There is a small white pipe, perhaps slightly more than an inch
across, which comes out of the external wall of my house, in the
corner where the master bathroom is located. It sticks straight out a
few inches, horizontally, then comes to a stop, without anything
capping it and without attaching to anything.

Today I noticed there was a small but consistent trickle of water
coming from it. The water looks clean, and it appears to stop for a
few minutes when the toilet in the master bathroom is flushed, then
re-start.

I don't know what it is - can someone identify it? I don't know why
it's trickling - can anyone tell me? Is it a problem? Is it something
that needs to be fixed soon? Is it something I can fix myself - and
if so, how?

TIA
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Hedgehog

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:53:18 +0100, GlintingHedgehog
scrawled:

There is a small white pipe, perhaps slightly more than an inch
across, which comes out of the external wall of my house, in the
corner where the master bathroom is located. It sticks straight out a
few inches, horizontally, then comes to a stop, without anything
capping it and without attaching to anything.

Today I noticed there was a small but consistent trickle of water
coming from it. The water looks clean, and it appears to stop for a
few minutes when the toilet in the master bathroom is flushed, then
re-start.

I don't know what it is - can someone identify it? I don't know why
it's trickling - can anyone tell me? Is it a problem? Is it something
that needs to be fixed soon? Is it something I can fix myself - and
if so, how?

It's the overflow from the aforementiuoned toilet. The ball valve in
the cistern wants a little adjustment by the sounds of it or a washer
has failed.
--
Stuart @ SJW Electrical

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GlintingHedgehog wrote:
There is a small white pipe, perhaps slightly more than an inch
across, which comes out of the external wall of my house, in the
corner where the master bathroom is located. It sticks straight out a
few inches, horizontally, then comes to a stop, without anything
capping it and without attaching to anything.

Today I noticed there was a small but consistent trickle of water
coming from it. The water looks clean, and it appears to stop for a
few minutes when the toilet in the master bathroom is flushed, then
re-start.

I don't know what it is - can someone identify it? I don't know why
it's trickling - can anyone tell me? Is it a problem? Is it something
that needs to be fixed soon? Is it something I can fix myself - and
if so, how?

TIA
--

its the overflow pipe for the toilet cistern. You probably need to put
a new rubber washer in the valve the ballcock attaches to in the
cistern. Not a hard job.


NT

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 14:53:18 UTC, GlintingHedgehog
wrote:

There is a small white pipe, perhaps slightly more than an inch
across, which comes out of the external wall of my house, in the
corner where the master bathroom is located. It sticks straight out a
few inches, horizontally, then comes to a stop, without anything
capping it and without attaching to anything.

Today I noticed there was a small but consistent trickle of water
coming from it. The water looks clean, and it appears to stop for a
few minutes when the toilet in the master bathroom is flushed, then
re-start.

It's the overflow from the toilet cistern. It means that the level in
the cistern is too high, and it's dumping the excess out of the pipe.
When you flush, the level in the cistern drops for a while, so the flow
stops until it refills.

This usually means that the ball/float valve in the cistern is leaking
slightly, and not shutting off the water inlet when it should. May be
just a bit of grit, or it may need a new washer, or...

If you want to DIY, take the top off the cistern and describe what you
see.
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In article .com,
says...
its the overflow pipe for the toilet cistern. You probably need to put
a new rubber washer in the valve the ballcock attaches to in the
cistern. Not a hard job.

Thanks for the reply (and to Lurch, too). It's a relief to know it's
nothing major, and is easily fix-able.

--
Hedgehog

GlintingHedgehog wrote:
In article .com,
says...

its the overflow pipe for the toilet cistern. You probably need to put
a new rubber washer in the valve the ballcock attaches to in the
cistern. Not a hard job.


Thanks for the reply (and to Lurch, too). It's a relief to know it's
nothing major, and is easily fix-able.


There's usually an adjustment on a plastic ball valve that will shut it
off at a lower level. If it's the old type, you can just bend the arm to
achieve the same result.
If that doesn't stop it, your water pressure may be too high for the valve.

"Lurch" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:53:18 +0100, GlintingHedgehog
scrawled:

There is a small white pipe, perhaps slightly more than an inch
across, which comes out of the external wall of my house, in the
corner where the master bathroom is located. It sticks straight out a
few inches, horizontally, then comes to a stop, without anything
capping it and without attaching to anything.

Today I noticed there was a small but consistent trickle of water
coming from it. The water looks clean, and it appears to stop for a
few minutes when the toilet in the master bathroom is flushed, then
re-start.

I don't know what it is - can someone identify it? I don't know why
it's trickling - can anyone tell me? Is it a problem? Is it something
that needs to be fixed soon? Is it something I can fix myself - and
if so, how?

It's the overflow from the aforementiuoned toilet. The ball valve in
the cistern wants a little adjustment by the sounds of it or a washer
has failed.
--
Stuart @ SJW Electrical

You should also be aware that it's purposely designed to
act as a _Tell Tale Warning_ advising you that you've got
a faulty ball valve controlling the level in a cistern.
[There might be a similar pipe protruding from the eaves
if you've got a Cold water storage tank in the attic space].
The 'sticking out a few inches' is the feature to prevent
the water trickling down and wetting the wall.

--

Brian