advice needed burst water pipe

[footycard steve]

any plumbers on the forum? we've just had a water pipe burst in our downstairs utility/converted coal house it seems to be the pipe that connects to the washing machine,i've turned off the stopcock under the sink but water is still dripping out (a lot slower than before) is this likely just to be water allready stored in the pipes draining out or is there something else i shoud be doing? and advice would help.

[gizmo.1484]

As long as you have turned the stop tap all the way off then that will be just water that's left in the pipes. To get rid of this water turn on the taps in the kitchen sink, that will get rid of the excess water....

[footycard steve]

As long as you have turned the stop tap all the way off then that will be just water that's left in the pipes. To get rid of this water turn on the taps in the kitchen sink, that will get rid of the excess water....

thanks for replying,i've just turned on the tap but only got a couple of drops out so i take it thats a good thing?

[gizmo.1484]

No problems m8....That's what DK is for.
Hope you get sorted m8..

[xant14]

I had a few compression joints go lately, ones I did a good few year ago, Mine were in an outhouse that was subject to constant freezes of the last couple of months. And it seemed the milder temps actually caused the leaks, my olived fittings simply popped off.
I refitted using new olives because i couldnt get the old back on, maybe I coulda, but not at 3 am.

got a low watt tubular heater in there now.

[gizmo.1484]

I had a few compression joints go lately, ones I did a good few year ago, Mine were in an outhouse that was subject to constant freezes of the last couple of months. And it seemed the milder temps actually caused the leaks, my olived fittings simply popped off.
I refitted using new olives because i couldnt get the old back on, maybe I coulda, but not at 3 am.

got a low watt tubular heater in there now.

Better to fit new olives anyway as they must have failed to give.
You would not want to replace them at break of dawn again.

[footycard steve]

I had a few compression joints go lately, ones I did a good few year ago, Mine were in an outhouse that was subject to constant freezes of the last couple of months. And it seemed the milder temps actually caused the leaks, my olived fittings simply popped off.
I refitted using new olives because i couldnt get the old back on, maybe I coulda, but not at 3 am.

got a low watt tubular heater in there now.

yes ours is freezing in the winter we could do with something in there to warm it up also, the flat roof is dripping through also but that must be from the snow on the roof. hopefully we'll get a local plumber out tomorrow as its a bit cold without the central heating and no water apart from on the floor!

[gregk]

What I would advice once you get it repared is to put some pipe lagging on pipes in said utility room or as Xant 14 did is to put some low wattage heater in there to prevent it from freezing again.

[gizmo.1484]

yes ours is freezing in the winter we could do with something in there to warm it up also, the flat roof is dripping through also but that must be from the snow on the roof. hopefully we'll get a local plumber out tomorrow as its a bit cold without the central heating and no water apart from on the floor!

Have you got a gas combi boiler? if so then you can run this with the water turned off as it is a sealed system. You will get the central heating but no hot water

[gregk]

central heating should not be affected with water turned off. Have you got a condensingboiler or a gravity fed boiler ie: have you got a hot water tank?

[footycard steve]

central heating should not be affected with water turned off. Have you got a condensingboiler or a gravity fed boiler ie: have you got a hot water tank?

if we have a tank its in the loft but not in with the boiler,the heating must have just gone off at the same time i've just switched it back on no problems. i'm just not a d.i.y man so i'm prone to asking the odd daft question

[mickydibble]

Very interesting thread,few stories I hear,but not frozen for me at the moment,but love to learn keep it going...

[gizmo.1484]

if we have a tank its in the loft but not in with the boiler,the heating must have just gone off at the same time i've just switched it back on no problems. i'm just not a d.i.y man so i'm prone to asking the odd daft question

Better to be safe than sorry m8.
Hope you get it sorted.....

[SatSearching]

if you have turned off the downstairs stop cock, then a fair bit of water in pipes upstairs may be draining down causing the leak.

Try opening the lowest point to fully drain off?

I'm no plumber by the way, but has anyone during this cold spell had problems with condensor boilers freezing on the condenser drain off?

SS

[gizmo.1484]

if you have turned off the downstairs stop cock, then a fair bit of water in pipes upstairs may be draining down causing the leak.

Try opening the powest point to fully drain off?

I'm no plumber by the way, but has anyone during this cold spell had problems with condensor boilers freezing on the condenser drain off?

SS

Yes.... I must have have fixed about 10 this week. Its been crazy