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    Pipe diameter from tank for thermostatic shower?

    What pipe diameter would you recommend to feed an unpumped thermostatic shower from a vented hot water cylinder via a new Essex flange? The run is approx 22 meters (up into the loft along and back down), the cylinder is fed via a 28mm cold inlet pipe and the cold water tanks are roughly above...
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    UK use of pan con connectors: 1) depth of seal and 2) flange or no flange?

    I am in Thailand. Plumbing standards are poor. i had a WC installed by a "professional" actually installed 2x. The rough in was 220mm and the toilet drop was 305mm. So the problem is obvious. 1) They dont sell offsets here 2) they "engineered their own offset. 3) It obviously wasnt air...
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    Pump Pliers

    Im looking at buying a set of 12" pump pliers,been looking at the rothenberger and the bacho ones, bacho look alot better but alot dearer too. Anyone any recomandations?
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    Heating non standard water tank.

    Hi I've searched a lot on the internet and can't find a solution to my problem so thought that a pumbing forum would possibly be the best place to get an answer to my question. I've got a water tank like this fitted in my van: Water Tanks Car Valeting Water Tank Flat 250 Ltr Can someone...
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    Direct to indirect conversion kits??

    Trying to find a conversion kit to convert the boiler input and output to our thermal store from direct to indirect.Yorkshire used to make two products (micraversion element and sidewinder conversion coil) witch retro fitted via the immersion boss but they have stopped making them. If anyone...
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    Digital Manometer

    Hi I was thinking about getting myself a digital manometer and wondered which people recommend, if any? I Was looking at' 608 Single Input Digital Manometer '. I can see prices varying from 59 to 259, single nipple( input ) and double nipple? Accuracy to 1 point and 2 points. I have a water...
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    Boost pressure to H W only

    your thoughts/input gratefully recieved open vented hw system mira platinum digital shower (with integral pump) high pressure bath filler (floor mounted stand pipe type) all cold feeds are from mains riser i am thinking of fitting an s flange and boost pump to the house hot water...
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    Loose drain in shower cubicle

    Had a leak in the shower. Resealed all the edges and sides, but noticed that the chrome drain was loos in the cubicle floor. Can pull it up by about 5mm and it is very loose. Which does not seem right. Is there any way to tighten this? Or is it meant to wobble? Sticking a load of silicone...
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    Shower pump activates when hot taps are turned off

    Help! A customer of mine has the following problem: The shower pump in the loft comes on, just for an instant, when any of the hot taps in the house are turned off. It's a vented hot water tank system using a Warwick flange and now with a check valve / non return valve just after the hot...
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    is there a way to seal this cas soil pipe or should i replace?

    hi guys. got an old cast soil pipe which runs vertically internally. its a real pain to get to as its in the kitchen and has been boxed in and worktops and cupboards are built around it. and its right in the bleedin corner to. the thing is that half of it has been replaced with plastic and a...
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    Tapping PVC waste into an existing cast waste

    I need some advice on the best way to join into an existing cast iron waste pipe that runs just off the horizontal along the inside of the eaves of the house. I tried to use an existing angled tee (excuse the guesswork on some of the terminology) which has a lead spigot on a bulb shaped...
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    Warix Flange

    Hi, I have been speaking with the help line at Stuart Turner and the advice they gave to me was to install a monsoon 2.0 bar universal pump to do my whole house. So I am getting one of those. He also recommended installing a Warix Flange top of my hot water tank, so I will do that also. When...
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    Hot water tank connections

    Hi guys wondering if you can help. I've installed a salamander pump which is required to run in a negative mode. The pump feeds a shower in a loft conversion.The hot water cyclinder is located on the same level at the shower base along with the pump. The base of the cold water tank is sitted...
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    Advice Please - Water Pumps

    Hi all Apologies if this should have gone into a different section. Ok. I'm revamping a bathroom and separate En-Suite. Both have baths but only the bathroom has a shower which we want to now come off the mian water supply(it was previously electric). Sadly we fell for the trap of...
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    can you just replace the head on a honeywell motorised valve

    hi,got a job with a sticking motorised valve and was wonderin if you can just replace the head on it? its a pretty big system and can see it'll take ages to refill so dont wanna drain down if i can avoid it.
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    Outside tap dilemma

    just a wondering as to what you guys are using to insulate for example, a 15mm copper pipe , penetrating through brickwork feeding an outside tap , when it is sleeved in 22mm copper. I always fit an internal iso valve so in winter the tap can be isolated, i always elbow the pipe down into the...
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    What could be causing an airlock in hot water?

    Hi We bought an old house approx 20 months ago and have made no changes to pipes or tanks or cylinders etc. For the last 4 or 5 months we have been experiencing problems with no hot water in our shower caused we think by airlocks in the hot water taps (upstairs and downstairs). We know how...
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    underpriced for bathroom job

    priced a job there for a bathroom swap with shower tray, bath, basin, toilet and chrome towel rad and shower pump at hot water cylinder quoted £780 including materials the sanitaryware were in same position slight connection changes offcourse and towel rad moving about 2 feet. and shower...
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    Sealant suggestions

    Hello I was reading a thread from a couple of days ago in which a couple of people were debating the best type of sealants to use when fitting wastes in sanitaryware. I have until now been using plumbers mate which works okay but you can quickly get into a mess with it. I have used it on...
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    Water Pump Question

    I have a Salamander water pump. I want to install it onto my bath hot and cold as a minimum, because it has a shower too etc... The bath cold feed is in the airing cupboard and so is the hot feed, so the plan would be to mount it on a shelf there.. The hot and cold pipes for the bath are...

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