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I want to cap off the supply to my bath taps before removing the bath itself. Would I do this with a few Polyplumb stop ends? If so, is there an obvious point on each set of pipes that I should disconnect and add the stop end too, or will any work? (I'm only an amateur DIYer, but to me it...

Hi all, My boiler was kind of new & installed last year July, I know there's build-in frost protection. Also, there's an old external frost protection (attached photo) that the engineer did not disconnect it when installed the new boiler. I wonder if I need to disconnect/get rid of the old...

Hi, I need to disconnect the hot water to the kitchen tap to repair a leak but there is nothing under the sink. We have a tank upstairs: Also, I followed this video but after loosening the screw with an Allen key, the handle will still not come off. I managed to stop the cold water. Any advice...

I have an issue with the faucet (Franke Atlas Neo Sensor) and it will require it to be sent back to the manufacturer. However I have an issue with disconnecting the hoses from the control box (Franke control box). The hoses plug into the control box without screwing, they're simply pressed into...

I moved house a few months ago and am slowly but surely figuring out its nuances. Wouldn't it be wonderful if houses came with wiring/plumbing diagrams that showed how everything connected? Anyway... I've got what I understand to be a pretty standard gravity-fed vented heating system, with...

Hi, I need the gas supply to my gas fire capped as I want to remove my gas fire. I attach a photo of the elbow restrictor, which has a shut off valve underneath it. I have been given a 'provisional estimate' of £150 for the job by one gas safe engineer (which makes me think that he doesn't...

Hello there, Need a bit of advice please! I am trying to remove two radiator valves in my bathroom as I have bought straight ones for my new towel rail. I have drained the system however the problem is I can't get the two valves off! I can turn them easily with a wrench and have turned them...

Hi folks, Just bought a new house and for the first time, have my very own boiler! However......the filling loop has a drip coming from the "in" pipe by the looks of things. From what I have read so far, it seems to be a relatively easy fix, and with my boiler service not for another 6 weeks...

Hello Does anyone have experience with Pulsacoil please? My tenant is saying pressure lost & can't even have a shower. Shower valve new last August I'm waiting for her to tell me if the water is hot etc. Any initial thoughts? Thx. Rct

Can someone not gas qualified legally turn the gas valve off that solely does a gas cooker range and disconnect at bayonet valve (all brand new) for range to be pulled out for new floor covering to be put down? Or does bayonet fittings require gas safe person to touch them? It is for a friend...

My Randall SET5 programmer is playing up - seems like a loose connection, as it sometimes flickers on and off. I'd like to check the connections but I can't work out how to disconnect the main body of the unit from the backplate, to get access to the wiring. There are no screws at all...

Hi guys, After a long day I got sent to have a look at a Potterton Promax System boiler. All lights off. I checked the fuse spur. No power in or out. switch at the board had tripped. Turned back on but fuse would keep blowing. No leaks visible in boiler, no loose connections that I can...

Hi, I currently have a conventional boiler and a power shower. I want to replace the conventional boiler with a combi boiler. How will this impact the power shower? Will the pipe that feeds the shower be disconnected? How will the taps for the shower be removed as they are in the wall i think...

Hi, I have a pro combi 120he. when i try to turn it on, it tries to fire, fan starts but flames burners don't ignite....unless I disconnect the top rubber hose from the fan to the air pressure switch. I have tried changing the PCb and the air pressure switch, but neither have made a difference...

hello - I have just bought my first house and wish to drain and disconnect the pipes feeding the backboiler as the chimney breast has recently craked and I need to fit a log burner, therefore digging out the backboiler. there is a drain tap next to the fire breast. there is a pipe feeding...

Hi, First post so sorry if this has been answered elsewhere. I am planning to have my radiators removed whilst the house is re-plastered / skimmed. I have a microbore single valve radiator system thoughout which means I cannot isolate individal radiators. To remove a radiator I need to drain...

Hi Guys, I have a Mira PPT3, which pumps to showers in the house. I want to disconnect one of the showers, do i just turn water off, disconnect pipes and then put some type of blanking cap over the outlets not being used, what size and type should i get.

Okay so we had a guy out too fit our new boiler last week end he found an internal leak in our cooker and disconected it straight away. now i have been on to the manafacturer of the cooker they sent out there own engineer to test the cooker he has been unable to do so because the cooker isnt...