchen.

lucycat · 27/09/2006 14:32

get an adjustable spanner - if you have such a thing and try to turn them off! before the ceiling comes in on you!

Marina · 27/09/2006 14:32

We had such a dressing down from our builder. Apparently you are supposed to turn them off and on again every three months to stop them from seizing up. This is after he had to virtually dynamite one of ours

LIZS · 27/09/2006 14:36

We had a leak in a heating pipe under the floor upstairs - turning off the stopcock wouldn't have doen anything !

Marina · 27/09/2006 14:37

LIZS has a very good point there hoxty - have you been able to find the source for the leak upstairs yet? Or could it be a c/h pipe?

hulababy · 27/09/2006 14:41

I agree. Could be somethiung else. One of our heating pipes burst in the living room, leading to water dripping (got faster) into the hall way below.

I'd get someone in TBH.

BettySpaghetti · 27/09/2006 14:42

Have you done any DIY type work upstairs recently? It could be that a nail or screw has gone through a pipe (happened to our neighbours -a slow leak that stared dripping about a week later) or a pipe connection could have been loosened by movement?

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hoxtonchick · 27/09/2006 14:51

all such reassuring stories . no diy recently. the insurance company are sending someone out so that's ok. i think a pipe has come loose under the bath. or something like that.

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LIZS · 27/09/2006 15:06

ours was corrosion of the pipe as there was an iron nail pressing on it, presumably from when the house was built.

waterfalls · 27/09/2006 15:09

It could be the copper piping that used to plumb showers in, leaking, take the bath panel off and have a look.

waterfalls · 27/09/2006 15:10

No idea why I put a comma there.

batters · 27/09/2006 15:52

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hub2dee · 27/09/2006 15:59

hc - have you just had the heating on for cold evenings ?

Do you have a combi boiler or separate header tank / cylinder ?

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hoxtonchick · 27/09/2006 16:36

arrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhh, that's my fear batters. still awaiting call from plumber.

combi boiler hub, new this spring. we haven't had the heating on at all yet.

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2labs · 27/09/2006 16:36

We had this in both our current and previous house, and it was the same problem both times - the grouting between the tiles, and the sealant around the bath, were letting water through and it worked its way slowly through to the kitchen. Hope it's something lie that - easily solved!

hub2dee · 27/09/2006 16:51

So most unlikely it's a radiator circuit (but not impossible ). You can sometimes get to the cock in the street... you'll need a screwdriver to access / lift the cover.

Could well be the bath drain. Are you not tempted to attempt bath panel extraction and subsequent investigation ?

SoupDragon · 27/09/2006 16:55

When this happened in my house it was the shower head dripping onto the edge of the bath and the water than running down through an imperfect bath seal and through the kitchen ceiling.

SoupDragon · 27/09/2006 16:56

"You can sometimes get to the cock in the street" snurk

hub2dee · 27/09/2006 17:00

it doesn't take much to get an old dragon snorting, does it, huh ?

Furball · 27/09/2006 17:13

I'd stop the fresh water going into the normal tank in the loft to stop the tank filling up anymore -just in case it's that thats leaking

Sorry to giggle at some of these in your time of distress. But apart from hub2dee getting to his cock in the street

Not sure I'd take want someone on this thread called waterfalls

southeastastra · 27/09/2006 17:14

blimey i couldn't leave a dripping ceiling without investigation. ours did it and it was caused by a tiny gap around the bath overflow. easy to fix with some sealent

hub2dee · 27/09/2006 17:34

"She's got no loft tank," said the detective: combi boiler, see...

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hoxtonchick · 27/09/2006 18:18

aren't you all lovely . anyway, it's sorted. hooray. dodgy connection on the bathroom sink. feel a bit crap for not sorting it myself, but very relieved that we have emergency plumbing insurance - 60 quid a year from thames water, sooooooooooo worth it.

and i get to buy a new microwave as our really horrid old one has been dripped on all day. v. happy. oooh, might claim on insurance, that'd make me even happier .

big sigh of relief emoticon needed i think.

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