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My daughter has just moved into a new (old) house where the bathroom sink cold tap id turned on and off by using a screwdriving to turn the in-line valve on and off, the tap itself just rotates and dowesnt operate, I s this a new tap job, or is it possible to mend it, many thanks, as I feel this...

But will that "gnat" mean that u can't use 15mm pushfit fittings on 1/2in pipe?

I wonder if someone can help me by telling me the external diameter of 1/2in copper pipe is in mm, I have a mixture of metric and imperial piping in my bungalow, I know the external diameter of 3/4in pipe is 21.5mm. I know u can use ordianary 15mm compression joints, but am thinking of using...

I am just a humble diyer, so don't want to go where the professionals have just ben. However I would find it very informative if u could expalin the following: 1) why shouldnt u wrap ptfe tape around the dry side of the olive and also not on the threads, 2) Also why shouldnt u use...

I hope this isn't a too silly question, I have to shortley turn of my cold and hot waterto do some work. I have a combi boiler so know u just turn off the outlet hot water valve on the boiler. For the cold , due to an old lead inlet cold water pipe, witha dodgy stop cock, i will have to turn the...

I obviously have opened a can of worms amongst u professionals about different sealants etc. In using ptfe tape should i pull the pipe from the fitting and wrap it around the piece of piping between the end and the olive, or can i just wrap it around the olive when the pipe is still pushed in...

thanks for the advice, i have used a 3/4 in olive on the 3/4 pipe side and a 22mm one on that pipe. Still unclear why after 6 weeks it has started to weep, Can anyone shed any light, especially as the lsx sealant should have sealed everything inside the fitting

About 6 weeks ago I had to replace an old compression joint on my hot water pipe (from a combi boiler), the pipe one side is 3/4 in and 22mm the other, managed using a 3/4 olive on a standard 22mm compression fitting to join them and appeared to be sealed, did use some ls-x jointing sealant as...

Well if you think that all these regulations are going to stop cowboys, or the person who hasn't the money getting it done cheaply then you really do live in a dream world. Sensible regulations are Ok, but blanket rules that say competant people cant be responsible for their actions don't seem...

My view, for what it is worth, is ignore it all, u have tried to be legal but have come up against "Mr jobsworth" at the council. You obviously are comftable that you have done a good job,That should eb enough. Worry about what happens if you sell when it occurs, Are you interested in selling by...

Thanx for that , should let me work out what the different copper pipe diameters are.

I was interested in copper piping. Thx

I have a sort of silly question, I know that 3/4in copper pipe is the internal diameter and that 22mm is the external, but what is the external diameter of 3/4in pipe. I have some mixed in my house and want to use mt calipers to meassyure to try and work out which is which. Or is there an easier way

thx for the reply's, in your reply softus on sealing connection, if i read u correctly u put the ptfe tape around the olive on the piece of pipe that fits into te connector, not on the side when the cap lock screws up?, have i got that corrctly , so that when u push the pipe back into the...

I have an old bungalow, which has some old 3/4in pipe in places for the hot water feed, i am having to do some remedial work in the bathroom and it would be so handy if thee was a 3/4in to 22mm push fit connector, does one exist?. Otherwise will using a standard 22m push fit leak. Having done a...

My brother in law has just had the underside of his roof sprayed with this foam and has been trying to persuade my wife what a great thing it is, I've always been wary of anything being sprayed either onto roof tiles or onto the tiles from the roof void, It would seem to better to triple the...

I have measured the diameter of the pipe, which is balck rigid, and it is 22mm, can i use speedfit pushfit fittings on this, i have tried it on a spare piece and it seems to fit snugly and securely. Will it leak?, Have found the fittings u ahve mentioned, the speed fit would be a cheaper and...

Unfortunately the room is completely tiled, with greyish/patterned tiles, dont really want to have to retile the complete room for the sake of making good just a few tiles. While the adhesive sticks like ****, would be great if there was a product which softened it?

Thanx formthe confirmation

The cold feed in my bungalow is black alkathene pipe, with copper spurs off to different appliances. I need to replace everyting in the bathroom. My question is what sort of compression fittings do u use to connect to this type of pipe. the existing ones appear to be 3/4in, seem very old. Do u...