Dave N
2023-11-10 18:31:11 UTC
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PermalinkWe started hearing running water in the cold water feed a couple of days ago, and have confirmed that it's between the stopcock in the street and the one in our house. I've also done a simple leak test dipping the kitchen tap in a glass of water and turning off the stopcock in the street, and you can see the water level in the glass falling quite fast.
The nightmare is that we're in a Victorian terrace with a shared supply that comes through next door and feeds 4 houses from the back, and no one has access to under their kitchen floors. We are in the middle of the line between the feed and one other house. And we've looked under the suspended floor next to the kitchen and confirmed that the floor void has been concreted over rubble, so there's no chance of access from below. And the shared supply means that running a new supply probably isn't feasible either.
Our insurance company isn't interested until we can see visible damage so this isn't covered (yet, anyway). We can only hear the water in our kitchen, not in our neighbours' kitchens so it's likely to be under our property, but we can't be absolutely sure of this.
So...any good suggestions for diagnosing where the leak is, and perhaps persuading our insurance company to do something about it? Thanks :)