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I have a dripping two and wet brick are the two connected?

Anonymous user 15/03/2024 - 2.51 PM

Hi I have a dripping kitchen tap. Directly outside the kitchen is the garden tap. The brick around the garden tap is wet and looks like there is a leak internally which maybe connected to the kitchen tap if that makes sense. When I switch the water off the brick dries up. Can anyone advise what this could be?

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4 Answers

Mend Your Home

Rating: 5 out of 5
Crawley
They have Tee'd off the cold supply from your kitchen to put in a new garden tap. If it was done properly they used a wall flange which a thick copper tube meant to go in the wall. If it's not done properly they put a normal bit of copper through the wall and because the house moves millimeters at a time it's cut the thin copper. Or it Could be condensation, could be a pin hole leak in the pipework or a joint. The outside tap should have an isolation valve that shuts off the water to that tap without switching off your kitchen supply
Answered19 September 2019
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As-Soon-As-Poss Plumber

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Gosport
Dear Michael. Unfortunately you do have a pipe pin hole or poor joint within the brickwork, the cause is unknown but the only solution is to have this pipe replaced. Hope this helps. Bob.
Answered26 September 2019
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Wolverhampton
There isn't anything wrong with the previous answer but to put it simply there must be a leak either from one of the tap connectors or on the pipework. A plumber should be able to locate the leak with little difficulty and fix it for you.
Answered27 September 2019
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Luke Budziszewski

Rating: 5 out of 5
Abingdon
The dripping tap will not be related unless you mean the pipework to the tap is dripping, if your bricks are noticeable wet then more then likely you have a leaky joint on the exterior pipe
Answered27 September 2019
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