Help plse, water inside kitchen cupboard suddenly

littlewren

lesalanos said:

littlewren said:

TELLIT01 said:

The most likely cause is a leaking pipe above where the water is coming through.  You will need to get somebody in to find the problem before it gets worse.  Do you have home emergency cover on your house insurance?  If so that's the route I would take first.  Lay it on thick to them that you are pensioner living on your own.  Alternatively, if you have a maintenance contract for your central heating that will also often cover leaks too.

I'm not sure if I have home emergency cover off the top of my head, I'll need to check.  I do have British Gas homecare, would I request a plumber through them or say it's a problem with the central heating?

Which level of homecare? 

If it covers central heating or plumbing give them a call and see if they cover it 

Yes I do have plumbing and central heating with them, so thank you, I will give them a call.
What I don't understand though is why it happened last night but has been ok today, if there is a problem behind the brickwork for example, wouldn't this show all the time or could it be intermittent and only happen occasionally?

lesalanos

littlewren said:

lesalanos said:

littlewren said:

TELLIT01 said:

The most likely cause is a leaking pipe above where the water is coming through.  You will need to get somebody in to find the problem before it gets worse.  Do you have home emergency cover on your house insurance?  If so that's the route I would take first.  Lay it on thick to them that you are pensioner living on your own.  Alternatively, if you have a maintenance contract for your central heating that will also often cover leaks too.

I'm not sure if I have home emergency cover off the top of my head, I'll need to check.  I do have British Gas homecare, would I request a plumber through them or say it's a problem with the central heating?

Which level of homecare? 

If it covers central heating or plumbing give them a call and see if they cover it 

Yes I do have plumbing and central heating with them, so thank you, I will give them a call.
What I don't understand though is why it happened last night but has been ok today, if there is a problem behind the brickwork for example, wouldn't this show all the time or could it be intermittent and only happen occasionally?

It doesn't make much sense, especially on an internal wall.  Keep checking up there whenever you can.  Leave some kitchen towel or something up there 

We are just guessing what it could be here without seeing everything.  The good thing is that it appears to have stopped 

littlewren

lesalanos said:

littlewren said:

lesalanos said:

littlewren said:

TELLIT01 said:

The most likely cause is a leaking pipe above where the water is coming through.  You will need to get somebody in to find the problem before it gets worse.  Do you have home emergency cover on your house insurance?  If so that's the route I would take first.  Lay it on thick to them that you are pensioner living on your own.  Alternatively, if you have a maintenance contract for your central heating that will also often cover leaks too.

I'm not sure if I have home emergency cover off the top of my head, I'll need to check.  I do have British Gas homecare, would I request a plumber through them or say it's a problem with the central heating?

Which level of homecare? 

If it covers central heating or plumbing give them a call and see if they cover it 

Yes I do have plumbing and central heating with them, so thank you, I will give them a call.
What I don't understand though is why it happened last night but has been ok today, if there is a problem behind the brickwork for example, wouldn't this show all the time or could it be intermittent and only happen occasionally?

It doesn't make much sense, especially on an internal wall.  Keep checking up there whenever you can.  Leave some kitchen towel or something up there 

We are just guessing what it could be here without seeing everything.  The good thing is that it appears to have stopped 

Trouble is I don't know where it was coming from last night so not sure where to leave kitchen towel tonight.  The water was on the worktop, cupboard doors, inside the cupboard, shelves were wet, and on the cooker and inside the cooker hood, plus of course the window was steamed up and wet, very strange.  Thank you for your advice.

lesalanos

littlewren said:

lesalanos said:

littlewren said:

lesalanos said:

littlewren said:

TELLIT01 said:

The most likely cause is a leaking pipe above where the water is coming through.  You will need to get somebody in to find the problem before it gets worse.  Do you have home emergency cover on your house insurance?  If so that's the route I would take first.  Lay it on thick to them that you are pensioner living on your own.  Alternatively, if you have a maintenance contract for your central heating that will also often cover leaks too.

I'm not sure if I have home emergency cover off the top of my head, I'll need to check.  I do have British Gas homecare, would I request a plumber through them or say it's a problem with the central heating?

Which level of homecare? 

If it covers central heating or plumbing give them a call and see if they cover it 

Yes I do have plumbing and central heating with them, so thank you, I will give them a call.
What I don't understand though is why it happened last night but has been ok today, if there is a problem behind the brickwork for example, wouldn't this show all the time or could it be intermittent and only happen occasionally?

It doesn't make much sense, especially on an internal wall.  Keep checking up there whenever you can.  Leave some kitchen towel or something up there 

We are just guessing what it could be here without seeing everything.  The good thing is that it appears to have stopped 

Trouble is I don't know where it was coming from last night so not sure where to leave kitchen towel tonight.  The water was on the worktop, cupboard doors, inside the cupboard, shelves were wet, and on the cooker and inside the cooker hood, plus of course the window was steamed up and wet, very strange.  Thank you for your advice.

We could spend all night guessing.  I would imagine the ceiling would be a lot wetter if it was leaking from above.

Do you put hosepipe or anything on your taps and that has sprayed up?
Could the wind have blown it through the extractor if the vent outside is broken 

littlewren

lesalanos said:

littlewren said:

lesalanos said:

littlewren said:

lesalanos said:

littlewren said:

TELLIT01 said:

The most likely cause is a leaking pipe above where the water is coming through.  You will need to get somebody in to find the problem before it gets worse.  Do you have home emergency cover on your house insurance?  If so that's the route I would take first.  Lay it on thick to them that you are pensioner living on your own.  Alternatively, if you have a maintenance contract for your central heating that will also often cover leaks too.

I'm not sure if I have home emergency cover off the top of my head, I'll need to check.  I do have British Gas homecare, would I request a plumber through them or say it's a problem with the central heating?

Which level of homecare? 

If it covers central heating or plumbing give them a call and see if they cover it 

Yes I do have plumbing and central heating with them, so thank you, I will give them a call.
What I don't understand though is why it happened last night but has been ok today, if there is a problem behind the brickwork for example, wouldn't this show all the time or could it be intermittent and only happen occasionally?

It doesn't make much sense, especially on an internal wall.  Keep checking up there whenever you can.  Leave some kitchen towel or something up there 

We are just guessing what it could be here without seeing everything.  The good thing is that it appears to have stopped 

Trouble is I don't know where it was coming from last night so not sure where to leave kitchen towel tonight.  The water was on the worktop, cupboard doors, inside the cupboard, shelves were wet, and on the cooker and inside the cooker hood, plus of course the window was steamed up and wet, very strange.  Thank you for your advice.

We could spend all night guessing.  I would imagine the ceiling would be a lot wetter if it was leaking from above.

Do you put hosepipe or anything on your taps and that has sprayed up?
Could the wind have blown it through the extractor if the vent outside is broken 

No, no hosepipe used for months and that's used on the outside tap anyway.  And no, I went outside late last night and checked the vent.  I don't actually use the extractor but checked it anyway, it looked fine.  Plus even if it had been that, that couldn't account for the ceiling being wet as that patch was directly above the cupboard and it couldn't have reached it just via the vent.  Blooming stupid, I'll be waiting for it to happen again!  

Fuzzie

If there has been water on the kitchen worktop, as well as on the kitchen cupboard shelves, assuming the kitchen cupboards referred to are wall hung over the worktop as (opposed to being below the worktop), are the walls directly behind the cupboards wet? If so, it implies the water is coming down from the room above. It’s a matter of tracing the source of water. 

littlewren

Fuzzie said:

If there has been water on the kitchen worktop, as well as on the kitchen cupboard shelves, assuming the kitchen cupboards referred to are wall hung over the worktop as (opposed to being below the worktop), are the walls directly behind the cupboards wet? If so, it implies the water is coming down from the room above. It’s a matter of tracing the source of water. 

There is a backing on the back of the cupboards when you open the doors, so they weren't put directly against the wall, so unfortunately I can't check the actual wall but the backing wasn't wet.

Fuzzie

Any luck in finding the source of water?