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Hi all I've finished running the copper for my concealed shower valve and tested both inlets and the outlet with cold mains (full pressure). I...
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Hi all, just removed a radiator while decorating. One side was easy, the other just spun round and is now leaking. Have drained down system but...
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Hello. I've attached an image of an old garden tap with a new garden tap replacement, except the thread on the new tap is larger than the existing...
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Good morning I have a Adey's magnaclean filter fitted onto the flow pipe ,and when i had it serviced the plumber said all that is going into it...
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Im looking to install a saniflo or similar, with the outlet rising up through a flat roof and into a soil stack above. The problem is, this...
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Does anyone know where I can get a DCV with an isolator that is WRAS approved? I need one for an outside tap and have limited space so I could do...
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Hi Guys, Wonder if someone can help? It's a new installation, I turned the water on for the first time which was all good. Got kitchen taps...
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I'm working on a Quooker Flex tap with an unreliable tap-and-twist steam control. I think its the little PCB in the tap head. I've got a...
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One of my toilets has air bubbles coming up every once in a while. Sometimes the toilet fills up to the top and goes down slowly. It seems to...
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Moved in to bungalow recently and 1 radiator is cold. All the others get really hot when turned on. Gas system boiler, header tank in loft. I...
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Hi. I have to replace the taps on a small sink. Currently the tails fit onto the hot and cold-water supplies into a female end fitting. I want to...
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Hello I have ran my washing machine through the autoclean - i have added special detergent like Dr Beckmann yet still have bad smell from washing...
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Last summer I used one of those kits to fit an external tap , all went well , still good , its one of those flexi pipe , self cutting tap jobs ...
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Hi all, I'm hoping someone on here will be able to help me with an issue I'm having at home. We've just returned from a week long holiday and have...
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Laurie1987
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We were painting my friends flat that he is renting. We used b and m gloss paint on skating boards etc. Unfortunately it's flaking everywhere...
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Just moved into a house and I was going to install a new shower. I went to turn off the water on the street there was water in the drain, should I...
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I have purchased a thermal camera as my valliant engineer has stated that there is a leak in the property. Struggling to find it however the...
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Hi I am new to this forum so forgive me if I add this to the wrong place. I have purchased a 2 storeys property which will be converted to an...
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Hi, the Lux 6L needs 1bar pressure in the manual, but I want to gravity feed it from the hot water line - given that we waste more that 6L of cold...
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delaneybob
Hi- In an apartment and the attached picture is what I have. I am looking to install a magnetic descaler on the main water line and want to know...
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Hi all I'm in middle of my bathroom renovation and about to connect up the shower valve. Thus far I've run all copper but would you recommend I...
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Hi guys, Looking to replace an old shower diverter. Pictures attached. I'm from Australia if that makes any difference. Originally when i got...
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Hi All, Could use some valued help redoing a stack to accommodate a washer and utility sink. The plan is to have the washer, then the dryer ...
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Hi Folks, I need a bit of advice or help. I have a low pressure hot water system due to the Hot Water Tank being in a bedroom, not in the attic...
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I am tiling a shower wall and need to drill holes for 15mm pipes that will go to a thermostatic valve, what size of drill bit for the holes is best?
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I've installed an AAV on my washing machine drain line, but even with it, it seems to still be gurgling away every time it empties. There is a...
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Hi all, Thanks for reading. I just picked up a 2015 greenstar 2 heatslave 18/25 oil boiler to replace my relic from the 80's (still a greenstar...
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Following a first-floor bathroom remodel done poorly by a plumber in our house a couple of years ago I have stripped everything out and I'm...
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The discharge hose from our washing machine comes out of the machine, runs about five feet along the floor under the work surface and then goes...
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Hi. I have Charlton Mixer Tap in my shower i.e. thermostat and water control. I need to change the cartridge in the tap as it is dripping badly...
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Noise seems to stop when softener is bypassed, not 100% certain. Noise is intermittent, a thwack/thump we can feel in the inlet pipe. It's only...
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I have a caravan with a brand new heating system.The Valliant combi boiler is working fine but one radiator and one towel rail are stone cold.I...
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Hi, is the below pictures the right setup for my nest heat link to my Worcester greenstar boiler compact?
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Hi, We‘be recently moved into a property with a very old Potterton statesman. My husband bled the radiators last night…and since then he’s called...
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Hi All! first post. 👍 Im starting to put together a plan to put two bathrooms in my house. I'm looking for some input on my plan. Ive made a...
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I have a potential issue with a toilet on a newly tiled floor and looking for some advice on acceptable tolerances and what to do. The back of...
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Has anyone seen tap heads like these? Trawled the internet cannot find anything similar, after removing the grub screw I cannot for the life of me...
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Hi People, So, I'm looking to fit a new Monarch Midi HE water softener, upstairs bathroom suite, downstairs WC suite and probably replace the...
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I now have a Main 18 HEAT ERP boiler which has its own bypass valve. Should I remove the existing external one to improver system flow?
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Can anyone advise me on a possible flexible connection between a water inlet pipe and a cistern? I have posted images of a 150 mm long flexible...
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