inlet

An inlet is an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow, such as a small bay or arm, that often leads to an enclosed body of salt water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon, or marsh.

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    Dripping connection on cold water inlet

    Hi, looking for some advice, I live in an old Victorian terrace not sure how old the plumbing is. When we moved in we connected the washer and dishwasher into the cold water supply using the existing plastic y connector. A few months ago the connector started leaking so I bought a new one from...
  2. D

    Ideal Classic NF30: chattering gas inlet valve

    First post so hello to all on the forums. As you will be able to tell from my query I am not a plumber! I have an Ideal Classic NF30 which when starting up sometimes creates a chattering noise; I assume it is the gas inlet valve making the noise and the problem is something to do with flame...
  3. P

    Poor inlet pressure on newly installed Worcs 40CDI

    The other day i went along to help a guy who was having problems with a Worcs GS 40CDI which he had just installed. The problem was that at the inlet test point on the GV,he was getting 7mb WP when the boiler was full on in engineering mode. I set up guages on the ecv outlet and the meter...
  4. W

    Have you ever blown down the inlet to a outside tap with check valve?

    Great fart noise. Very entertaining. Impossible to do it quietly which I think the source of the amusment.
  5. T

    Problems with Fluidmaster flush and inlet valves.

    Hi everyone, I am having a lousy experience with Fluidmaster and wondered if anyone else has. I am fitting 5 toilets in a new house. 4 will be concealed cistern. I purchased one concealed cistern from B and Q on line to see if they were any good. The cistern itself is cheap plastic but...
  6. Simon F

    pressure at inlet with a zero governor

    http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/gas-safe-register-forum-public-forum/66714-operating-pressure-appliance.html I agreed with the point TB made in the above post about not getting an accurate reading due to the gas being fanned in rather than just the gas pressure doing the job, but no one else...
  7. C

    Changing cistern inlet valve

    The inlet valve in the toilet cistern is quite noisy so I would like to change it for a fluidmaster. I have replaced an inlet valve before, only took about 10 minutes and was very easy but I was simply changing like for like so didn't have to change any pipework. This time I will be removing a...
  8. A

    Inlet valve broken - advice needed

    Hello. The toilet in my office has a broken inlet valve. I took it apart and can't see anything obviously broken but the arm which raises with the water level doesn't seem to add any resistance to the diaphragm washer. I guess this is the problem and perhaps the easiest solution it just to get...
  9. A

    Best way to extend toilet water inlet pipe?

    Hello all, I am trying to extent my downstairs toilet pipe inlet. Its a newbuild house, and I have just put laminate flooring under the toilet, which means its about 1.4cm higher than it was. There is a plastic pipe coming in from outside, which leads to a silver valve which push fits...
  10. L

    Need a new replacement washer for inlet valve

    I have thought that the washer may be responsible for a slight leak around the inlet valve of a toilet cistern. I have a photo but cant seem to attach it. It is inside diameter 1 inch and outside 1 3/4 inch. Its almost a simple profile but has a shoulder if you like _/```|______|```\_ _____...
  11. A

    Basic question - a squeaky water inlet tap

    Hi, I was turning my water inlet tap (in photo below) to turn the mains water off to my flat, and noticed it had got very stiff and squeaky. I tried spraying some WD40 into the circled area in the photo, but this didnt help - it didnt get into the tap joint as it is so tight fitting. Can...
  12. E

    hot cold water inlet on combi boiler

    Hi, anyone any ideas, the DHW from the combi is only tepid yet the outlet from the boiler is hot. This led me to think that it was not the secondary heat exchanger so i reported that i think that the water is mixing and due to the cold pressure being greater this is forcing the hot water back...
  13. D

    More than 1mb drop at inlet point

    Hi There. New here so here goes. I wanted to check that the pipe work from my meter to boiler (28ij) was correct. It is all in 22mm copper aprox 15m long and I havent had any problems what so ever. Fact is I am studying for ACS next month so just a bit of home work on a Sunday morning:cheesy...
  14. B

    Non standard mixer tap 160mm inlet centres

    Hello i need to replace a leaking tap on an old bath. The inlet centres are 160mm apart and I'm struggling to find a suitable mixer. Does anyone know of a supplier? I have tried eBay, Amazon, Plumbworld etc. Almost all seem to be standard 180mm and the distance isn't searchable on the sites...
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  15. G

    Vacuum drainage.

    Does anyone here know anything about vacuum drainage systems? I live on a boat and there are about 60 other boats on the mooring, most of us using the vacuum drainage system with varying different aged installations. I was asked to look at one which had stopped working and managed to get it...
  16. T

    Which Inlet Valve

    Hi Have to replace this old Torbeck type inlet valve soon, what inlet valve would you guys use on this?
  17. R

    Toilet inlet valve

    Afternoon Friends Well, waste of a day today. Went o change a toilet inlet valve. Done 15 odd this year so comfortable in doing them. Get to the flat, an Arab answers in full regalia. Rude as you can get! So, look at the toilet, no water coming in, i get a new valve (fluidmaster £9.89...
  18. S

    toilet water inlet

    Hi firstly want to say thanks for all the helpful advice given to me do far. I have one last question. I have read that if you gave a combi boiler you shouldn't connect the water to a toilet via a flexible hose, something about the water pressure not being good enough. Is that true? Thanks for...
  19. M

    inlet pressures

    When you guys come across hobs in cp12's, how do you check the WP? If the wp at the boiler is ok, then could you go as far as to say the coomer would be ok? I don't do any cp12's yet but am going to start. Do I need to start carrying test points in van to cut in?
  20. A

    Toilet inlet pressure problem

    Hello guys, could someone give me a bit of advice. Recently found en suite toilet over filling over float over flowing down toilet pan after several hours. Its filled reasonably quickly and appeared to shut off. Anyway. Called plumber because wanted it sorted quickly and efficiently. The...

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