Hello all,
A couple of pics of the problem pipe fitting: http://imgur.com/a/yG5TN
As you can see from the linked pictures, I have got a slight dripping leak from one of pipe fittings coming out of my water cylinder. The leak is on the right-hand side and water is filling into the opening and then slowly dripping out. I presume this is supposed to be tight and no water is supposed to reach the opening, as there is another one of these fittings elsewhere that is fine with no leaks. It looks as if someone tried to fix it before with plumbers tape as there is a fine white line of stuff, although the water appears to be dripping from the opening.
I've looked on Screwfix and Google Images to try and the find the name for this fitting but to no avail. It's a T with a something like an opening spout(?) attached?
This has got worse in the last few days, and I can longer just put an absorpent cloth and ramekin underneath to catch the drips.
I'd like to try to remedy this myself as I can do the basics, e.g. I replaced a faulty Drayton valve actuator a few months ago, but if I need to drain part of the system and call someone in.
I've also got low hot water pressure in one of my showers – a shower that has two heads: one main fixed, overhead shower head and a second smaller handheld one – when both hot and cold water pressure is fine in every other shower and faucet in the house, but I'll work that out later.
A couple of pics of the problem pipe fitting: http://imgur.com/a/yG5TN
As you can see from the linked pictures, I have got a slight dripping leak from one of pipe fittings coming out of my water cylinder. The leak is on the right-hand side and water is filling into the opening and then slowly dripping out. I presume this is supposed to be tight and no water is supposed to reach the opening, as there is another one of these fittings elsewhere that is fine with no leaks. It looks as if someone tried to fix it before with plumbers tape as there is a fine white line of stuff, although the water appears to be dripping from the opening.
I've looked on Screwfix and Google Images to try and the find the name for this fitting but to no avail. It's a T with a something like an opening spout(?) attached?
This has got worse in the last few days, and I can longer just put an absorpent cloth and ramekin underneath to catch the drips.
I'd like to try to remedy this myself as I can do the basics, e.g. I replaced a faulty Drayton valve actuator a few months ago, but if I need to drain part of the system and call someone in.
I've also got low hot water pressure in one of my showers – a shower that has two heads: one main fixed, overhead shower head and a second smaller handheld one – when both hot and cold water pressure is fine in every other shower and faucet in the house, but I'll work that out later.
