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Hi guys, I am new here and hope you don't mind me picking your brains for some help and guidance?
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Hi guys I finished my gas course in September can anyone help me i need to do 2 install and services. Am living i ln leeds west yorkshire...
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Hello, Is low water pressure in the property for showers etc or in the network causing genuine problems?
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Hi, My gravity fed hot water slows to nothing over 30 seconds. when tap turned off for 5 mins, tap will run again for 30 seconds etc. I have...
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Hi All...thx for the help in advance. I have recently installed a wood burner with back boiler heating system. Set up with gravity rad and header...
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I own an ArmitageShanks fairly compact cistern pictured. Does anyone know the model and make? 1, Is it close-coupled only or can it be converted...
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Welcome again! I'm 45, a Registered Adult nurse working in busy, acute medical wards. At work, I almost constantly deal with fluids and tiny...
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Hi. Husband and I, both 85, have done our own plumbing all our 52 years married but are finding it harder now to get under sinks etc.!! Our...
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Hello. Hopefully someone give ideas about different types of plumbing. Have a great one!
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Hello there, Relatively recently we had a new en-suite fitted (complete rip out of the old fittings, and old wall tiles and floor carpet). This...
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Hi, Hoping some of you folks can steer me in the right direction. I have been self employed for the last 15years supplying services to the...
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Hi all, Just purchased a new low profile 1400 x 900 shower tray but the waste hole is 160mm wide, never seen one that big before but are these...
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I'm studying renewable energy engineering. I'm in an early stage getting familiar with plumbing so far. I hope, I can broaden my knowledge and...
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Hi I'm know plumber although i have just fitted a new shower and im also happy to attempt swapping radiators which is what i want to do but...
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Hello all I'm a householder in Dorset and need my post-meter natural gas supply pipe re-routing underground. Seems it's not a common job to carry...
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Hi, I need some urgent advice but it won't allow me to post, post contains spam or something, any help appreciated, thank you.
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We have just had our Worcester Bosch combi-boiler serviced yesterday and today we have just discovered water underneath our sink. Would this be...
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what title says basically. I’m 23 just finished a costume degree looking to change careers (for so many reasons) but all the trades I’ve looked at...
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Hello. My name is Ştefan (or Steven, if you like). I'm from Bucharest, capital of Romania. Borned here, raised here. My passion for some old...
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Hello, I'm new here, I'll just say that my name is Ann Wallace. Hoping to learn more things. It is enjoyable to take part in this.
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Hi I have a 38cxi the heating works but no hot water i have changed the internal parts on the diverter valve installed a new heat exchanger and...
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Tesla 11" 1kw dual thermostat immersion keeps boiling, set at 90c and 70c. changed thermostats, happened again?
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Hi, I am trying to get into a tap to change a washer but havent a clue as to how to do it. The tap is unlike anything I've ever come across. It's...
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Hello all, I'm new on the forum, I'm a gas service and repair engineer rather than a plumber. I used to work for a big company, now self employed...
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Hi - I'm a DIYer, successfully fitted an external garden tap, supply sourced from downstairs loo, standard 13 mil copper pipework, in-line...
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Hi Lou, Recently retired last July, sold my house and moved to Tamworth to be with the wife full time. So not retired as I’m married. Lol. Served...
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Hello, I want to learn to plumb. My dad and uncles did lots of plumbing by learning from trial and error.
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Hello, my name is Salvador. I work in the Metro Detroit area for non-profit agency that provides assistance to residents that are having trouble...
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OscarSmith
Hello. I'm new here, and also a newbie when it comes to plumbing. I hope to learn a lot and also contribute as much as I can.
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Thanks for letting me join. I've just set up as a sole trader so will more than likely be back for advice. In fact, where will i find advice on my...
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Just wondering if anyone has any tips or tricks for installing a butterfly valve in a plumbing system? And are there any common mistakes that...
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Hi I want to move the feed to my rads , as the route is too long,this would mean leaving approx 3 m of 22 mm flow and return plpework down beside...
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Potterton kingfisher 2 pilot light stay on, burner goes to full flame for short time and cut back to pilot, any ideas what is causing this
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Hi all, I've just joined because I'd like to learn more about the plumbing and heating systems in my house and to hopefully get some help and...
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Morning all. We moved house a few months back (Notts UK), the CH and DHW and for that matter the oil boiler were a bit of a mystery to someone...
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Is connecting an expansion vessel with flex pipe illegal
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Good day, I am not a plumber/heating engineer and don't don't tackle plumbing or electrics, having done a bit of both with variable success :)...
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Hi everyone, just after some advice. So I have a nest thermostat installed an a Worcester boiler. Now when I had my nest installed, the...
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will a non return valve conected to my mains help with low presure?.
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Hello, I am certainly not a plumber but kinda handy Created an account to resolve an issue Fingers crossed all will be good!
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Just popped in to say "Hi". Found this forum when looking for a solution to our stiff shower bar tap. Have got some ideas which I'll try. Had a...
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Hi all. New to this. I Will Try and explain best I can. Large New build (2.5yrs old) with block and beam flooring. Then Membrane Then celotex...
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Hi all. Hope all is well. New on here. I am on bimmer forum UK for the BMW car. & not to forget the Xbox forum, my 2 things that I love & my wife...
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Just wanted to say hello, as its first time on the forum, and Lou thanks for the warm email welcome, but when I tried to reply it came up as spam...
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Hello everyone! I’m Paul. An ex gas safe registered heating engineer & plumber. Was never much cop at wiring heating systems or fault finding...
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I am a newbie to this forum and need some advice please. My daughter has just bought her first house and naturally Dad has been asked to do some...
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Hi all , just joined forum in hope of enhancing my plumbing knowledge , but I don’t think I will be back as adverts completely spoiled the...
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Morning guys and ladies of course. Just joined and although retired...I do like the information on here. Hopefully I can add somewhat? Take care...
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Hi there. I am firing up the heating for the winter, zone by zone to test all is working and temp seems to be low. It’s an aquarea air to...
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Hi ive been asked to fix a leak on a flush pipe. I’ve never come across the pan type before. It looks like a closed couple but has a short flush...
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Hi thanks for letting me join, if someone cant point me in the right forum area to try help my daughter out in her first house before the cold...
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Hi all I’ve just joined the site as I find myself searching for answers to heating questions and inevitably landing here, reading people’s similar...
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hi all newbie on here although not to plumbing started my apprenticeship age 19 still plumbing will be 69 next year best to all....kev
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Hi all, I'm looking for a replacement toilet seat as the old one has broken and I stupidly binned the old seat before checking for a makers mark...
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Hi all, I'm Alistair from North Oxfordshire. I'm an electrical engineer for a well known vehicle manufacturer, big into automation and...
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Hi, Just joined. I am an enthusiastic DIYer, having recently retired and now have more time for home projects. Currently tackling a central...
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Hi all, just joined the forum, I'm plumbing a bathroom thats unconventional and totally unprofessional and under BC 😀. Just looking for some...
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Hi Guys I had UFH added to my extension, my system was a Baxi 30he with CH and unvented cylinder. The UFH has never really worked correctly...
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Hi all just to let you know I need someone who knows a great deal about domestic central heating pumps. I am just about pulling my hair out over a...
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Haven't checked in for ages so I think it's only right that I say hello again. I'm hoping to stick around and become a regular once again . The...
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Long time no see. Just thought i'd pop in and see what is going on in here since there is nothing on the telly.
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I’ve been invited on my course through ntc and need someone to stay in Southampton any ideas ?
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Plumber unblocked our drain but in doing so managed to break another adjoining pipe. The pipes were hidden. This led to water damage when he...
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Hello everyone, so I've decided to embark on my journey to becoming a qualified plumber. However, i am unsure if these training courses and...
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Hi, I have a timber frame extension with no radiators on the walls currently so I'm looking to add one, all walls are external with a vapour...
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Hello I wonder if anybody can help me please , my boiler which is an old system with the tank etc , recently my heating stopped working so my...
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Hello All and thanks Lou i did write a reply but it would not let me send it? i am not sure what I am meant to write and I do not want to come...
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Have a leak in one of the three small copper pipes on a 1980 vintage delta shower valve body. Leak is where the copper goes into the brass valve...
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Hi all , retired plumber here needing advice Just moved in to a house where a 1 year old green star heatslave 2 12/18 Geordie oil boiler is...
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Hi. I have seen a house I'd like to buy but on the 2 occasions I have viewed it there has been a strong smell of sewage as i have walked in, and...
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Thanks for the add guys, my background is mainly large commercial mechanical installations. Recently packed up that side of my business to enjoy a...
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Hi, my name is Alan and I have a puzzle with my hot water supply. I have a condensing boiler which is 6 years old and has been regularly...
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Evening. I purchased a house 1.5yrs ago and the hinged shower screen has started to leak. I’ve tried several new seals and none seem to work. As...
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Hi, I have just moved into my first home which has a Worcester combi 24cdi boiler. I have two plumbing issues which I would be grateful for some...
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I am in the process of replacing my wc and sink from close coupled/ free standing with built in sink and wc . The old toilet waste fed into an...
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Hey Group I'm Pete, 41, general engineer also with some plumbing knowledge. Quick learner.
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Hello: obsessed with trying to resolve a Franke (Atlas kitchen tap ) pull out hose issue: the hose seems to be 14mm - the tail standard 19mm...
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Hi everyone, The water in the apartment is not heating up hot, it’s either freezing cold or lukewarm. The red and yellow lights on the grundefos...
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Hi all am new on here. I've passed my level 2 diploma in plumbing . I'm looking to get some more experience on Job I know this industry is so hard...
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My boiler is not fitted to MI, is there a law against this? If so could someone point me in the right direction. Many thanks
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5th floor flats washing machine waste runs internally down to our 3rd floor flats bath waste then further down through to the other side of the...
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