Leaky shower pipe after repair

[pennines]

Hi, I am covered with British Gas homecare so called them out to a rumbling when hot taps were on, they changed the washer in the downstairs taps and replaced the tap. A day later rumbling started again when tap upstairs was on and downstairs tap, all the while a drip at the back of the shower tap had been getting worse, going from a drip to a trickle, they came back and replaced the upstairs washers, rumblings stopped and drip stopped...for a day...rumbling has stopped but the drip started again going from about five a minute to twenty a minute. Worse when central heating is on. Is this air or does the tap need tightening? I don't want it to be some sort of release and then leaks elsewhere it can cause damage as currently it's leaking in the bath. Thanks!

 

[pennines]

The picture shows the drip and where it's coming from

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Tighten the nut up a bit

 

[pennines]

Tighten the nut up a bit

Hi, thanks for the reply
can you tell me why it stopped leaking on the first day he fixed it please and yet started again? if the nut was tight enough to suppress the leak for 24 hours then started leaking, do they come loose on their own, will it need a new nut? Thanks

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Who knows?!! I don't. Waters a funny thing. One day all tickety boo the next you're swimming in it.

 

[pennines]

Who knows?!! I don't. Waters a funny thing. One day all tickety boo the next you're swimming in it.

Which is why I would like advice before calling them back...I don't want to take the risk of him tightening it up and it start leaking down the back instead and the kitchen below swimming in it. Had that problem once before, three plumbers scratching their heads over a leaky tap in my old house and never did find the problem, hence joining the homecare - so far same problem.

 

[jim fennessey]

You don't over tighten

 

[Plumbus]

Is it possible it's already over tightened? Olive squeezed the pipe a little too much? Undo and wrap a little PTFE tape around the olive to seal could be the simple answer.

 

[john999uk]

You pay enough for the cover, get them out to fix it properly. The drip is 1 fault the noise may be another!

 

[Radioman]

If he fitted a fibre washer it just needs a squeeze, or it was to tight and it's split. Easy to check.
Ps lots of calcium around your shower bar, make life easy and fittings last longer and fit a water softener