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Evening When installing an electric shower in rental accommodation is it a mandatory requirement to fit a thermostatic model?...I know that it is best practice but is the landlord actually obliged to do so? Thanks Mark

Good Evening All Could anyone please give me an idea of average labour rates in North London (Stoke Newington ) for plumbing work?...I have been asked by a relative to advise on a quote she has received but as I am a plumber in Gloucestershire I am unsure of labour rates in London. The quote...

Morning All Proposing to install a wall hung oil boiler shortly. I usually install Grant and have done a couple of wall hung before but the client has expressed a preference for Worcester. I have heard that the Worcester models are more awkward to install and service than the Grant? If...

Morning All Just pricing a large domestic new build property (6bed/6bath) and in the M&E spec there is a requirement to chlorinate all domestic services pipe work on completion and to issue a chlorination certificate. Neither I nor any of my colleagues have ever been required to do this in...

Evening All I have an odd size male thread that I have not encountered before on a flexible hose...it's larger than 1/4 but smaller than 3/8...it's designed to thread directly into the body of a valve but I need to bush it up to 1/2 so I can link two hoses together. If anyone can identify...

Check the bore on those flexible connectors as there is a chance they could reduce the flow rate of the shower...Advisable to hard plumb all the way to the shower valve. Also worth ensuring your isolation valves are full bore.

Morning...Had to install my first Biasi last week (Client supplied it) and it's been grief. Just curious as to the general consensus on the product? Thanks Mark

Yes. BBOE connections...it's a bit of a rush job as it's been dropped on us at short notice.

Thanks for the reply bengasman...I should have mentioned that it is a two pipe system.

I have just been asked to powerflush an old 10 rad system on a church...Big old column rads, inch & a half threaded pipe work etc. Radiator valves & pump valves seem reasonable and there is a water main. Anyone had any grief with anything similar? Thanks Mark

Your installer sounds spot on...Just relax and let him get on with it.

I've got the Norstrom Magmaster and it's quality...Get yourself some sort of bund though as you can't rely on the overflow to cope if you accidently leave the mains fill on for too long...I nearly ended up looking like a **** on a couple of occasions before I sorted one out Also tapping the...

Evening Currently involved on a refurb project for a Truck Stop facility with 6 showers...The existing showers are older style surface mounted Mira Excels with surface mounted outlet to a fixed vandal proof head...I am concerned that the new style Excels that the buider is proposing to use in...

Lead or plastic and a 25mm hole saw?

By the way I am assuming that you mean the pressure on the heating side has dropped...apologies if not