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water pipes

bugsntinas · 2011-01-02 17:07:26

i'll try and describe what i mean,her goes.in the recent thaw we had a water leak in the loft.after i ripped down some of the ceiling i found 3 pipes of which one the joint seperated.2 pipes are normal qualflex and 1 is an orangy brown colour.the one that seperated i thought was the mains feed but it isn't.what i'm trying…

02-01-2011 6:07pm

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bugsntinas

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i'll try and describe what i mean,her goes.in the recent thaw we had a water leak in the loft.after i ripped down some of the ceiling i found 3 pipes of which one the joint seperated.2 pipes are normal qualflex and 1 is an orangy brown colour.the one that seperated i thought was the mains feed but it isn't.what i'm trying to find out if anyone knows is this pipe is qualflex to the joint then it is copper.the copper runs up the rafters and once over the water tank is bent down pointing directly into the tank but about a foot above.would anyone know why this pipe would be there and what it is likely to be used for?
cheers in advance.

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#2 02-01-2011 8:03pm

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That sounds like the cylinder expansion overflow.

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#3 02-01-2011 10:10pm

bugsntinas

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ah that's helpful does sort of make sense even to me:)

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