Is Pigletjohn or someone else knowledgeable about stop taps / stop cocks about?

[Fairylea]

Hello,

We are having a new lino fitted into our downstairs toilet today. The stop tap is on the floor of the toilet. We’ve recently had our bathroom upstairs completely refurbished and had the stop tap swivelled round when they did it so it was facing inwards (so my son with autism didn’t sit kicking it when he’s on the toilet!)

Anyway, when I pulled the lino up (which wasn’t damp on the top) I’ve found this damp patch underneath. There doesn’t seem to be an actual leak from the stop tap, it does feel a bit damp / wet so i am wondering if this is just condensation?

Would you just ignore this and lay the lino anyway? Would you get someone out to look at it? (Trying to avoid as obviously costs money but will if consensus if that it needs a sort out).

Basically is this a problem and is my toilet stop tap leaking even though it isn’t actually dripping?

Help. Thanks.

How recently was it moved round? It looks a mess with signs of corrosion and possibly limescale - it's quite possibly been leaking a tiny bit for a long time. I'm surprised they didn't replace the tap part. I think I would have a new tap fitted tbh.

Thank you. It was moved around a week and a half ago when they finished the upstairs bathroom.

Maybe I should just get the tap replaced then. No one seems keen to do it!

I would be very careful here. Never ignore water. In the long term you pay a price for it as it slowly seeps under your new lino. Draw a pencil line around the perimeter of the wet patch and leave it for a week or so & see if the patch shrinks. If after this time it still looks/feels the same then get it looked at by someone else. There might be some damage out of sight.

Thank you, that’s a good idea about drawing a ring round it.

I’ve actually contacted the plumber who fit the upstairs bathroom for us and he’s coming round to look at it this afternoon. I think it’s better to be safe than sorry. The last thing I want is to have a massive leak and no way of turning anything off as the leak is the stop tap itself!