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    Bath leaking around tap fittings.

    If you don't want to remove the taps then silicone will do the job but removal would be the proper way to go.
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    Lead pipe please help

    If you can get 2ft of pipe to play with then clamp the end or hammer it flat and bend it over on itself a few times un til the water stops.You can then freeze the pipe before the flattened part then cut and put a fitting on.I used to have a lead pipe clamp that consisted of two pieces of metal...
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    Lead pipe please help

    You can get compression fittings for lead (or wipe a joint) but if you've damaged the pipe then it won't fit on.So clamp,freeze,cut it cleanly and put on a lead fitting to copper then a stop end.
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    Lead pipe please help

    It will need clamping and freezing.....get a plumber.
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    Reversing the bath to face opposite wall?

    Depends who taught you then ? My foreman MANY years ago always told me hot on the inside and their are hundreds of baths plumbed in like that by me and my fellow plumbers on a huge new town build.Perhaps it's changed since the late 70's but this is the way i will stick to.
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    Reversing the bath to face opposite wall?

    Hot should always be on the inside of the bath to stop toddlers scalding.
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    Reversing the bath to face opposite wall?

    cut the pipes,use two elbows,two lengths of pipe and two flexi's.Push fit will do if you don't want to use solder or compression. Extend the waste with a piece of pipe but you may need to cut the vertical bit of waste so as the elbow sitis on the floor boards and that will give you a good fall...
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    Reversing the bath to face opposite wall?

    You could leave the bath where it is and just put the shower the opposite end ?
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    Needle dropping on pressurised CH system

    I would think you have a very small weep somewhere if it takes that long to drop.
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    Dodgy joint but it seems ok...

    I've known many a joint hold water until the flux melts............then:( Have you fired up the Rayburn yet ?
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    Cast Iron stack

    The water might be from around the outside of the pipe and not inside ? If so check the flashing around the pipe.
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    Needle dropping on pressurised CH system

    It only takes a small leak over a period of time to drop the pressure so check out all the rad valves first.Also check out the blow off pipe(prv) that terminates outside.It could be the expansion vessel but check for leaks first.
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    feed for shower

    Another bodge job by so called plumbers/heating engineers. The 15mm is probably the cold mains but who knows ?
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    Hole around gas pipe

    It's approved for use on gas.
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    Whatever happened to those siphonic toilets?

    You needed one of these (bomb) or they would not work and a lot of people left them out.
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    Stelrad Ideal W boiler, RS440, Manual?

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=IDEAL+WRS+440+BOILER+MANUAL&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=NjCqVYnUG4HSUeWHgPAH#q=IDEAL+W+RS+440+BOILER+MANUAL
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    Hole around gas pipe

    He is not installing it. It is existing and he is making good.
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    Hole around gas pipe

    Just wrap the short bits of unsleeved pipe in tape to protect from lime in the cement and fill. Denso tape is what is normally used but any protective tape will do.
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    Vanity and basin seal

    They never leaked with plumbers mait top and bottom and no washers but silicone will do it.
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    Replacing gate valve from CW storage tank to HW cylinder

    If the gate valve is above the cylinder then the cylinder will not empty when you replace it.Just turn off mains,drain down the tank and do it.
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