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Plumbing is any system that conveys fluids for a wide range of applications. Plumbing uses pipes, valves, plumbing fixtures, tanks, and other apparatuses to convey fluids. Heating and cooling (HVAC), waste removal, and potable water delivery are among the most common uses for plumbing, but it is not limited to these applications. The word derives from the Latin for lead, plumbum, as the first effective pipes used in the Roman era were lead pipes.In the developed world, plumbing infrastructure is critical to public health and sanitation.Boilermakers and pipefitters are not plumbers although they work with piping as part of their trade and their work can include some plumbing.

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  1. M

    Cross bonding cutting gas/water pipes

    I know no one really does. But technically why should we use bonding clamps when we cut a section of gas or water pipes out? Thanks.
  2. J

    Why do I hear a hammer related noise coming from my water pipes?

    This issue arose about a year ago. Does anyone have an idea why I occasionally hear (about once every hour or longer) a hammer related noise coming from my copper water pipes when no water is being used? It basically sounds like the noise you hear after the water shuts off when your toilet bowl...
  3. higerboler

    How to replace the water pipes in bathroom?

    I have just moved into a flat and the water waste pipe from the flat above goes through our bathroom. And the water comes into room. I call the flat owner to say my problem but he don't interest him. I am there to find a talented plumber. Please reply me.
  4. Q

    Is it normal for PVC water pipes to Hammer?

    Hi I've got water hammer issues with my cold feed and some with the hot feed. When the cold sink tap, cold bath tap and thermostatic shower in the main bathroom is opened and closed there are hammering sounds from the living room ceiling. It sounds like knocking. There's no hammering whilst...
  5. T

    Water Pipes Vibrating Our Floor

    Hi Everyone, Thanks in advance for your advice... As the title mentions, my issue is with the water pipes of the house causing the floor to vibrate. I have singled out the issue to the joists that the floorboards sit on carrying the vibrations throughout the house. We do not have hot water...
  6. G

    Water pipes buried under floor advice needed

    Hello, I hope someone can help me. I'm in England. I would like to know if it's okay to bury copper water pipes under a concrete floor. I've tried to look up the regs but's it's like double dutch to me. The pipes will be wrapped in hessian, overlaid with PIR insulation and then screed. I don't...
  7. C

    Chasing water pipes into the wall - opinion

    I apologise in advance that this might not make sense or be full of silly/obvious questions, but I am a novice at all this! We have recently knocked through from our kitchen to a new extension to create an opening. Various things have been moved from the wall that was knocked through, including...
  8. P

    How to trace a water pipe

    Hi, I have a dry blue plastic water pipe emerging in my detached garage. I have no idea where it originates from. I’m guessing it must be either in the kitchen or bathroom of my 2003 bungalow. But there is no evidence of this - short of taking units apart. Is there any way of tracing...
  9. J

    Have my water pipes been plumbed the wrong way?

    Good morning, I recently had an extension, new bathroom and new en-suite fitted. Prior to the works the hot water worked. Now we have moved back we have no hot water. British gas came for 5 hours on saturday and replaced every single part of the boiler to do with the hot water as well as the...
  10. T

    Sweating cold water pipes

    I have sweating cold water pipes, even though I have insulated them with foam it's still sweating. Any ideas what I can do next?
    • Thomas123
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    • america cold cold water pipes sweating usa water water pipes
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    • Forum: USA
  11. V

    Expanding foam around pipes?

    Hi all, I really hope I can get an answer from you lovely people! I currently have a bit of a mouse problem, and it seems that they are getting in to the cupboard under my kitchen sink through the hole where my hot and cold water pipes enter the cupboard from under the floor, or where the waste...
    • Vikki B
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    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: USA
  12. J

    Noisy hot water pipes and low pressure

    hey guys Ive had a problem where my hot water (solar), has had very low pressure. Ive just had a plumber check this problem out and he ended up replacing mixer (tempering valve), which has improved pressure a lot. But now on a hot sunny day, the pipes vibrate badly and pressure is low, then come...
    • Jaymuss
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    • america hot hot water low pressure noisy noisy pipes pipes pressure usa water water pipes
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: USA
  13. G

    Please can someone tell me what this stuff in my pipes is??

    • G_84##
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    • america pipes please someone stuff usa water pipes
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: USA
  14. M

    Banging water pipes when my neighbour open cold or hot water taps

    I just rented a top floor flat which is a roof conversion built only 10 years ago and after moving in, i found out that inside the largest storage eaves, there is a communal water tank which serves only the 6 other flats below except mine . I already has few issues with the tank noise which has...
    • Michy18
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    • america banging cold hot hot water neighbour pipes taps usa water water pipes
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: USA
  15. K

    Black plastic water pipes

    Hi all. Hope I’m posting in the right place! I have a leaking water supply pipe in my house which is an unfamiliar type for me. It is a black plastic pipe with glued joints about 15mm diameter, which supplies our upstairs bathroom. See photo. the house was built around 1971 but there have been...
    • Kilcar
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    • america black pipes plastic plastic pipe usa water water pipes
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: USA
  16. N

    Plumbing Books

    Hi Guys! Can you recommend any good plumbing books? But not the typical plumbing book like changing washers on taps and repairing syphons. Something a bit more advanced.More like central heating installation and wiring,installation in anything in plumbing in general.Fault finding too.😁. I am...
    • Nick1992
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    • america books central heating system faults installation plumbing systems usa water pipes
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: USA
  17. S

    very bad grumbling noise in water pipes at night

    hi all, can you suggest what is wrong with my water pipes they all make a loud grumbling type of noise at night at random times. my hot water and central heating is off at night and not being used. i had a plumber call round yesterday but he said he does not know what the problem is. i said i...
    • saffron
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    • america night noise pipes usa water water pipes
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: USA
  18. N

    Drain hot water pipes

    Hi, I'm going to fit a shower pump to the hot water pipe highlighted in the attached image. Just wanted to double-check my thinking: there's a valve on the cold feed to the cylinder so if I shut that off and run a downstairs hot tap until nothing comes out is that enough to empty the pipe I'm...
    • nick17
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    • america drain hot hot water pipes usa water water pipes
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: USA
  19. D

    High pitched note from mains water pipes

    I have a flat in a 1920s UK block. The mains water feeds ~40 flats, of which I am one. There is no local boiler, though there is a communal one for the whole building. Recently, always at night, the mains water pipes have started to vibrate at a high frequency - emitting a "singing" note ...
    • dbrb2
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    • america high mains pipes usa water water pipes
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: USA
  20. T

    Water pipe whistling

    Hello folks, I live in a block that was built about three years ago. At some point last summer, I began hearing a high-pitched/piercing sound coming through the wall. I wasn't about much and it went away in the autumn, so I thought nothing more of it. It returned with a vengeance about a month...
    • TeeJay3000
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    • america pipe pipes usa water water pipes whistling
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: USA
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