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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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I have no clue about house repair. If you had rain water coming through your hall floor tiles, who would be your first port of call?

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By (user no longer on site)
17 weeks ago


"I have no clue about house repair. If you had rain water coming through your hall floor tiles, who would be your first port of call?"

Local water supplier and council

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By (user no longer on site)
17 weeks ago


"I have no clue about house repair. If you had rain water coming through your hall floor tiles, who would be your first port of call?

Local water supplier and council "

Oh and might be a good idea to get dressed.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
17 weeks ago

Leeds

I would call a drain blockage detection company

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By (user no longer on site)
17 weeks ago

You have got a burst pipe under the floor

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By *hirleyMan
17 weeks ago

London


"You have got a burst pipe under the floor"

I'd say this. Turn your water mains off!

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By *hirleyMan
17 weeks ago

London


"You have got a burst pipe under the floor

I'd say this. Turn your water mains off!"

Then you will ask where's the mains... its usually under the kitchen sink depending on how old the house is. Hopefully it's not been wound out to the max, you may struggle to turn it

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
17 weeks ago

Leeds

Turns your stop tap off, usually a brass handle you twist, found under the sink at the back, if it stops, you’ve got a burst pipe, if not then you’ve got the ballache of finding where it’s coming from.

The mr

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By *hirleyMan
17 weeks ago

London


"You have got a burst pipe under the floor

I'd say this. Turn your water mains off!

Then you will ask where's the mains... its usually under the kitchen sink depending on how old the house is. Hopefully it's not been wound out to the max, you may struggle to turn it "

Lastly if you turn your mains off and you have a boiler, I'd isolate that off too.

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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It's only something that happens after rain, would that still be a leak if it's not constant.

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By (user no longer on site)
17 weeks ago


"I would call a drain blockage detection company"

Yes I would do this too.

Also if you know it is rain water have a look outside at the where the gutters from your home empty. If they are blocked (and they do get blocked) that might be the issue. You might be able to clear a blockage at the entry to the run-off drain, but anything further down will probably require a professional drainage specialist.

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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"I would call a drain blockage detection company"

I had one over the other day for another issue so no blocks now

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
17 weeks ago

Leeds


"It's only something that happens after rain, would that still be a leak if it's not constant. "

Check your gutters are clean, while your up there, look out for cracked roof tiles, or the outside brick work.

The mr

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By *icecouple561Couple
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17 weeks ago

East Sussex

Do you have emergency cover on your house or any other insurance? Are you a tenant or owner?

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By *allySlinkyWoman
17 weeks ago

Leeds


"I would call a drain blockage detection company

I had one over the other day for another issue so no blocks now"

Isn't it a bit of a coincidence your hall floor is leaking the day after the drain unblocker came ?

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By *rHotNottsMan
17 weeks ago

Dubai & Nottingham

I would open the cover outside and switch the water off to the house first . I have those longflexible poles in the garage, I would push them through my drains to see if it’s blocked.

Then I would know who to call

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By *hirleyMan
17 weeks ago

London


"It's only something that happens after rain, would that still be a leak if it's not constant. "

Turning the mains off wouldn't hurt to eliminate that possibility of it being a burst radiator pipe etc. But if it's definitely only after rain then it could be a number of things, roof, gutters, storm drain...

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By *rHotNottsMan
17 weeks ago

Dubai & Nottingham


"I would call a drain blockage detection company

I had one over the other day for another issue so no blocks now

Isn't it a bit of a coincidence your hall floor is leaking the day after the drain unblocker came ?"

Sounds like they broke something when they unblocked it. Maybe you can get a brand new floor and the whole area redecorated if they don’t want you claiming and subrogating on their professional indemnity.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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17 weeks ago

East Sussex

We had a similar thing happen and it turned out to be a burst pipe under the floor. We had plumbing cover with British Gas who spent several days sorting the problem. We then claimed for new flooring in the hall and kitchen on house contents insurance.

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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"It's only something that happens after rain, would that still be a leak if it's not constant.

Check your gutters are clean, while your up there, look out for cracked roof tiles, or the outside brick work.

The mr "

I'm getting my gutters cleaned as soon as other workers have finished on my roof. Apparently they have temporarily moved a down pipe, could that be what's causing tile leakage?

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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"Do you have emergency cover on your house or any other insurance? Are you a tenant or owner? "

Family own the house, I pay for house repair ect

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
17 weeks ago

Leeds


"It's only something that happens after rain, would that still be a leak if it's not constant.

Check your gutters are clean, while your up there, look out for cracked roof tiles, or the outside brick work.

The mr

I'm getting my gutters cleaned as soon as other workers have finished on my roof. Apparently they have temporarily moved a down pipe, could that be what's causing tile leakage?"

Could be, without looking at it I couldn’t say. The thing is with water, it’s like most blokes on here, it’ll go anywhere it finds a hole.

The mr

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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"I would call a drain blockage detection company

I had one over the other day for another issue so no blocks now

Isn't it a bit of a coincidence your hall floor is leaking the day after the drain unblocker came ?

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well it's about a week or so but, there's definitely no blockages as went through all the drains

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By *icecouple561Couple
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17 weeks ago

East Sussex


"Do you have emergency cover on your house or any other insurance? Are you a tenant or owner?

Family own the house, I pay for house repair ect"

Are there any insurances that would cover a call out?

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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"We had a similar thing happen and it turned out to be a burst pipe under the floor. We had plumbing cover with British Gas who spent several days sorting the problem. We then claimed for new flooring in the hall and kitchen on house contents insurance. "

Wow!!

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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"Do you have emergency cover on your house or any other insurance? Are you a tenant or owner?

Family own the house, I pay for house repair ect

Are there any insurances that would cover a call out?"

It's a difficult one I will have to speak to them, but I reckon most of the house problems they won't pay out as they will put it down to disrepair

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By *arker secrets 321Man
17 weeks ago

West Bromwich


"It's only something that happens after rain, would that still be a leak if it's not constant.

Check your gutters are clean, while your up there, look out for cracked roof tiles, or the outside brick work.

The mr

I'm getting my gutters cleaned as soon as other workers have finished on my roof. Apparently they have temporarily moved a down pipe, could that be what's causing tile leakage?"

If it's only happens after rain then it's not a leak so no need 2 turn water off..also if down pipe been moved I would say that's ur issue could it be water is coming under ur door and into hall way ?

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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"It's only something that happens after rain, would that still be a leak if it's not constant.

Check your gutters are clean, while your up there, look out for cracked roof tiles, or the outside brick work.

The mr

I'm getting my gutters cleaned as soon as other workers have finished on my roof. Apparently they have temporarily moved a down pipe, could that be what's causing tile leakage?

If it's only happens after rain then it's not a leak so no need 2 turn water off..also if down pipe been moved I would say that's ur issue could it be water is coming under ur door and into hall way ? "

Originally I thought it was coming through a leak in our porch roof then spreading into house, then thought maybe the ceiling, but no definitely looks like it's seeping through the tiles

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By *ripfillMan
17 weeks ago

Paris, New York, Hong Kong and Havant


"You have got a burst pipe under the floor

I'd say this. Turn your water mains off!"

Absolutely 👍

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By *ripfillMan
17 weeks ago

Paris, New York, Hong Kong and Havant

At the stop cock ideally

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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"At the stop cock ideally "

Why is the leak not there constantly, only when it rains? Surely if it was a burst pipe wouldnt it be there all the time?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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17 weeks ago

East Sussex


"At the stop cock ideally

Why is the leak not there constantly, only when it rains? Surely if it was a burst pipe wouldnt it be there all the time?"

Is it happening now? If so turn the water off at the mains to at least eliminate one cause. You can then move in to finding the actual problem.

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By *oodmessMan
17 weeks ago

yumsville

No repair guy and tend to break rather than fix things but If it rains it usually means it's cold. If it's cold your heating comes on, so do you have a radiator near the place water is being found? People have said above it could be a burst pipe - it might be a pipe feeding a radiator that? Not sure if this wouldn't happen all the time or just when heating would come on.

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By *hirleyMan
17 weeks ago

London


"At the stop cock ideally

Why is the leak not there constantly, only when it rains? Surely if it was a burst pipe wouldnt it be there all the time?

Is it happening now? If so turn the water off at the mains to at least eliminate one cause. You can then move in to finding the actual problem. "

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By *hirleyMan
17 weeks ago

London


"At the stop cock ideally "

You can't stop the cocks on fab

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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"At the stop cock ideally

Why is the leak not there constantly, only when it rains? Surely if it was a burst pipe wouldnt it be there all the time?

Is it happening now? If so turn the water off at the mains to at least eliminate one cause. You can then move in to finding the actual problem. "

No only happens when it is raining so not now as no rain

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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"No repair guy and tend to break rather than fix things but If it rains it usually means it's cold. If it's cold your heating comes on, so do you have a radiator near the place water is being found? People have said above it could be a burst pipe - it might be a pipe feeding a radiator that? Not sure if this wouldn't happen all the time or just when heating would come on."
no radiators near by no

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By *he Silver FuxMan
17 weeks ago

Uttoxeter

It’s hard to make an assessment without knowing anything about the house, surroundings, drainage, levels, substrate.

Have there been any changes to groundwork near walls (slabs laid, concreting) or has any water runoff or gutter downpipes changed?

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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"It’s hard to make an assessment without knowing anything about the house, surroundings, drainage, levels, substrate.

Have there been any changes to groundwork near walls (slabs laid, concreting) or has any water runoff or gutter downpipes changed?

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They have removed my gutter downpipe temporarily to do roofing work so I'm hoping this may be the cause of it, and the buggers put it back in asap

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By *ornym66Man
17 weeks ago

Col /ips

Is there a lot of water in one area ?

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By *oodmessMan
17 weeks ago

yumsville

Do you have a dog?

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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"Is there a lot of water in one area ?"
not a lot but it is only seeping through in a square metre area

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By *ngrylookingpenis123 OP   Woman
17 weeks ago

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"Do you have a dog? "
nope

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