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Hi, Has anyone come across a tool to shut outside stop tap. The stop tap is a severn trent make, and my normal stop tap tools dont fit. This one has a 6" diameter plastic top, with various slots around the edge for some kind of tool to grip? anyone with previous experience? anyone understand...

Hi, can you tell me what a primatic system is and do i need to take any special precautions when changing radiators? can i drain down and refill as norma system? thanks

Hi can you help, I have the above but I have to turn on the water circulating pump First Then I can turn on the oil fired burner. Is there any way to turn them on together, bearing in mind that if i turn off the heating and the pump at the same time the temprature is so great it...

Hi, I want to fit a shower pump, if i tee off the hot water pipe on top of cylinder how do i avoid the pump from forcing water through the vent pipe? thanks

Thanks Craig, I have done that thanks. what do you thinks regards my friends advice to run the system with the drain off hose attached?

Hi, I'm trying to get the air out of my central heating system gravity fed since draing down. I have been told that if i put the pump on while i have a hose connected to the drain off point downstairs that it will do it. I thought if I had the pump on while doing that I risk the chance of...

Hi, Ihave a shower trap thats been replaced recently and it now doesnt drain away so well and I am getting a smell from it. Also when I flush the toilet i get noise from the trap? Is it possible all these are related to the trap alone or are there further problems? Thanks for your advice, I...

Hi, just quick question, can the waste outlet from a saniflow be connected to the same waste pipe for the basin and bath?

sorry if i am not making sense i will try again: i want to run a hot supply into the loft, to get sufficient pressure/flow will i need a pump? if i choose to do away with the header tank can i have a pressurized cylinder in place of my current hot water cylinder?

Hi, i want to covert my loft area and have hot water supplied to it. I have a huge cold water header tank which i want to do away with or downsize. If i down size i will reduce the head of pressure will i not? should i have a pump just for the supply into the loft or should i consider a sealed...

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Hi there, Take a separate cold water feed from the header tank, for obviously cold connection to pump, hot water tee off as close as possible from hot water outlet from top of tank or BELOW tee section that branches off to vent pipe for hot connection. If you can locate pump in loft...

Hi, Please your advice is appreciated. I want to run plastic micro bore under skirting on a concrete floor, is it wise and should it be put in trunking to prevent loss of heat when in contact with cold floor? many thanks for your responses.

hi, do i need to run a separate hot water pipe from my combi to a power shower or can i just tee of any existing hot supply in bathroom? thanks

many thanks for your replies. especially the one highlighting whats in the pipes. I didnt realise that, happily its just central heating pipes. thanks again

Hi, Just a quick question, what should i wrap around copper before buring into walls? Many thanks.

many thanks for your reply, you've saved me an expensive mistake!

Hi, Am i right in buying a twin impeller pump but just connecting the hot supply only as this is the one that has poor pressure to my gravity fed shower. do i have to cap the cold inlet and out let, or just leave them disconnected? I also dont understand why single impeller pumps cost more...

Hi, my mixer shower is gravity fed. cold supply via tank in loft. very poor output from cold. can i plumb straight to cold water mains, if so will this improve the situation as cold flow will be greater than hot, as hot is gravity fed? thanks

Hi, I want to install a shower pump, i realise that the cold water supply must be from a storage tank but can the hot connection be made direct by teeing off the hot bath tap. many thanks.