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Anyone bought an inexpensive Endoscope type camera?
Athame57:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on February 05, 2025, 04:47:32 PM ---Not for my bike. I have a small yet persitsant wet patch on our lounge ceiling, directly above is the bath corner.
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I had a similar issue with a bath causing a leak above, the plaster finally fell through with a crump, this was in a shared house I rented a room in.
The problem was the bath above sinking on it's wooded frame and leaving a long thin gap between the bath and the wall that was hard to notice. I could just picture the bath finally crashing through cieling with nude occupant! ;D The problem was there was also shower head with a longish hose so those who preffered to shower were able to, but they caused a film of H2O to pass down the wall to the floor and leak through. :o
Could it be the shower floor is mounted on an ailing wooden frame causing a bit of sag as well?
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I fitted a new bathroom suite in 2003 when I was relatively fit.
I had our bath replaced by a professional in 2015/6 for a low threshold version as Wendy was struggling to get into the bath before she had a hip replacement. The frame that holds the bath is steel, the wooden frame at the front just secures the panel.
Oddly enough the same firm attended today to give me a quotation for fitting a new boiler, plus as a sperate quote for taking out the bath and fitting a shower only. I didn't bring the leak into the conversation as it had not leaked since Tuesday.
Athame57:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on February 06, 2025, 10:21:41 PM ---Oddly enough the same firm attended today to give me a quotation for fitting a new boiler, plus as a sperate quote for taking out the bath and fitting a shower only.
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Do you know you can get shower units that have a waterproof bench for people who want to shower sat down?
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Yep, you can also have a fold away stool so able bodied folk can still use the shower.👍
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Turns out I had three separate water leaks, poor bath seal, drips from the wash basin waste pipe elbow, after fixing these two, I was leak free for about 4 days, then it came back with vengance.
I bought a little Endescope off ebay, poked it up the small hole I made in our lounge ceiling, after a couple of poor videos I found the source. Not a leaking pipe or joint but a leak from the body of the power shower pump unit.
Luckily the feed to the pump has two isolation valves (H&C) switched off now except when having a shower, steps in hand to replace the pump. In truth this was the main source of the water staining/leak..
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