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Hi guys and gals, I'm looking to try to change from a Y-plan to an S-plan-plus this year to have a heated bathroom. While the house isn't that large, a mixture of south-facing brick and north-facing (and Jerry-built) timber frame construction means no single thermostat will cut the muster...

I'm installing a new bathroom. I have a combined drain for the bath and shower (2 x 40mm >> 50mm >> stack) and have a McAlpine VP2 AAV to fit under the bath to avoid syphoning of the shower trap. Is this type of AAV correct and how high does it have to be above the bath/shower traps? Thank you.

Hi there, I bought this 1500mm X 800mm X 30mm grey slate shower tray. https://www.sonasbathrooms.com/en/slate-1500-x-800-shower-tray-black-with-free-shower-waste.html It will be installed on a raised bed of 2.5 inch concrete blocks, and I might put a sheet of 18mm Marine Plywood on top of...

Do we have to range rate boilers

Can I go from a four inch drain pipe then reduce the soil stack to 3 inches(just under the subfloor below the bathroom floor) then go back to four inch in the attic - above the bathroom? I need 1 inch of room for a 30 by 60 tub - the soil stack is pvc and I need to reduce it to 3 inches in the...

Hello, I’m looking to install a new bathroom for the first time and want to make sure I do everything by the book. One area that I’m not getting a lot of clarity on is whether you need to tank the floor area of my bathroom. I’m having tiles on the walls and luxury vinyl on the floor. I...

Sorry this is a bit long but I need to explain the scenario. My neighbour's soil pipe runs underneath the backyard of my house (where my son, his wife and his 6 year-old daughter now live). It then joins our soil pipe and goes on to the main sewer. They are both 3-storey 5-bedroomed terraced...

Hi There, I need some advice, i have just received a quote from a plumber to fix a 8m x 150mm stormwater pipe that runs under tree roots, he has quoted to dig the old pipe out and fit a new one but the pipe he is recommending seems to me to be very inadequate. I asked him what pipe he was going...

Hi. What would you recommend for pipe support whilst running 15mm central heating pipes parallel to floor joists? My idea is to screw wood supports perpendicular to the joists and clip the pipes to the top, or, screw-in wood supports with 22mm holes and pass through the pipe. When the pipe...

Hello, First time posting here, I'm looking for some advice. Apologies in advance if I ask silly questions. I'm English but recently moved to Germany. We are living in the house of my girlfriend's late father. He was something of a dysfunctional alcoholic and the house is full of quirks and...

I wonder if anyone can help me. My house has under floor heating but after having a new boiler fitted it doesn't seem to working as it should do. I wanted to get the system balanced but some of the flow meters are stuck and not all of the actuator/flow valves seem to be moving as they should. I...

I've read it's generally around the 150mm mark, but I'm wanting to fit a particular style (see photo) in to a particular space that will only leave 100mm. I was just wondering if the relatively open structure of this style would give me any latitude in terms of gap between the floor and the...

Hello. We have under floor heating fed from the combi boiler in our kitchen. It has a grundfos pump attached. We recently had a polished concrete layer added to the floor. Now the heat is struggling to come through as we sort of expected. The pump thermostat is on about 45 degrees and the pump...

Does any one know why electric instantaneous under sink heaters are not permitted to me fit to monoblock taps? At least the Hyco ones say not to.

hi i have a dripping tap at the kitchen sink but the isolation valve will not move, i have tried wd40 on it but it wont budge. any advice on what to do with it please? also i live in a maisonette and there is no stop tap thing under the sink- any ideas where i would / could find the tap to turn...

Hi. I was Wondering if anyone can help I had a huge leak under my kitchen sink And where the bowl sink kit goes onto the outside pipe/waste I just can’t get a seal, just doesn’t stay on. Can see in video/pictures Can anyone advice how I sort this out. It’s almost like all of a sudden...

Mine is a two storeyed house. The groundfloor toilet and first flower shower are at same alignment. About two months back, I cleaned my shower drain like this in the video: Unfortunately, when I removed the siphon, the left out water (about 1 litre) around the area started draining. For...

After a CH install I've lifted the floor boards to find the central pipes unsecured and not insulated. The pipes are not even run next to anything to be secured to, and the access to the crawl space has been blocked with pipes. What's the best solution here. Should I rerun the pipes and clip...

I have leak at this joint if too much water goes down my sink, I would be grateful for any help. Thanks

We had a wet UFH system installed a couple of years ago. Two weeks ago we had vinyl tiles laid. The instruction from the flooring guy is to start the UFH at 5 degrees and increase by 5 degrees per day until we reach a comfortable temperature. Also, instructions from the flooring company read...