I can’t decide how brave I’m feeling. If it’s simple, I’ll try it, but if I’m likely to cause further damage, I’ll call someone out!
lived in my house 3.5 years now, had a new bathroom fitted (and kitchen sink) before I moved in. Vaguely recall comments saying the fittings weren’t the best quality (I had to buy myself during the first lockdown and wasn’t really sure what was the best to buy)
last year, I noticed a few drops of water on the kitchen ceiling, directly underneath the bathroom. I pulled off one end of the bath panel and couldn’t see any obvious leaks but kept checking it for a few weeks and nothing.
tonight, I’ve had a fairly long shower and cleaned the drain (using an orange drain snake thing, had to pull it pretty hard to get it out), and I’ve come downstairs and there’s obviously been a leak. I’ve mopped everything up and it’s pretty much stopped (theres a couple of drops but it feels residual).
I’ve taken end end bath panel off and can’t see anything obvious but to check I need to get the main one off and access is a bit tight.
twice since I’ve lived here, the kitchen sink has leaked and once I take the u bend (p trap?) apart and clean it, reconnect the o-ring, etc it fixes the issue - I’m wondering if it could be the same thing but on the bath?
I think I’ve caused the issue with the drain snake thing, rather than it being a gradual thing getting worse.
Can anyone offer any advise please?