Five-year-old Boyd James, pictured with his dad Sam, has been left scarred for life after the horrifying incident A five-year-old boy has been left scarred for life after an acidic drain cleaner leaked through his bedroom ceiling as he slept.Boyd James woke up in the early hours of the morning screaming that his face was ‘on fire’ after the powerful liquid dripped onto his bed.The occupant of the upstairs flat in Blandford, Dorset, had earlier poured the sulphuric acid-based cleaner down his kitchen sink in an attempt to unblock it.But the liquid was so strong that it melted the pipes, floor and ceiling before leaking onto Boyd.The acid in the cleaner, called 'One Shot Instant Drain Cleaner', melted his pillow and caused the five-year-old's skin to bubble and blister.Horrified mother Kayleigh, 24, splashed cold water over the youngster’s face in an attempt to relieve his pain.Mrs James spotted brown liquid seeping through the ceiling before calling the emergency services and her husband, Sam, who was at work at a butchers.

The family evacuated the ground floor flat while firefighters arrived at the Georgian property and forced their way into the upstairs flat believing there to be a fire.But instead they found a gaping hole under the kitchen sink where the drain cleaner had burnt through.Paramedics spent two hours treating Boyd at the scene in Dorset. The five-year-old is expected to be left with chicken pox-like scarring to his face but has been told he was fortunate not to have been blinded or even killed. His mother said she first knew something was wrong when her son ran into the hall screaming that his face was burning.'I thought he must have had a bad dream but I then saw his face was red, so I took his hands away and his lips were burning,' she said.'It was bright red and blotching, blisters were breaking out and his skin was bubbling around the nose.'Then I saw brown liquid all over his pyjamas so I ripped them off and started covering him with water in the bathroom. Boyd's pillow was almost completely melted after liquid from the powerful drain cleaning solution, also pictured, dripped down onto his bed

'The children were both sleeping in Lyla’s room so while I was in the bathroom with Boyd I pulled Lyla towards the door, and then I saw the liquid pouring through the ceiling.'It was melting (and) just burning through it.'They managed to treat Sam in the ambulance and it’s a real miracle he didn’t need skin grafts.'It’s horrible. Puppy In My Pocket SaleYou put your children to bed and think they will be safe.'I can’t believe this product is on the market, if it gets into the wrong hands who knows what damage it could cause.'Fortunately, Boyd's two-year-old sister Lyla, who was sharing her room with Boyd at the time, was left unharmed following the incident.Shower Curtains Cotton OrganicBoyd's father, Mr James, 28, said that paramedics had warned that his son was lucky to be alive: 'It was a frightening experience.'The male occupant of the upstairs flat is believed to have bought the cleaning fluid from a local hardware store.Tiny Teacup Puppies For Sale In Ny

The label of the cleaning fluid states that it contains 91 percent sulphuric acid.A spokesman for the Hull-based company which manufactures the drain cleaner refused to comment today.Types of leaks in water supply or drain piping: This article describes the different types of plumbing leaks that can occur in building supply piping or drain piping. Knowing just what kind of leak is occurring in a building helps pinpoint the problem and also helps specify the necessary plumbing repair. The articles at this website will answer most questions about freeze protection for piping and other building plumbing and heating system components: how to winterize a building to avoid frozen pipes, and how to thaw frozen water supply & drain piping, wells, & water tanks.© , All Rights Reserved. [Click to enlarge any image] Understanding the types of water leaks that occur in building piping can help you find or watch out for leaks that are not so obvious when water is first turned on in a building.

Keep in mind that these are by no means all of the building leaks that can occur. Others include leaky shower pans, leaky air conditioning condensate drains, bad sump pump drains, leaky water tanks, leaky water heaters, leaks at tankless coils, and leaks from outside the building from roof runoff or surface runoff. Here we describe the differen ttypes leaks that occur in building piping. Understanding what's going on with a pipe leak can help avoid making matters worse as well as help directing the repair. The water seeping from the paster wall shown at left was a leak that could teach us about water supply piping leaks and repairs: water was just seeping out of the wall until someone got curious and "poked" the wall to make a larger hole. Then water came spewing out of the wall from a burst main water supply pipe connected to municipal water.Fortunately someone had the presence of mind to jam a stick into the hole to reduce the rate at which the buildig was flooding. Details of this hullabaloo and how it was repaired are at REPAIR BURST LEAKY PIPES.

Also see THAWING FROZEN PIPES which addresses how to find frozen and burst pipe leaks in buildings, see  REPAIR BURST LEAKY PIPES Plumbing fixtures (sinks, tubs, showers, toilets) may produce other leaks that are not due to a leaky water supply or drain pipe leak. Here are some examples to look for: Our main article on this topic is found at WELL PIPING LEAK DIAGNOSIS. At WATER PRESSURE PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS TABLE we note that a possible explanation for loss of building water pressure, or loss of well pump prime can be air leaking into a well piping line, as well as water leaking out of the well pipe. Water will leak out of a well pipe at a bad connection, perforation, or cracked pipe when the well pump is running, particularly if the water system uses a submersible pump that is located in the well itself. If you have this problem you may find a wet spot in the ground near the well piping, provided that the pipe is close enough to the surface. You will also notice that the well pump is running more often than normal, and that your "apparent" water usage may have increased.

Some people even report finding a "water fountain" or geyser in the lawn at a burst water supply pipe from both private wells and from a municipal water main. Air may leak into a well water pipe at a bad connection, perforation, or other damage when the well pump stops running, particularly if the leak problem is combined with a defective check valve or foot valve in the piping system. The result may be air discharged from plumbing fixtures (see AIR DISCHARGE at FAUCETS, FIXTURES), improper air charge in the water pressure tank, or loss of pump prime. Short cycling of the water pump or loss of pump prime may result as well. Continue reading at REPAIR BURST LEAKY PIPES or select a topic from the More Reading links or topic ARTICLE INDEX shown below. Or see FAUCETS & CONTROLS, KITCHEN & BATH Or see LEAK CAUSES in WATER PIPING - what causes leaks in metal piping? Or see WELL PIPING LEAK DIAGNOSIS - how to figure out if there is a leak in the well piping system