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I live in a block of flats, with three flats on my side of the building. Management company have said there is an issue with an over flow pipe and they think it is mine. Looking on the outside I can see a dripping pipe but it seems to be beneath the flat below mine, and can see another pipe...

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Hello. I live in a converted flat. I'm on the ground floor, and there is a basement and top floor. The water supply comes in to the basement, then the pipe travels up to the ground floor where there are 2 stopcocks. 1 for the ground floor flat (mine). 1 for the top floor flat. I turned...

Hi, Was called to a five storey house converted into flats for a customer who is tanking his ground floor flat and has discovered the gas was run in copper and then buried under his flat. At some points it is just run straight in concrete. There is a need to rerun them all but I can't find...

I know this is all subject to area and what grade of equipment you use etc etc but can you guys give me a " ball park" figure of what I may be looking at to have gas central heating installed in a 2 bed flat. There's gas to the road, but not to the flat, so it's a completely fresh install, and...

A flat on the first floor is having a 30 plus year old central heating boiler replaced. The new boiler is being sited in the bedroom and the old back boiler is being left in situ. There is some concern that some water may be left in the old boiler which may eventually leak and cause problems to...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has come across this type of situation. I have had an inquiry from a client with a converted house which is now 4 flats all have had individual ASHPs installed, but each flat is on a sub-meter from the original MPAN meter. I have been told that the MPAN is...

I have got a mate who is working for a plumbing company in a block of flats. Apparently there is 20 wb boilers installed that need to be commissioned. All gas carcass is track pipe and is all on show, and the boiler is the only appliance. All flues exit out of the wall. Would you commission...

Thought I'd share this, saw it at a job I went to today looks pretty impressive!

Hi chaps Got a job to change 15 toilets in 15 flats, pretty straight forward but the stopcock for the entire property is at ground floor with no isolation in each flat, the toilets don't even have isolators on them Anyone give me advice on how to drain pipes down without making a swimming...

Hi, We are having a new Back to wall toilet fitted with a 'box' built to hide the cistern. The plumber/bathroom fitter has said he cannot cut into the old lead soil pipe which will be behind the pan. if we could cut it back though it would mean this 'box' could be reduced which would be...

In blocks of flats, is it normal for all the toilets to share a single soil stack / SVP? So if there is a blockage in the lower part of the SVP, what is to stop the sewage backing up and overflowing from a lower flat's toilet? All the sewage from the flats above would keep flowing down and the...

Hi, Would appreciate some advice with this strange one please. Went to report today of 4" soil pipe leaking where it meets he ground. The 4" pipe has 3x 22mm copper pipes bossed into it which I assume are PRV pipes from unvented cylinders in ac of 3 flats The 4" pipe does not go...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if I could pick your collective brains... I live in a top floor flat in a victorian conversion (3 flats below me). The mains water supply in my kitchen spits and sputters out air with the water for the first 5-10 seconds before a steady stream comes out. It...

Landed on site today to a few flats (timber frame). The first fix gas has been done, all ran in the ceiling void. Agent wants to know what sized vents to put in.

hi guys, got called to look at a job yesterday, big house being converted into 2 flats on one meter but the meter is about 25-30 meters away from the house in a meter housing away from the property. the pipework at the meter is in 35mm and pops up in 22mm in the house, and i have no idea where...

Hi, Is there a recommended soil pipe diameter for multi-storey properties? I live in a 5 storey block which has a stack with an AAV fitted. There are regular problems with syphoning and the AAV has been replaced. I was wondering if the pipe is of sufficient size for a run of this height? Are...

Hi. I live in a flat in Hutchison in Edinburgh. We are currently installing a new kitchen, most of which we are doing ourselves. The kitchen sink is being moved from one wall to another. The existing cold water pipe to the kitchen sink therefore needs to be shortened. There is a stopcock or...

Can anyone recommend a good quality Thermal Store, if there is such a thing! I've had a look at Joule Thermal Stores, and would be interested to hear any comments or experiences with them. I would always recommend an unvented cylinder over a Thermal Store, but when there's absolutely no where...

Hi, have found this forum especially for this annoying issue. About 3 months ago the water pressure in the shower dropped for seemingly no reason. During the day, from 7am - 7pmish, hot water taps throughout the flat are poor, worst in the shower. The cold taps are better but not as good as...