Urgent leak bath/shower mixer taps

[ali137]

Urgent, please help.

Hi

Can someone please help me urgently before the same plumber comes now for the 3rd time. He is total waste of space.

The leak was under the nut of the hot water trade bath/shower mixer taps. The plumber tighten the the nut and it still leaked.

Then he came again and changed it to a flexiable pipe for the hot water bath/shower mixer taps. Still leaking.

He said that it might be big rubber washer that is under the bath/shower mixer taps that needs changing and the whole bath/shower mixer taps might need changing as you cannot get the washer on its own.

Has anyone else had this problem, and how did you stop the leak.

This is driving me crazy, i wish i was a plumber myself.

the leak is sweeping through the floor boards and going to the downstairs toilet, with the walls now moldy.

****The leak is only from the hot water bath/shower mixer tap.****

 

[petercj]

Has the plumber been and has he cured it? Don't let him leave until its fixed!

Unlawful imprisonment is quite a serious offence!

 

[ali137]

Ok the plumber came today, i had to get a new bath/shower mixer tap (£50 Doh!!!!) he put it in today, i will have to wait and see if it leaks under the tap tomorrow.

I poured water over the taps and it has not leaked under the tap nut. He put another flexihose. He put clear sealant which was weird (never seen this, he said it looks nice, i dont know if i should trust him)

The thing is he is from ratedpeople website and had good rating. He charged me £100 on the first day and just tightened the nut and said it is fixed just wait till tomorrow. He tried to pull the fast one on me, without changing anything and charging me £100 for 15 mins work on the 1st day. It goes to show, if you try to scam people it bites back on you, and this is the 3rd time he has come (he lost a lot of money on labour charge.)

He wanted more money to fit the new tap but i was having none of that as he should have done this from day one and should have told me i will need new taps.

I will post tommorow.


*****I would like to thank everyone in advance for replying on my thread, this site is now in my favorites*****

 

[SilentMike]

it looks nice, he didn't put it clear silicone round your tap did he

 

[Rickster123]

He was calling round for free?! He's no plumber! That's day one stuff!

 

[ali137]

it looks nice, he didn't put it clear silicone round your tap did he

Yep the clear sealent

 

[Guest123]

The thing is he is from ratedpeople website and had good rating.

If he is on the Rated People website, please report him to Rated People, Those of us that have 5 star ratings on Rated People have earned them and they are genuine ratings from customers. Not only is this guy a fraudster, he is also abusing Rated People and I can assure you that they don't take too kindly to that. If his ratings are indeed false, then they will investigate this.

Welcome to the forums Ali and I look forward to your future contributions to it.

 

[Guest123]

Yep the clear sealent

Sounds like it could be LSX silcone leak sealer.

 

[ali137]

Thank you to everyone who replied to my thread, problem fixed now. I changed the who bath/shower mixer tap. I am not sure and he has not got a clue but i think it might be the hot water tap joint that was rusted and leaking. I have not got a clue but it solved the proplem. I will never be using him again, and my review for him on rated people was poor.