Small pipe from eaves / under gutter is dripping

CamillaRhodes

Sorry for the clueless question, could just do with a pointer of where to start. There's a small pipe, about an inch in diameter and maybe six inches long which sticks out from the eaves of the roof of my house, just under the gutter. I can see all the other houses in my terrace have them. I have no idea what it is or what it's for. But for the last few mornings when I've gotten up, I've found it's dripping water, quite a lot of it. It's not rainwater coming from the gutter, it seems to be coming from inside my house. I haven't used any water prior to seeing the pipe dripping, but soon after I get up it seems to stop (not sure if this is coincidence or if the fact that I have subsequently used some water, turned a tap on etc., has stopped it).

Have you any idea what this is and what I need to do about it? I assume I'll need to call a professional plumber out but would love to have some vague notion of what I'm talking about when I do so. Thanks!

shane0007

It is the overflow pipe from either your cold water storage tank or your central heating feed & expansion tank if your heating system is an open vented system.

Usual culprit is just a dodgy ball cock. A cheap & easy fix.

CamillaRhodes

shane0007 wrote: »

A cheap & easy fix.

The finest response I could possibly have hoped for! Thank you so much!!! Any plumber could do it, yeah?

shane0007

Yup or even somebody handy at DIY.

CamillaRhodes

Shane you're my hero. Many, many thanks.

shane0007

CamillaRhodes wrote: »

Shane you're my hero. Many, many thanks.

:-)