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just wondered - isn't it dangerous though if for eg/ someone in the kitchen uses the hot water tap? the precautions are used in an open vented syste to prevent this, what precuations are there for a combi system....?

When installing a shower with a combi is it just a case of tee-ing off ? Unlike the conentional open vented system that has a surrey flange and separate feed from the cwsc ? I know it is best to have a thermostatic mixer shower with a combi but what's the best way to install it?!! Curious ...

compresion fittings do not have a thread! if it is a tap connector, etc then one end will be threaded, eg to be connected to the float valve, tap tail thread, etc. Then yep this end is 1/2" and the other end (compresion fitting to pipe) is 15mm, but you can get 3/4" to 22mm (for bath taps)...

i have heard that the plastic type washer that come with wastes often let a dribble of water by - are rubber washers better then? can you get 1 1/2" and 1 1/4" rubber washers easily?

yep you have a direct system with the cold tank in the loft feeding your shower via the hot water cylinder. flexy pipes are not suitable for toilets on indirect systems as the presure is of course lower, flexy pipes restrict the flow and as it may be ok for a tap (basin/bath etc) to be fed...

you say you are not a diy expert BUT plumbed in an electric shower!!!!! these things need a separate connection to the Consumer Unit for the electric, usually a 10mm 2 cable and a pull cord ionstalled in the ceiling!!!

toilets are usually 15mm (1/2") BUT flexy pipes to feed a WC cistern is really only suitable if the toilet is supplied from mains pressure (eg/ a direct system)

Hi I have a few quick q's that have been bugging me: 1) Do baths need to be secured to the wall (length side) to spread the weight etc? if so are these supplied with the bath? 2) Are basin/bath waste outlets that are not suuplied with the basin/bath liable to leak more? Is PTFE tape...

I agree! Way too sticky on the fingers! Plus silicone gives a better seal IMO.

Quick question: can a flowson pump be replaced with a grundfos 15-15? They look the same size but the manufacturers instructions make the flowson about 2-3mm difference. Will it be OK? I believe that most pumps, Terrier/Flowson/Wilo/Grundfos, etc are stadard sizes for direct replacement, but...

are you sure the cylinder isn't faulty? it shouldn't leak at all, especially if you use 25 turns of ptfe !! surely not? are the nuts tight enough?

what sealants do you all use/prefer when sealing backs of basins/baths, etc. any recommendations? also do you think this sounds a bit silly: my mate had his bathroom tiled last week and the person who did it sealed between the wall and the top/sides of the wc cistern lid. meaning that to...

i think he does have an economy timer for his immersion (lower one). so this timer is actually next to where the immersion is connected to the fuse in the consumer unit?

reason why a pump may be making strange noises is due to air being sucked in through it (cavitation) - possibly by a blockage somewhere in the system allowing air to be drawn down the cold feed/vent.

i haven't got any pics i'm afraid, but i was just wondering if it was actually safe!! surely the heat will escape? obviously he has an electric shower that is not fed from it, but still, very very weird. I am asuming their is obviously a ball valve inside it, where the rising main enters...

Has anyone heard of the following before, or is it dangerous? My mate bought a house a month ago, it is approx. 25-30 years old. He has no cenral heating,just convetor heaters spread around it. It is only a small 1 bedroom. He has in his wardobe, a HW cylinder, with the top cut of (it...

link does not work !!! another query - do ou have to get an electrician in to install the pull cord for electric showers? if for eg the shower knackers is a straight swap easily enough to do, i mean with the electrics side? or is it tricky? they look nice but seem to me quite fiddling...

sorry if this sounds ignorant!! : i knw bath taps are 3/4" bsp also, but this is usually the thread into which the tap connector joins the supply pipe. when you say washing machine/garden taps are 3/4" bsp do you mean the nozzle/spout? sorry i have never used a pressure gauge before but will...

oh right - an electric shower, tank fed and with an integral pump!! sounds ok actually. i take it these showers state tey are designed to be fed from the tank ... or just desined ous witow pressure? one last got a presure gauge at the moment, but saw one in b & q and one on the screwf...

thanks for all your help. been really understandable and top notch as you say gravity fed power showers (with integral pumps) are good now, and easier than installing an electric shower and a normal shower wita salamander pump! i suppose testing at peak times using a pressure gauge is a...