Stuart wrote:
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:47:21 +0100, CM wrote:

Hi

We've just moved into a new flat that has been unoccupied for the past
4 months.

On day one we used the loo and the sink, and our downstairs neighbour
has told us there's water coming through his ceiling. It did stop
though, and there weren't any problems until day 4 when we used the
shower for the first time - again the leaking.

The neighbour has been there for years, this hasn't happened before.
What could have happened in the intervening 4 months? Could a pipe
have dried out and cracked?

Is there any sensible way of sorting it out before we take up the
floor?

I'm in no doubt others will be along to make other helpful suggestions but
reading what you have said suggests to me that it is a waste that is causing the
problem as it seems to be a problem only when the facilities are being used .

If it was a supply pipe then I would expect the problem to be there all the
time.

What puzzles me is that both the shower/basin AND the loo are causing the
problem as I would have thought they had separate waste outlets .


Possibly a blocked stack somewhere.


I cannot see any alternative to uplifting the floor but can you ,in conjunction
with your neighbour below,operate each facilty on it's own in turn to try to
isolate which one is causing the problem .

When you say"new flat" I take it that you have bought this place and not rented
it.


Stuart .