Wet chipboard

[KenGMac]

Gerry 1888, good evening again.

Short answer is yes you could make an Insurance claim under an "Escape of water from a fixed domestic Installation" [ the words used in your -- or most Insurance Policies]

BUT?? the down side of an Insurance claim is that your premium will rise [what you pay for your Insurance] --- that is why compare the market exists

It is then up to the Insurer to investigate and rectify such situations.

The repair cost of ripping out the room especially the floor on which everything stands is expensive?

One last consideration? your Excess that can be £ 500 depending on your Insurer?

Ken.

 

[gasbanni]

I will but the wouldn’t explain why when dried the water appeared from the front as well as the back would it? Cheers.

Judging by the image I'd put my money on it been the waste pipe, if the dark area in the image on the floor is water it's right beneath the waste pipe.
You need to run the water an using a small mirror and very good torch look in the the areas you can't see directly.

Waste pipe leaks are very very common.......If it was a supply pipe you'd notice it very quickly ........waste pipe leaks over a long time and occurring unoticed ....common.
To establish for a fact what's leaking use some drain tracing dye, down all waste outlets and in the loo

https://www.screwfix.com/p/monument-tools-flourescein-drain-dye/31595?_requestid=501799

See the colour in the ĺeak water you've found it.

 

[Gerry1888]

Thanks. I crumbled the flooring away from the waste pipe and made space for my hand. Although generally sound the chipboard was friable where it touched the pipe. I got a handful of ct1 and rubbed it where the union is. I then dried out the chipboard with a fan heater and ripped away that metal stud rail you can see. It was dry behind it. So far it has stayed dry. Do you think the ct1 will seal a leaking pipe from the outside? It’s amazing stuff. I’ll see in the morning if it stayed dry!

 

[Gerry1888]

Ok so it was the pipes well done gasbanni and many thanks! problem is they are solvent welded into the soil pipe and there is only a very short straight coming out of the stack before it goes into the leaky bend structure. Can you undo a solvent weld or is there some kind of fitting I could use?

 

[gasbanni]

Ok so it was the pipes well done gasbanni and many thanks! problem is they are solvent welded into the soil pipe and there is only a very short straight coming out of the stack before it goes into the leaky bend structure. Can you undo a solvent weld or is there some kind of fitting I could use?

It can't be undone you have to replace the faulty parts, cut it with a hacksaw, buy the same fittings and redo it. It's the only way any thing else is temporary.
If you can get in you could put some denso tape on it as a temporary fix, that temporary fix could last year's !!!!

 

[gasbanni]

This is a guess based on your very poorly lit image, it looks like the waste pipe is going in to a boss thats a push fit. I can just make out a ridge which holds the seal I think .

Take an image that's using a flash so we can see what's going on. Better advice might be forthcoming.

 

[gasbanni]

Ok so it was the pipes well done gasbanni and many thanks!

I'll bow or courtsey if you prefer !

 

[Gerry1888]

I will get the flash photos

 

[foxhole]

The solvent weld pipe seem to run upwards? which means the entire secton of pipe will always be full of water and any damage would give a continuous weep onto the floor.Or the flexi on the toilet may be damaged, or the flush pipe into the rear may leak, may only appear a few minutes after flushing.