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Anyone got any clever solutions for clearing a particularly poorly designed 4" waste pipe? I've had commercial drain jetting companies out who struggle but succeed to clean it but it is getting more regular. Once cleaned it blocks up again within a few months. I bought a meeting pipe for the...

I've just putting the waste in place ready for the basin etc. The shower and toilet are on one side of the bathroom and the vertical stack runs up the wall behind the toilet (50cm or so behind). So the pipework for the toilet is straight forward and the shower is simple enough with a short run...

It's difficult to buy locally and I can't view much at the moment locally. I'll take a look at the Simpson ones, thank you for that. What do you mean with the silicone part? I'm using the shower panel PVC stuff to avoid the need for grout. I was going to silicone the the tray to the walls...

I'm just about to put in a new shower tray and enclosure. There is a vast price difference between different models but it isn't over clear what is different. We want a 1000 x 800 Offset Quadrant in Slate effect, with an enclosure to fit - not too fussy, but probably chrome edging. I was...

I would if I could but there are so many pipes in that area that I can't find a reasonable way through. The place I suggested is the only place I can see to get them through without major inconvenience.

Also how about the attached as a possible work around? (Please note I've altered the top of the before pipe layout as I found it to be slightly different when removing some more floorboards this morning. There are actually a total of 4 rads off the 15mm at the end of the flow pipe at the...

I've had another look today and it will be very difficult to correctly come off the end, there just isn't space. You say it might be difficult to balance of I branch off half way? Is that just as you say, 'difficult' or is it likely to cause major problems? I've just been searching about...

I could do that which would probably stop it melting off anyway as I install the 22mm T. I was half considering just using a plastic tee to stop that happening. Would there be any balancing benefit to using the reducing tee, or would an equal tee pushfit, installed an inch or two before the...

Well that makes it a bit trickier! The end of the 22mm flow pipe is currently a straight reducer to 15mm which then bends off to feed the rad. Would I just tee in an inch or so short of this with a 22mm equal tee and them come straight down and then make a right turn to join the pipe where I...

After much floorboard pulling, I now think I've pretty much mapped out the current heating circuit. I've attached an image showing the before (current pipe layout) which has the new rad at the top right not connected to anything. As you can see there are currently 3 rads connected off one set...

I think I can just about get 2 notched in at about 85cm from the wall which is right on the limit for notching distance. 25mm depth allowed for the notch. The only issue I'll have is that between one pair of joists, there is a pair of 22mm pipes that run perpendicular to these and will be right...

The main reason being that I have 3 lengths of 22m copper :)

Thanks for that, if I'm understanding it correctly then yes you are right that the existing ones don't follow that. Is the span the complete length of the wood or the distance between supports? Without pulling everything up the first few are about 3.4m long to where the stairs start. The...

I need to extend my radiator circuit to add a new radiator and to modify an existing radiator to be fed off that as it is currently tee'd off a rad that is tee'd off another one. Anyway it has proved to be more challenging than I first thought! The room next to the room I want to get to didn't...

We're having a new ensuite fitted and we are at the point of choosing new taps etc. We have a conventional boiler. The hot water is gravity fed and doesn't have an amazing flow rate at the ensuite. It has mains cold water. I was going to fit two separate taps, partly for the reason that I want...

The 3 port valve is in the airing cupboard directly off the cylinder.

I know what a Y plan is, just not exactly how the pipework works! In very basic terms, I would like to know how the pipe work that comes out of the Y valve would normally be arranged. The image shows the pipes I can currently see. I expected to see a 22mm flow and return for the rads.

I'm adding a radiator and have found that the pipework wasn't as I thought it was and I'm limited on what does I can pull up to investigate further. I've attached a quick drawing of the upstairs. The red lines are 22m pipes that I can see, the blue lines are 15mm pipes that I can see. I can...

Currently the 7m of 15mm goes to a towel radiator style radiator in the utility room. It isn't thermostatically controlled. I can't remember the BTU but I remember it was specified as one that would hear the room as many of the towel radiator were low output. It is about 6 foot high in total but...

Thanks for the reply. It is not a combi boiler. It is a conventional system. We have the storage tanks in the loft, a hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard and the boiler in the utility room behind the garage. It has a Y valve in the airing cupboard. It is a slightly awkward layout due to...