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    [b]Installing a Shower!![/b]

    The property is quite small with only one bathroom. There is a pipe that comes down from the cold water tank in the attic and enters the hot water tank at the bottom. There is another connection half way up the side of the tank (with a motorized valve on it), this comes from the boiler...
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    [b]Installing a Shower!![/b]

    The tank is a copper cylinder, not too sure what the pipe half way down the side of the tank supplies, but there are no other showers in the house, so does that mean it is what you said a "hot water return pipe connection"? If I cannot add it to the "hot water return pipe" where is the best...
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    [b]Installing a Shower!![/b]

    I am installing a thermostatic mixer shower in my bathroom and getting rid of the bath. I have a cold water tank in the attic and a hot water tank in the airing cupboard. It will be easier if i explain what I am thinking on doing and hopefully someone can say yes that is right!!! or oh my...
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    Push fit copper pipe connectors

    Hi, I am planning on redoing my bathroom and installing a shower, which will involve a lot of new copper pipe needing to be installed. I have seen these push fit connectors in the local DIY store. Are they any good? The shower I am looking to install is a thermostatic mixer shower, possibly...
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    Waste Pipe Runs

    I am just about to re-do my bathroom, I have just read that for a 32mm waste pipe it should not be more than 1.75m in length from trap to soil trunk, and if using a 38mm waste pipe you must not have a run greater than 2.3m. Why is this? I wanted to move the sink, which would make the waste...
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    Installing a Shower Tray

    :D Sorry cement is what I meant! not grout lol Thanks for the advice. Good point about the ply raising the level of the floor! I was not planning on tiling the floor, so I will probably go with the cement or silicone method directly onto the existing flooring. I just wanted to check...
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    Installing a Shower Tray

    I have just bought a 800x800 quadrant shower tray, the flooring in my bathroom is tongue and groove boards. Can I grout the shower tray directly onto the floor boards, or will I need to replace that particular area of floor boards with something more sturdy like marine plyboard??? Thanks :D
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