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Joa

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  1. Ha, I would definitely normally blame the aim of the men but this was clean water and lots of it!!
  2. Nope, which was why all the pipes were dry and dusty. We couldn't see anything near the toilet so guessed it wasn't there. Very wrong guess but thankfully my nephew found it and fixed it. no doubt I'll be back with more problems soon though!!
  3. Just wanted to say thanks again to everyone for their help and advice. it turns out that the leak was actually coming from the toilet (clean water not the holding tank). We have no idea how the water travelled from there to where it came up through the floor, but fixing that seems to have cured everything. thank you all so much. joa
  4. Yep, stern gland done every day. Not by me, it's one of the 'man jobs' I leave to my hubby. :-)
  5. I am so glad to be able to say it's not that - thank goodness!!!
  6. Thank you (tea and alcohol are in plentiful supply thankfully). Our pump is in the front cabin. It has flexible piping and joints inside the cupboard but then changes to copper for the rads along that side. I think, although can't guarantee that the leak is behind the tiled fireplace as that's the first sign of water .. either that or that's just the spot where it's coming out eventually. We didn't winterise the boat and I suspect our stupidity has allowed for a pipe to break. Please send stupid badges for us now!! off back to marina now so will do the kitchen towel thing when we get there. thank you all for your help and advice! me and him *stupid idiots*
  7. Thank you for that clarification! Luckily even I'm not that silly!! A straight copper pipe, no joins until it goes into rads I have no idea! Our bilge switch is at the stern and it seems to suck water just from around the engine bay
  8. Ok so we haven't located a secret door but we have narrowed the leak down to a 6ft section (we presume as that's where the floor is mushy). the water pipe runs behind the fireplace and I just know it's going to be behind that! if any of you experts fancy a beer or a tea and are near Harefield Marina (GU), please give us a shout! Nothing under the back steps apart from Sammy spider and his entire family!
  9. Thank you all so much. We are now hunting for a secret door!! have turned off the pump and opened a tap (no water or hissy air but guess that's right?) - I did say I was naive, sorry!
  10. Here is a picture of our set up
  11. Firstly apologies for my naivety and any silly questions I may ask. I have done a search but can't find a question to match mine so ..... our NB is just for weekends and holidays so doesn't get an awful lot of usage. Her water pump has now decided to kick in every 30 seconds for just 2 seconds at a time. The pressure gauge is below 1 but kicks up each time the pump kicks in of course. At home, I would turn a valve in the airing cupboard to increase the pressure but I don't have a valve on the boat (that I can see). I have a red wheel 'tap' but turning that one way then the other achieved no change. We topped up the water tank yesterday but today we have noticed small pools of clean water on the floor, the water is coming up rather than leaking from above. It's very clean water though which makes me think the 2 may be connected. i have no engine/mechanical/practical knowledge at all so please be gentle with the advice you give! thanks in advance! me and him *wishing we were plumbers*!
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