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poppyseedy
Good evening and thanks for taking time to read my first post..
So I get a phonecall from my downstairs neighbour today to say there's water coming down her light fitting, and it can only be coming from one place, my flat above, dang!! Rush home from work and eventually find the mains supply (only moved in 18 months ago), turned it off, pulled the bath surround off and yip it's peeing out of this strange looking fitting (yes I am not a plumber)... Phoned a plumber, left a message and I still haven't heard anything back, so I had to do some investigative work myself. It's a push fitting, I have a photo taken but I don't know how to attach it (newbie)?
So, this leak is in the most awkward of places, just no room hardly to get my arm in to it. I eventually managed to get the pushfitting off the copper pipe, but I don't really know what I'm supposed to be looking at, the washer inside looks ok, the copper pipework feels like it's been burred (I read all this in other posts) and I really don't know how I could force it on again as there is just no room to apply pressure, any suggestions? Like what tools could I use for this?
Or is this normal for pushfittings just to start leaking after a few years?
So many questions, so little water :welcome:
Thanks,
poppyseedy
So I get a phonecall from my downstairs neighbour today to say there's water coming down her light fitting, and it can only be coming from one place, my flat above, dang!! Rush home from work and eventually find the mains supply (only moved in 18 months ago), turned it off, pulled the bath surround off and yip it's peeing out of this strange looking fitting (yes I am not a plumber)... Phoned a plumber, left a message and I still haven't heard anything back, so I had to do some investigative work myself. It's a push fitting, I have a photo taken but I don't know how to attach it (newbie)?
So, this leak is in the most awkward of places, just no room hardly to get my arm in to it. I eventually managed to get the pushfitting off the copper pipe, but I don't really know what I'm supposed to be looking at, the washer inside looks ok, the copper pipework feels like it's been burred (I read all this in other posts) and I really don't know how I could force it on again as there is just no room to apply pressure, any suggestions? Like what tools could I use for this?
Or is this normal for pushfittings just to start leaking after a few years?
So many questions, so little water :welcome:
Thanks,
poppyseedy