leak under upstairs tiled floor!

savvysearcher

Help! Advice needed as to a leak that is dripping from the upstairs tiled bathroom to the room below. The tiles are expensive and I do not really want to lift these up in the hope of locating the leak given the hassle/expense/likely cracking of tiles. The leak to the ceiling below is at a fairly fast drip rate which starts when the C/H is switched on. Though the drips fall from a certain localised area in the ceiling below I am unsure if this is actually a leak from a pipe or if the leak is directly above the localised area as it may be from elsewhere and just rolling down to that spot! Any advice on what the best course of action - lift tiles?, making a hole in the ceiling downstairs?, or any other ideas that I haven't though of? thanking you in advance

societys_child

If you don't want to lift the tiles, then it's up through the ceiling . . . but as you say, it may not be that easy to locate the the exact area where the leak is.

Lorian

Something like this to locate the source - small holes from below till you find it:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/OCDAY-Waterproof-Borescopes-Inspection-Megapixels/dp/B074W6CFSS

z1a

Lorian wrote: »

Something like this to locate the source - small holes from below till you find it:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/OCDAY-Waterproof-Borescopes-Inspection-Megapixels/dp/B074W6CFSS

Great idea.

Lorian

Also - do you have a h/w tank or is it a combination boiler?

if its not a combi how far is the leak from the pump/T-Valve?

missile

I guess you have checked for leaks from CH pipework?