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Connecting LG washer drain pipe to sink

Hi sorry for this post which sums up my diy skills. I have an LG washer and on the drain hose it has some kind of no return valve. I want to connect the drain hose to the kitchen sink. Do I just cut the hose to get ridof the valve bit and slide it over the kitchen sink waste pipe secured with...

connecting drain pipe sink washer

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Views: 1K

May 10, 2020

rpm

Aco drainage - change direction

I have 3m of ACO drainage in my garden - they drain to the left and I want to change the fall so they drain to the right I do not want to take them out and adjust the fall by re-laying them as it will cause too much disruption. I can access the end though to connect a new outlet. I figure...

change direction drainage

Replies: 0

Views: 654

May 4, 2020

mo7

Copper pipes and no olives

Hi all, Hoping you can help me on this one. Our cold water on our kitchen tap has stopped working so we made the decision to change the tap. The only issue we have is our house was an ex showhome and appears to have been plumbed in a rush. I've had a look at loads of tutorials online to try...

copper copper pipes fix olives pipes

Replies: 21

Views: 4K

May 2, 2020

Roy_66

Flush constantly running and tank not filling

Hello- I’m not sure what sort of cistern we have (photo attached) but the water is constantly running after flushing and it does not seem to fill. Am wondering whether this is a job I can fix myself as we are really trying to keep to social distancing at the moment. Obviously if we need to get a...

constantly constantly running filling flush running tank

Replies: 13

Views: 3K

May 1, 2020

JCplumb

Banging pipes and trouble heating water

Hi everyone, really hoping someone can help me as I’m a complete novice. I moved into a house over a year ago. The house has an open fire, and oil heating. however if we have the fire lit or oil heating on it has never heated the water. Every day we would need to switch on the electrical...

banging heating pipes trouble water

Replies: 3

Views: 1K

Apr 30, 2020

bear

Soil pipe repair plastic to clay

Hi there, Hopefully someone can help. There is a gap from the plastic pipe to the clay pipe as shown on the image. I was not sure how to seal it / what product to use. There isn’t a leak dripping as such but you can see the dirt between the crack and there is a slight smell of drainage. I did...

pipe plastic repair soil soil pipe

Replies: 14

Views: 5K

Apr 30, 2020

bear

Noisy pipes and leaky taps

We've had a problem now for several weeks which is becoming worse. We would appreciate some advice on the way forward given this difficult time when we are in isolation due to chronic ill health. Several weeks ago, on switching on the kitchen cold tap, we began to get an odd noise that seemed...

leaky noisy noisy pipes pipes taps

Replies: 8

Views: 2K

Apr 30, 2020

rubbishrat

Low pressure to outside taps

I have 2 outside taps that used to be fine. They are now just a dribble! I had a plumber out yesterday who said we would need increased water pressure and he couldn't fix them. I have checked the pressure and the cold tap in the kitchen fills a 1 litre jug in 7 seconds so United Utilities can't...

low pressure outside pressure taps

Replies: 2

Views: 710

Apr 27, 2020

snowhead

Leak from toilet cistern inlet pipe.

Hi all and thanks in advance for any advice that you are able to give me. I am having an issue with the inlet pipe to my toilet cistern. I have attached a photo of the setup but the water is leaking from the join between the metal nut at the top and the plastic pipe coming from the cistern...

cistern inlet leak pipe toilet

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Views: 3K

Apr 26, 2020

rpm

Kitchen tap-safe to use outdoor hose attachment?

Hi everybody We currently have an issue with our outdoor tap (possible issue with the check valve-not overly urgent and I’m not confident enough to start a repair job myself in the current climate). Due to the dry weather I am keen to keep the garden watered and have managed to get a hold of a...

hose kitchen outdoor

Replies: 3

Views: 811

Apr 24, 2020

Tom81

I can’t open a basin bottle trap

Hello! I normally fix things at home and opening a basin trap is a quite easy thing, but I don’t sleep to find the way to open the bottom part of this metal basin trap that has no grip at all. Any clues? It’s a Hudson Reed model: Elizabeth. Thanks on advance! Pd: I already tried some WD40 with...