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Hi, About to install a shower pump and was wondering what pressure people would recommend. We're not looking for a massively powerful shower, just a decent flow through a standard sized head. We have two showers, but it's very unlikely they'll be used at the same time. We have a 50 gal...

PLEASE IGNORE POSTED IN WRONG PLACE Hi, About to install a shower pump and was wondering what pressure people would recommend. We're not looking for a massively powerful shower, just a decent flow through a standard sized head. We have two showers, but it's very unlikely they'll be...

Ok, so how do all you jobbing plumbers stop smoke alarms going off when you're soldering? Doing some work in the airing cupboard, directly under a smoke alarm - the smoke alarm works, and it's VERY loud :oops: Took some pipework downstairs to solder up and the downstairs alarm and the...

Hi, I need to drill a hole in my water cistern for the cold feed to a shower pump. It would save me a lot of work if I could drill it fairly close to an existing outlet, around 3 inches away diagonally. Do you think this is ok, or will this weaken the tank - it's a poly tank... As the...

Hi, I'm going to install my new DHW cylinder in a couple of days. I've noticed the new cylinder has the foam insulation around the ring of the base, i.e. the cylinder sits on the foam. The old cylinder sits directly on the copper, which is correct? Just wondering if I should trim away the...

Hi, Bit of a strange question. Is it ok to place a DHW cylinder directly onto a chipboard floor? The floor will be double thickness at 44mm. All the cylinders I can recall seeing have been mounted on two strips of wood. I have good reason for wanting to do this - too long to go into...

Hi, Anybody got a genius idea for easy removal of cable clips? We have moved into a property that was previously inhabited by the clinically Sky Television obsessed We have cables running all over the house. There is a cable into every room, two in some rooms and five coming into the...

Hi, First post on this excellent forum. Just wondering whether installing an extractor fan in a cloakroom would be notifiable? I know it doesn't count as a special location, but if the extractor is wired into the existing lighting circuit via triple pole isolator, would it be considered a...