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The soil pipe in my bathroom, which is immediately over the sitting room, is routed internally along a wall; it's boxed in and the boxing is tiled with a 140mm skirting board. When the WC is flushed it is very noisy downstairs so I'd like to soundproof the pipe, if it can be done, with a...

Thanks to all for advice. I did recharge the system after refitting the rad and added inhibitor. I thought the loss could be due to the rad with the automatic vent but not sure why it keeps getting air in it? Advice from another forum is that the loss is not significant but I should keep...

My Boulter Bouderas (now Worcester Bosch I think) combi boiler is normally pressurised to 1.5 bar. Over the last month it has lost 0.1 bar. Is this cause for concern or should I expect a small loss? I have a heated towel rail in a bathroom that was getting air in it so I fitted an automatic...

I want to 'T' off from a copper pipe. The existing pipe will not be able to be flexed or pulled apart after it is cut so is there a special type of T joint, preferable pushfit, that I can use? I've seen a joint that can be used for an outside tap but doubt that would be any good for a...

Thanks to Andygasman

My c/h system does not have a header tank, as there's no roof space in my house; it has a Boulter Buderhus (now Worcester Bosch I think) combi boiler with a storage cylinder (if that makes sense). I want to move a rad from one side of the room to the other on the first floor of my house. I...

How can I speed up the flow of hot water to the tap? Currently it takes ages and probably a gallon of standing water is wasted before hot water reaches the tap. In the previous house I had there was a domestic hot water loop with a circulation pump which worked really well but it would not...

Programmer, thermostat on boiler, thermostat on cylinder and room stat. The cylinder stat does click when turned up and down. Cylinder is gravity fed.

My old mother-in-law's old indirect oil fired boiler is set at 75c and the cylinder stat is set at 55c but the DHW is nearly very, nearly dangerously, hot. I assume that suggest the cylinder thermostat is shot? Reluctant to set the cylinder stat below 50c because of risks of Legionnaire's...

Thanks for replies. FYI it's for a rabbit scarer!

I've just bought a device with an AC/DC adapter with a 25' lead. The device has to be located in the garden 100' distant. The power details are Input 12w Output 12 v 500 ma 6VA Can I just cut into the adapter cable and insert an additional length of cable to reach the desired location...

Andy Thanks for the follow up. I've reduced the pressure to 3.0 bar and will wait to see if it stops the 'screaming' from the pressure limiter near the cylinder. Not too confident as the problem did occur when it was at that pressure previously - I increased the pressure because there was...

Andy Thanks - the system does have a hot water storage cylinder and the water temperature is pretty high - I will reduce it. BTW the device fitted is an electronic water conditioner - not a softener. Two thin cables are wound round the water pipe and connected to the device which, the...

Background: The cold water feed for my house has been taken from a mains supply that is 300 yards distant. The pipe runs slightly uphill for the first 150 yards and then downwards to my property for the next 150 yards. The house is at the same level as the mains i.e. there's just a small...

I'm installing a sink in my workshop. I've excavated and exposed the main 4" drain pipe which is 900 mm below ground level and runs parallel to the wall on which the sink will be positioned. The 4" drain is 1400 mm from the wall. Can I run the PVC sink waste pipe direct from the sink trap...

MrGas - your assumption that we have a guarantee from the installer is perfectly reasonable but regretably our experience with the company has been very poor and I am not hopeful they will be of any assistance. Oilman - your observation that smoke, due to unburnt fuel, causes blackening on...

I have recently had a Jotul 400 stove installed by a HETAS installer and have the certificate to prove it! The chimney is lined with pumice and there are approved air vents in the room. The stove is advertised as having an airwash system but the door glass keeps sooting up and I cannot keep...

Hitachimad Thanks - have more oe less decided to carry on with the wire wheel method or farm the shot blasting out. Regards

I have started renovating small pieces of old agricultural machinery e.g. root grinders. The items are cast iron and so far I've done the de-rusting with a wire wheel in an electric drill or angle grinder. The items are then painted with Hammerite which claims it will adhere to and cover rust...

I have a house with new plumbing with an oil fired fully pressurised system. When any of the hot taps on the first floor are partially opened they hammer severely. The builder who did the conversion is very unhelpful so I'll probably have to fix the problem myself or get a plumber in - but...