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Help with a leak after sealing bath
Hi, hope someone can help My 1st time of resealing my bath.( after falling in the water twice while doing behind the taps) I left the water in bath for 30 hours after and then discovered I have a leak...
View ArticleHot water tank thermostat
Hi, can anyone advise a quality brand of thermostat, mine recently failed and I fitted a 'Backermatic' supplied by a local plumber but it does not work properly. The water is either totally boiling or...
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Replacing Toilet flush valve
Hi I'm trying to replace a bottom entry toilet flush valve - but having problems with tight access and in particular having problems loosening the bolt to get rid of the plastic that remains of the...
View ArticleRad valves with O-rings
Some RAD valves come with O-rings, whereas the majority do not and I just wonder if one is better than the other or whether it makes no difference whatsoever? Reason I ask the question is that I have...
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Harvey Water softener seems to have stopped regenerating
Our HV3 is about 7.5 years old and has just stopped regenerating. Do any of you good people have any ideas of anything I could try before calling Harveys? thx
View ArticleRecommended lesser known, fancy or cool components for domestic plumbing and...
Hello everybody First post here. I'm planning a new plumbing system for my small house. I can find lots of general guidance, but what I was wondering about was the perhaps lesser known fancy or clever...
View ArticleRemoving a radiator with a compression fitting between valve and radiator...
Hi, I am replacing some radiators and using new fittings. Most radiator valves now come with a compression interface rather than a union interface to the radiator tail. It seems to me that it would be...
View Article2 appliance waste flow
Hi, looking to fit a sink, with a dishwasher located next to it and a washing machine about 1.5m along. I was thinking of teeing off the one waste pipe and sticking a stand pipe with trap on for both...
View ArticleTowel Rail Valve Fitting
I have spent an inordinate amount of time trying to work out the best approach to fitting valves to my new towel rail, but i just don’t have the experience to know the best approach and would...
View ArticleTRV
Need a couple of anthracite coloured trvs. Reading reviews of them seems people do not like some, namely those with a spring in the lockshield end. Now in my place have fitted quite a few Pegler...
View ArticleBath mixer shower head height changes temperature
Situation: Had a boiler system conversion. From Potterton boiler with Gledhill storage tank with on demand hot water to Veissman Combo with on demand hot water. 2 bed semi with only myself and wife...
View ArticleGood reliable side-entry valves
I am SO fed up with failing side-entry valves on toilet cisterns and water tanks. They've all been engineered down to something as flimsy as a milk carton, and they seem to last no time at all and...
View Article15mm / 10mm 3-part reducers
Been in the garage having a practise with 3-part compression reducers on 10mm Speedfit pipe and it hasn’t gone particularly well and i wonder what i am doing wrong? I found that the olive (swapped a...
View ArticleKitchen faucet leak
My pull down kitchen faucet seems to be leaking from the short hose that is connected to the pull down hose only when I turn on the hot water. Do I have to change the whole faucet because I don't see...
View ArticleGas pipe in wall / floor
Good afternoon all, i'm in the process of converting a downstairs porch into a downstairs WC and have a slight snag. My dilemma is that inside the property is a gas pipe in the corner that sticks out...
View ArticleGas pipe externally under doorstep
Have been caught out with 22mm pipe not being sufficient to supply new boiler. Meter in cellar at front of house and boiler on 1st floor at rear, a long run. Registered Gas Engineer proposes to run new...
View ArticleExternal pipes below ground level
Hi not sure if this is the correct place for this, but does anyone know what these pipes are around 1foot below ground level, not sure if it’s tied in with the house plumbing system in any way at all....
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Any gotcha's to drain and refill a hotwater tank to replace 2 x immersion...
My daughter has all electric heating, however, the lower economy 7 immersion has failed (high resistance short to earth). I received what I consider a ridiculously high quote of over £400 to drain the...
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Possible air lock
Hi, recently had a salamander ct85 xtra pump fitted to boost my hot water pressure, the problem i have is sometimes no hot water comes out of any tap, if i leave it several minute it will start and...
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Multikwik Multiflush Cistern Overfilling
My regular plumber wasn't available so thought I'd have a go. Long story short, flush button broken and couldn't get a compatible replacement. So I bought a Multikwik Multiflush. To my surprise, I...
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