Sound of running water..?

[Globalti]

I'm afraid that is a very likely explanation.

 

[stephec]

I've turned off what I believe is the stopcock. There is now no cold water in either kitchen or bathroom.

Sound is still there...so I've texted the plumber.

Sounds like @Markymark is right with his ghost theory then.

 

[Markymark]

Sounds like @Markymark is right with his ghost theory then.

Who you gonna call??

 

[snorri]

Who you gonna call??

Ghostbusters?

 

[Tin Pot]

Is it right that turning the stopcock off stops the cold water, but not the hot?

 

[Tin Pot]

..... Until the header and hot tanks run dry.

Right - I see.

 

[Globalti]

If the cold bath tap or the hot tap runs dry, you've got a big leak. Better turn off the boiler until the plumber has been.

 

[Tin Pot]

If the cold bath tap or the hot tap runs dry, you've got a big leak. Better turn off the boiler until the plumber has been.

Why? Turning off th stopcock is meant to stop the water running.

 

[Globalti]

Yebbut the bath cold tap and the house hot taps are supplied by tanks in a conventional system, the idea being that you've got a reserve in case the water goes off. If either runs dry without you drawing water, you've got a leak somewhere.

 

[Tin Pot]

Well plumber arrives tomorrow, let's hope it's good news

 

[slowmotion]

Possibly someone has said this already. Since we "upgraded" our toilets from the old lever and ball float jobbies to the modern push button flush, they have been nothing but over complicated trouble.

Occasionally the button doesn't pop all the way up and the thing continuously tops up. Try lifting the cistern lid slightly in case one of the buttons is sticking.

You can't say that! The Euro toilets are supposed to be entirely planet-hugging. Just forget that the eco-flush doesn't actually remove very much from the bowl and that you have to flush it several times to even have a minimal effect. Also, forget that the flap valves often leak, thus pissing away water continuously.

Did the entire committee in Brussels that came up with this disaster have shares in lavatory brush manufacturers?

 

[stephec]

Well plumber arrives tomorrow, let's hope it's good news

The best news would be no call out charge.

 

[Tin Pot]

It's a leaking main lead pipe.

Great.

 

[raleighnut]

It's a leaking main lead pipe.

Great.

If it is a Lead pipe the waterboard should change it FOC, I'd have thought they'd done em all by now.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I still have lead from the path to the house..
waterboard said i used 113m3 of water last year and 111m3 year before..
i shal check the meter as im paying 41 quid a month..

no leak....shout at wife then