Help with dripping

MXW

southcoastrgi said:

Are you sure it's a dripping noise & not just the waste pipe expanding with the hot water running through it ?

If you can't hear a "dripping" noise all the time the shower is in use I doubt it's a leak 

It's definitely a dripping noise, and has only just started.
It only drips after the shower has been turned off...maybe a minute or so after, and there is a dripping noise outside too.
Thanks for you're reply.

Jeepers_Creepers

Hi MXW.

If it's dripping on to plasterboard, the signs would surely be obvious by now.

I take it the investigation under the bath included the 'tap' end? Completely dry under all that? Cool.

Could you try: aim the shower head directly into the bath as normal, and run it hot for 1 minute. Turn it off, and note whether the drip sound is there. Now run the shower again - this time on cold - for 1 minute. See if the youknowwhat.

MXW

Jeepers_Creepers said:

Hi MXW.

If it's dripping on to plasterboard, the signs would surely be obvious by now.

I take it the investigation under the bath included the 'tap' end? Completely dry under all that? Cool.

Could you try: aim the shower head directly into the bath as normal, and run it hot for 1 minute. Turn it off, and note whether the drip sound is there. Now run the shower again - this time on cold - for 1 minute. See if the youknowwhat.

Hi,
Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a go!

Jeepers_Creepers

(Like others, I'm wondering if it's expansion/contraction 'ticks' rather than actual drips. The sounds can be genuinely indistinguishable)

MXW

Jeepers_Creepers said:

(Like others, I'm wondering if it's expansion/contraction 'ticks' rather than actual drips. The sounds can be genuinely indistinguishable)

I hope that's what it is. The only good thing is that I can't see any water damage to the ceiling, as already stated, I would assume I would be able to see evidence of a leak by now.

It's a mystery!
Thanks for your reply.

king132

Use a moisture detector (£10-15 off amazon/ ebay) on the plaster board where you think it might be dripping and see if the reading is higher than the rest of the cieling.

MXW

Great idea thanks, I'll take a look