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MUZ50
Hi,
We live in a lower flat (one up/one down) and the mains water is delivered to both flats from a single on pavement stopcock. Our central heating system is fed from a tank above the boiler and I believe that this tank is fed from another tank in the upstairs flat's loft.
When running the hot water we can hear lots of bubbling/filling noises above us and also above the boiler where the water tank is. When we run the kitchen or bathroom cold water taps which are both fed from mains we get the same filling noise. As if the water to the cold taps if fed from the tank not from mains.
There is one lead pipe that feeds the cold water taps and another copper pipe feeding the hot water. There's also a closed off lead pipe.
I put my thumb on the cold water tap and I could stop the water from running. My wife is pregnant and we're worried that we could be drinking water from the boiler tanks/loft tanks not from the mains water. I am thinking may be the plumber has connected the wrong lead pipe.
I would greatly appreciate your help to find a solution to this.
many thanks in advance.
Muz
We live in a lower flat (one up/one down) and the mains water is delivered to both flats from a single on pavement stopcock. Our central heating system is fed from a tank above the boiler and I believe that this tank is fed from another tank in the upstairs flat's loft.
When running the hot water we can hear lots of bubbling/filling noises above us and also above the boiler where the water tank is. When we run the kitchen or bathroom cold water taps which are both fed from mains we get the same filling noise. As if the water to the cold taps if fed from the tank not from mains.
There is one lead pipe that feeds the cold water taps and another copper pipe feeding the hot water. There's also a closed off lead pipe.
I put my thumb on the cold water tap and I could stop the water from running. My wife is pregnant and we're worried that we could be drinking water from the boiler tanks/loft tanks not from the mains water. I am thinking may be the plumber has connected the wrong lead pipe.
I would greatly appreciate your help to find a solution to this.
many thanks in advance.
Muz