Hi I need to this cast iron pipe back as my new back to wall toilet won’t fit otherwise. Cutting it back i am going to lose the collar. So what fitting can I get for it I would like a flex as it will easier for me when installing the new toilet
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My name is Roohollah and an overseas Heating tech. I have recently collected some data on oldest cast iron boiler from UK which is called Robin hood boiler . Thus, I would like to request for any data or pics of those products if you ran into them before. Thanks a bunch for...
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I've came across 90mm cast iron before and used mcalpine extB (90 to 110 extension)
But what I have here kind of bellows out to 108mm internal as you can see in the photos. Is this some sort of conversion to clay which is why their is a bulge?
What would be the 'Best' way of...
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We've got a toilet that's been leaking due to a faulty seal with the pan connector. We've had a plumber in to replace the pan connector, but it hasn't done anything to fix the leak (and has cost us over £200). The plumber has told us that it can't be fixed due to the height of the old...
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Helping a friend, his soil stack is cast iron. The bath and basin wastes (all removed now) went into individual entries on the stack. These are iron pipes, with what looks like a female internal thread into which there is some sort of metal reducer with what is maybe a compression fitting...
I've spotted this rust patch on the outside of a cast iron radiator in the house.
There's no sign of any water leaking from it on the floor, however when I put my finger on it, I couldn't say it was bone dry.
Any advice on what I should do to try and resolve this? I'm a bit fearful of...
cast iron top of toilet flange rusted. I removed the top of flange. The top of flange and 4” drain pipe are even and level. Can I replace flange with retro fit pvc/abs flange without removing the remaining part of cast iron flange?
I need to connect 68mm plastic pipe to 68mm cast iron pipe and the water will be running plastic to cast iron. The couplers I've come across seem to be suitable if the water was running from the cast iron pipe first to the plastic pipe. Coud someone please send me a link for a suitable coupler...
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We were due to have an air source heat pump installed on a grant scheme on Monday, with radiator size upgrade, but retrofitting using the existing pipework.
The calculations have been done to show it's viable etc...
However their engineer has just (!!) looked at the photos taken by the...
Hi, we want to upgrade our downstairs radiators from normal ones to new cast iron ones. We have had a quote from Castrads and the quality looks great but they are twice as expensive as another similar option. Are they significantly better please? What should we be looking for? We want them to be...
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I'm looking to run a 32mm condensate into cast iron with a mcalpine mechanical boss adaptor. I need to make a 57mm hole and was wondering what's the best tool to use for it. The 57mm holesaws I can see say they do sheet metal but will they do the job on cast iron?
Any help will be...
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I'm moving our kitchen about, so change all plumbing/electrics, everthing. It's all going well except for one plumbing point.
The sink was originally connected under floorboards (badly) to a 68/70mm caste iron pipe, but since sink location has changed I'm now...
Hi, can anyone advise on where to get a replacement smaller unslotted waste for an old cast iron bath please? The existing waste appears to be 1 1/4 BSP, not 1 1/2 as you'd expect. I'm including some photos of the existing installed bath waste next to a new 1 1/2 BSP waste to show the...
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I am hoping to gain some advice following encountering several issues which I'm struggling to determine the magnitude of in my central heating system. I had 8 new cast iron radiators installed in December and since then my Vokera 28 Compact boiler has been dropping pressure on a regular...
Hi All, I'm after a bit of advice about our church heating.
We have a cast iron central heating system in the main church building that has recently suffered a leak where it joins onto the newer (circa 10 years old) boiler feed steel pipework. Finding a contractor who wants to work with cast...
Does anyone know of programmable TRVs that would not look out of place on period cast iron radiators?
Even finding regular TRVs is tricky, all the ones that "look good" seem to be very expensive and very good quality.
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Discovered a sewage pipe in the back wall of the bathroom, in between the bricks. Not sure if this is normal, if not the explanation lies in the two words 'glasgow' and 'tenement'.
It seems fine, I am boarding over that wall so I can just leave it, but would it be a good idea to fill it...
I have a 5" or 6" vertical cast iron pipe in a crawlspace. There is hemp hanging down which feels damp, and the pipe itself also feels a little damp. We can't see a clear "trickle" however. Another 3" horizontal iron pipe comes from a nearby toilet and joins with this cast iron below the hemp...
What's the best way of connecting 110mm plastic to a cast iron tee after removing the lead? Is it to just clear out the flange on the tee insert the 110mm pvc. Then rope and plumbers mate or silicone?
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