copper pipes

Hi all, I have just changed my kitchen sink tap and this involved cutting the copper pipes under the sink. I noticed a green colour inside the pipes. When I wiped it with a tissue, the tissue became green. Since this is the main house tap and we drink from it, I was wondering if the green...

hi all, Can anyone explain why my hot and cold water pipes in the cupboard under the kitchen sink have turned black and scaly? I am in a new build (4.5 years old) and there are no other black pipes in the house. The discolouration is accompanied by a horrible smell (gets worse when the...

Hi, First time poster looking for some advice on a fixing a heating pipe leak. The leak looks to be coming from the top of the elbow joint in the attach photos. It's only a slight drip every 5-8 seconds. The pipe leaves the 'main line' and bends under another mainline pipe before straitening...

is there a paint or spray that I can use on copper pipes? I would like to paint copper pipe on radiator (the bit that sticks upwards with the white cap on top) white. is this possible?Many thanks!

Hi, Plumber has dug a trench in my existing solid kitchen floor and laid the following pipes - 15mm flow and return - covered whole pipe with hessian felt sleeve 15mm mains water - laid hessian felt sleeve on top of pipe (not around) 28mm gas - wrapped gaffer tape around the pipe. I'm not...

i have recently had to fix a leak on a section of old copper pipe. the pipe is slightly bigger than 22mm and is thick enough to have had a thread put on it. any ideas how to replace a section with 22mm copper? there has been mention of a transitional coupling, however this a DHW pipe

I know that wet cement/concrete can have a reaction with copper and begin to attack it, so we sleeve it, but can dried set concrete still have any affect on copper pipes installed later on?

Hi, Upstairs flat changed their boiler - some of their old fittings couldn't stand the pressure, big hole in our ceiling. Their plumber put in a temporary fix as they were unable to solder. Any thoughts on whether what they've done is suitable as a long term fix? The ceiling is not yet back...

I am installing a three way shower (fixed head, bath and hand) and need to know what connectors to use to connect the five 22mm inlets and outlets to copper pipe. All pipework in the wall is 15mm copper pipes using york fittings. Is there and fitting out there that will connect direct to the...

Hi all, new here, just after a little advice. I have recently taken on this ground floor flat, which was built I believe in the 1960s and has not been decorated since I believe the 1970s. Now, it is/was a council flat, and has a solid concrete floor, and solid walls (plaster over brick). It...

Hi fellas, Oil boiler situated in utility room - installed about 4 years ago apparently......quite long runs of copper running up wall into roof space. However all the copper has turned almost black - at first glance I thought somebody had coated it with something but owner says no it has just...

Hi all, when i turn the heating on the copper pipes (in ceiling area) in one of the bedrooms make a loud ticking noise in a few different areas and it doing my head in. I had a plumber round who said that installing an automatic air vent on the return pipe to boiler should solve the problem...

Hi, I have some pipes where the pipe clips have pulled out of the wall and I want to add in new ones to replace, but there is not really enough movement in the pipe to get a plasterboard fixing behind it and then screw that to the plasterboard wall on the angle. I have to secure these pipes...

Hi, I have recently purchased a repossessed house which seems to have been empty for about a year. I have an issue that the water pipes under the kitchen sink seem to have turned black and are giving off a damp musty smell which is quite strong. The cupboard was filled with dirt and mould which...

Hi everyone, I need some urgent help, we had 4 radiators fitted 2 weeks ago with chased copper pipes. Understood that the best way to avoid corrosion was to cover them on Anti-corrosion tape (Denso Tape), however no-one told me that the oil (Petroleum) would bleed because of the heat and stain...

Hello, I am posting to see if anybody with any experience in an issue could complete a questionnaire for me. It is for a project I am completing which is a comparative study of the different methods to locate leaking copper pipes in concrete floors in domestic properties, such as tracer gas...

Is it OK to put copper central heating pipes under insulation and then concrete screed on top. Does it comply with UK Building regs.

Afternoon all I just looked at job where customer wants to change a few rads and I've noticed it that old pipe can't remember the name of it but it's not copper or chrome tube it looks kinda like ally anyway can anyone tell me can I solder as normal or should I use compression thanks

Friends Following on from yesters 'hell of a day' I need to do some boxing in but also need to paint the pipes under the rad (or when I docorate it'll look rubbish). It is just an undercoat and gloss or are there other paints needed, I don't want them peeling!!! Cheers all.

Hello Friends I need to move a radiator, the pipes are painted, I don't really want to renew all pipe as it will mean pulling up floorboards! How do you get around this? Scrape pipe with paint stripper? just scrape, any suggestions please? Best wishes as always, Rocket