steveoelliott

Not sure whether this is the right forum for this question but hey I can ask... Had a new carpet fitted yesterday by a local company. It's got to be swapped as after the fitter left, noticed several faults with the loops slap bang in the middle. However, looking at the fitting around the edges, is this normal? In a couple of areas you can feel the gripper pins too if you push down. I'll bring it to their attention when they come out next week. Before anybody mentions that annoying join in wallpaper, that plays havoc with my OCD but nothing I can do about it now

Although we have other toilets, it’s the one in the main bathroom and we have young kids so will have to be when we get back from holiday later in the year LOL

I would do food colouring but it will stain the plastic cistern no doubt

@ProDave @Nickfromwales @TerryE My plumber came around today and was all geared up to swap the join but upon looking at it up close, was convinced this was only superficial corrosion caused by the plumber who installed this system not cleaning the flux off this join. He went as far to clean it up and it looks a lot better. Some other joins I showed him were also green around the joints (not as bad as this one) and he said he sees it all the time. He said it wouldn't worry him. Given how bad it looked before, it's clear that this corrosion hasn't seemingly eaten into the pipe. I was expecting it to all look very pitted / rotten etc. I was nervous when he was cleaning it, I must admit.

It’s on a central heating system with pump. Pressurised system. I’ve asked my plumber to come and redo that join. Might be being paranoid but I can’t ignore it lol.

Also whilst I am at it, to replace a cracked 18mm T&G board, what should I use? I have 18mm MDF but apparently this isn't suitable.

So, whilst dealing with a couple of loose floorboards, old school tongue and grove type, I lifted one to find this joint which looks to be corroded / leaked at some stage in it's life. It's probably ~15 years old given that was when the previous owners renovated. I've asked my plumber to come take a look and redo that joint. It's on the CH system. Whilst it's not leaking now, i'd rather deal with it before getting the carpet laid and room back together.

To circle back on this, Grohe sent another "senior" engineer out. They wanted to remove the pan which I refused as if it went wrong, it would put us in a awkward position. He did show me pictures of pans which hold water near the flush pipe entry which gradually leak into the pan. He did empty the cistern and demonstrate they water was slowly trickling into the pan so this theory does stack up. For good measure he replaced the bottom seal anyway. What will be interesting is leaving this for a few days without use (like when going away) and seeing if the weep eventually stops.

Are they the same as Grohe? I know Hansgrohe are.

Thanks @Nickfromwales

Thanks. I don’t suppose you have the link handy?

@Mr Punter So Grohe came back to me and they are going to send a senior engineer to look at it. They mentioned removing the pan but I can't see why they need to do this and how it will help. Given that the pan is not Grohe and has been in place for over 10 years, I am reluctant to let them touch it and will refuse. IMO the issue with weepage can be troubleshooted from the cistern. You can imagine, what would happen if something went wrong and the pan got damaged, leaked later etc.

Well, mine is under warranty from Grohe so I could defer to them to fix it but it might just not be fixable. My Thomas Dudley concealed cistern downstairs also has a very slight weep, but that’s much older

Hi, I have a 1 year old Grohe concealed cistern which appears to have a very slow weep into the pan when not in use. I already checked the level is not near the overflow and both the fill and flush valve have been replaced. The only thing that hasn't is the little cage at the bottom of the cistern that the flush valve pushes into but I'd be surprised if this was the culprit given there are no moving parts to this. Now when I saw weep, it is hardly noticeable. I don't even see a drip but it does show on toilet paper if the pan and the area where water enters the pan comes into contact with it. My question is, should this be bone dry a couple of hours after the last flush? Is it normal to have a slight weep? Thanks in advance.

A small bedroom / office. They don’t sell this one now but do similar ones.