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Hi All, I need to fit a soil stack for my ensuite bathroom. I have I understand that it has to be above any opening if the opening is less than 3 meters away. My question is Does this apply only if the opening is only on the same wall.. Thanks

Cheers guys i'll use the extendable tails

Hi I am changing my radiators in my house. I have measured them (eg 650 x 750 they all seem to be half sizes) the nearest i can get is 600 or 700. I can not move my pies (15mm copper). Does any one know where i can buy them or if a buy the size down is there anyway i can extend my pipes to...

Is that on the supply and return?

Hi Guys N gals Need some advice. I have fitted a new central heating system, because my house has concrete floors i have run the supply and return pipe in the loft (plastic 22mm) and dropped plastic 15mm pipes down to the radiators. Do i need to fit a auto bleed valve at the highest point of...

Hi guys I am getting a external boiler fitted. I was thinking of using expanding foam to fill the gaps where the pipes go through the wall. Will the foam attack the copper pipes. Any ideas of any suitable method of filling the gap

Hi Guys and gals I will be fitting a central heating system. The problem is, I will be using a 22mm ring main with 10mm drops to the radiator. this is all in plastic. Now. Which is better using the plastic pipe fittings or using inserts and using compression fittings. The 10mm pipe will be...

how do you go about it?

Hi I am getting a external oil boiler fitted. Any pit falls if i fit the boiler higher than the oil tank. The boiler is a Worcester Greenstar Heatslave II 18/25 External Oil Combi Boiler. Anyone know the maximum height that i can run my CH pipes with this boiler.(Have to run the supply and...

Just in case !!!

Hi I have changed my living room radiators. these were connected using copper pipe. I have now used plastic pipe teed of from the original 22 mm flow and return copper pipes. I have used brass T pieces and a metal insert into the plastic pipe with a olive and connected it to the 22mm...

Hi Everyone I am thinking of installing a central heating system in my house (i'm all electric, trying to get away from those pesky electric companies!!) The problem is all my floors are concrete. I was thinking of using 22mm plastic pipe as the flow and return pipe to the boiler and T ing of...

Cheers Guys the pressure is around 3 bar

Hi Guys I am fitting a mixer shower. It would be a lot easier if i fit the pipes in a cupboard next to my combi boiler. I was going to T off the hot water pipe from the boiler to the shower and T off the inlet to the boiler to the shower. If i T off from the boiler inlet (cold) will it have...

Thanks for the quick replay they will be running through a brick wall into the space where my boiler is in.

Hi I have a shower mixer that i want to install It has a backplate that screws onto the wall. It came with hard plastic inserts for between the backplate and the mixer and it talks about plastic pipe. I assume that these plastic inserts act like a olive with the plastic pipe. I want to use...