On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:30:16 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

wrote:

On Oct 13, 11:21 am, 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 .

Only as far as the soil pipe. Which is a bit worrting if it's the
toilet flush water that is leaking.


Could be that most people use the basin after flushing the toilet though..
MBQ

Yep, we've bought the place.

The strange thing is we continued using the loo between day one and
day four without apparent further problems. So either that particular
problem resolved itself or was never the issue.

Also, I've seen the water coming through the neighbour's ceiling - and
it didn't look like it had come from the loo, if you see what I mean.

We also did lay off using the sink for the intervening days. So maybe
that's it? Maybe there's a joint output pipe for the sink and shower?