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I want to create a hassle free shower room as have previously had a lot of leaks. The shower is located in a 3 wall alcove. Approx 800 x 800 square The current shower tray has a waste trap below floor level; there is a hole in the floor. However, the waste has leaked over years and caused a...

The current tank has no problems I don't know how old the fortic tank is in my flat. It has factory foam insulation, The youngest it can be is 7 years old but it could be more than twice that old. Im going to refurb the bathroom and that may mean changing hot water pipe runs. ALso if I go for...

Just been reading about the I.S. Boost shower (trevi) which maybe could work OK, although the unit is expensive and might need changes to pipe work.

Thanks I agree a power shower would give a better shower; but I am concerned about running out of hot water too quick. I would be interested if anyone has an opinion about the effectivenesss of a mixer shower without any pump compared to a 8.5 kw electric shower, in the general sense What...

I have a 8.5 electic shower. Will a thermostatic (pressure balancing to cope with mains cold) mixer shower at 0.1 bar pressure (1m head to bottom cold tank feeding hot tank) give a better flow? Or not much in it ? Cheers

Hi Owain It's not the trap I am worried about; it's the fall required to get waste water to the soil pipe. Thanks anyway

Actually its not so much needing a hole in the floor for the trap , but making sure it all flows downhill to the soil stack. Tiling all done etc. SO either the bath must be raised ( not an option ) or the trap start higher under the bath, by using a different waste overflow combi, or by...

He's had a couple of goes, but its time to get a pro in. No money paid yet ! Just wondering if another, shorter, bath waste body may make a big difference

I just had a new bath installed, but some of the waste pipe work had been fitted with about a 20 cm section of pipe going uphill ( about an inch or so) after the trap before it does 90 degree turn into a a downhill run eventually to the soil pipe. Not really very satisfactory. Do you think I...

Wish i'd have known that before !

Bathroom refit and fitter (not a pro) cut out the sink waste to tidy things up and put sink waste to join up with bath waste. Then there was gurgling and possible siphoning of traps. (traps fitted were inadequate for purpose) So I got him to fit a hepVo trap on the sink ( and also bath) instead...

Novice question: Why is Multikwik gear so rated ? Is there any other brand that compares?

Denso, the pan outlet is just over a foot away from the stack. There's a 90 degee bend after the toilet outlet. The original soil connection that is sticking out of the boxing in by about 15 cm around where the stack is; has a very slight fall on it, so maybe it could be done that way Nervous...

Thanks for all inputs. I have read about ply plinths. Trouble is you need to make a good job of getting a precise cut and wood absorbs. Just thinking; would cutting a floor tile to the shape of the base work. I have some odd ones. Anything against packers? They don't rot. They can be secured...

I want a bit more rise to my new toilet because of the fall required to soil pipe. About 8-10 mm is all I need A builder mate suggested using plastic packers ( like you can get from screwfix/wickes) and then edging with silicon to disguise the packers and gaps. There is a ply wood sub floor. I...

Does anyone know of a bath waste where the flange ( chrome ring ) around the plughole is actually bevelled downwards rather than a flat level ring ? My bath fitted 15 years ago has a bevelled convex chrome flange, but some of the new wastes I have seen have a wider flat level flange which I...

Hi I am supplying tiles for a fitter for bathroom Part of the room will be half tile to about 1.3m What is the current fashion or sensible choice regarding edging strips ? Do I have to do them to finish it off? Any other finishing option if not edging strips? I need a budget solution so...

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Hi SHeds My thoughts are along the lines of JohnD above If it were 100% humidity outside, then a constant background ventilation would not be so desirable at that point. The again if there is a benefit on the majority of days then it would be better then having trapped circulation with risk of...

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