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Hi, im nearly complete on my bathroom refurb. We are having most the room floor to ceiling tiled. That has all been done in insulated tile boards. I'm about to tape and tank the joints and screws on those areas. The rest of the room specifically behind the toilet and sink and the the short...

Thank you. Will use those plugs. I can't find advice for PU foam with these boards. There was one vid I saw where they used it in combo with tile adhesive, but they didn't discuss it. So my plan then... Prep wall with SBR (not sure I need this step) Offer board up, drill 12 holes per board...

Hi. I'm mid bathroom renovation. We are tiling onto external walls. The bath and shower will be in these walls so I've opted for and purchased 10mm insulated tile backers (no more ply, by STS). I don't want to batten the walls out as I will lose valuable space. Has anyone used PU foam adhesive...

Ok so bought a pressure tester. I get 2 bar at the outside tap which is off the kitchen sink. I get 3 bar at the furthest tap (different branch from the incoming main to the rest of the house). So I've got something restricting the flow to the kitchen tap. No a big issue tbh. I'm more wanting...

I agree. I've asked Severn trent to come out and move the meter to the boundary. At that point I'll take out all those elbows and stops, put it back the other side of the wall in the boxing in and have a surestop. It's not outside it's in the garage. Was moved when we had the kitchen done so the...

Ta. It's not 20mm it's 26.9mm OD. The ID of the pipe is either 19.5 mm or 17.5mm (I need to take the connection off to see). The ID of 22mm copper is about 18mm, so matches quite closely no?

Ok. Tested at the drain down point and I'm getting about 15lpm there. So something is happening after that and before the kitchen tap it seems. Regardless in me interested in views on what fitting I need to go from the incoming main 26.9mm pipe to a 22mm copper. Now I'm in there I'm inclined to...

Hi yeah I could test but it's already reduced to 15mm there, albeit only about 1 meter from the incoming main. No it's the inside of the garage wall, just the other side of the incoming. It was all moved during our kitchen refurbishment so they could box in. Didn't have time to get it moved to...

Hi, The only place i can test, the pipework has already gone down to 15mm and through many elbows and the meter. The incoming is Black Alkathene pipework with an OD of 26.9mm (just re-measured). So its old imperial stuff 3/4 Alkathene. Not copper. It immediately goes into 15mm through a brass...

I haven't got anything to test the pressure. But the kitchen tap is the first thing after the meter (granted it goes through a few elbows and 2x stop cocks). I get 10l per min there. I could test at the drain down point I guess.

managed to get my camera in there. Its a black plastic incoming pipe, and is 26.4mm OD. Does raise into question why its bonded above, but i wont let that distract me. House was built in 1967. A bit of googling tells me this is Black Alkathene pipework. Not sure how i connect to that, i can only...

Im in the middle of a bathroom renovation. We have fairly low pressure in our system, with 15mm pipe work. We get just under 10l per min at the kitchen tap on cold. To be fair to our combi (40kw Worcester Bosch), it delivers the same 10l per minute in hot water (just a tad less). So while...

thought so, not what either plumber said. This is why im doing it myself. If you want something doing properly... Took the old waste out yesterday. Its defo pitch. Impossible to cut as its just made of tar.