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Hello All, I'm having my house re-plastered / re-wired and will be installing 35mm backboxes for the heatmisers stats. can someone please advise me which cable thickness and cores i would need for my 230v Neo stats? Thanks!

Thanks for your input Dan! As for the return pipe could this be tapped into from the boiler end? if so only 1 pipe will need to be brought down.. What do you mean by traditional zone valves? the 3 port ones?

Yep I defiantly want it to be it's own system with a few zone for the Underfloor heating. Currently the flow pipe goes from the ground floor all the way into the loft then splits off after the pump into CH and HW.

Hello, I currently have a Y plan system with a heat only boiler, the boiler is down in the kitchen and tank/pump etc is in the loft.. I am planning to have UFH heating installed on the ground floor and was wondering how much disturbance would be involved in terms to bring new pipes down from...

Thanks i will put some more PTFE on and give that a try Would you ever put any jointing compound on the male tread?

Hello, I have a leaking cylinder from the flow and i tried nipping up the connections but still seems to drip. Should this connection be used with a rubber washer or just directly screwed with some PTFE tape?

Hi Guys, My son has just had a his plumbing done about a year ago and one of the air vents seems to be bubbling/leaking up. I have attached some pictures, I can see a total of 3 air vents, flow and return near the boiler hve one each and there is one on the return on the return pipe near the...

Hi Guys, I have a Smart AVC cylinder and would like to a add a water softener. From the blue poly stop cock there is a long stretch of 22mm copper where i would like to tap in to so I can add the softener. If i was to switch off the mains cold water and cut the pipe would I get any back flow...

Hi Dibbles00, If i have a dedicated POE NVR, is there a way for me to later on patch a camera anywhere on my LAN or does it have to go directly to my NVR? Thanks!

Yes it's for the unused connection. I've just also read about the Loctite 55. Thanks will give that a shot!

Hi Guys, I've got a Hansgrohe iBox and it seems to be leaking from the blanking nut, I've tightened this with PTFE tap but I still see a small puddle on top. Should there have been a rubber washing inside this? Anyone familiar with this product? Thanks!

Thanks! I read that too on the net but was a little confused as I've seen someone with a red tank fitted to a system boiler...

Hi Guys We've just had a plumber install a new system round my friends house but the installer hasn't installed a External expansion vessel nor a bypass valve. I've seen other with the same boiler with an expansion vessel installed. Please advise whether one should have been fitted or not...

Hi Guys, I brought some polyplumb fittings and was doing to plumbing on the weekend but wasn't sure if I put in a pipe insert into one of the pipes so I decided to open the fitting just to check if I had or not, (I had done so) can I simply screw this back or do I need to throw this away? Thanks

Okay, as for my 2 bathrooms should the cold be tee'd off after the PRV and then sent to the bathrooms for a balanced cold flow? Thanks

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Hi, I'm having a megaflow installed, the mains blue pipe comes into the kitchen and I wanted to know if its okay to connect that directly into the kitchen sink tap or does it need to go straight to the cylinder and back down for a balanced feed? Thanks!

I have already used rat traps but had no joy I have placed food on them and they just seem to clear off the food without the trap going off. i don't think there a way out as everything its sealed. So Poison would killed them anywhere.

Hi Guys, I have a problem, i recently had a extension done to my house, and now i have rats under my floor boards. (Builders left things open for a day or 2) Is it possible to make some sort of electric killing plate - eg using a car battery and hooking it up to a bit a metal plate? I...