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i paid around £23.00 inc vat for a 28mm compression stoptap just to isolate a cattle drinker fed from the mains by a 3/4 black plastic pipe. liners for the black pipe are inc in this price. the make of the stoptap is kx. i checked the price of a brand called comap and its around a tenner. why...

if you dont leave your trapdoor open then no heat will get into the loft whether you insulate bottom of tank or not because of the insulation in or which should be up there. dont argue information,pool it.

is moving a toilet a big job. do you have to lift the floor up to run pipe to new position. would i have to kango another hole through wall to run w.c 110 mm pipe to soil stack. are there building regs to consider? any advice is appreciated

my friends heating wont switch off and he seems to think its the motorised valve at fault. he talked about the boiler thermostat and the spark not wiring it up right. how do you check if the motorised valve is faulty and is there a way of telling that its the motor at fault on the top or the...

i went to a house with a dripping mixer tap. The make of the tap was franke. The spout was dripping on the hot side. I removed the ceramic disc valve and set off for the local plumbers merchants. They sent me to a place that makes kitchens and this man fixed it for a fiver. He told me a new...

thks tony thats a great help. its hard enough to find the letters never mind throw in punctuation as well.

i went to turn the water off at the rising main in a corner behind a cupboard with just a slot to get my hand in,and discovered the wood behind the gate valve and above and below it soaked like a sponge with a nice smell like someone had worn the same socks to the gym for a month. theres a...

i got copper pipes reducing in diameter without the aid of a reducer as if the pipes were squeezed in. the pipes im talking about are underneath the kitchen sink tap. can u actually buy pipes like this?

i encountered a similar problem like yours. i dont know how many merchants i asked for a washer and they just looked at me as if to say, are you for real? i couldnt get one anywhere. i had to get a completely new one and even then i also had to get a valve for low pressure which i had to file...

i replaced 3 t.r.vs for a friend and theres a slight leak on 2 of them just behind the nut on the radiator side that tightens the t.r.v onto the rad. it only leaks when heating is turned on and then stops once it gets going. i have put p.t.f.e round threads and nipped up fairly tight without...

im thinking of taking my bath out and installing a shower cubicle in its place. i have a cold water tank in loft ie an indirect system. the head couldnt be any more than 1.5 metres tops if even that. would a thermostatic be the most suitable as i could tee in to existing hot and cold dist...

and what happens if you dont have the necessary working pressure at this stage. do you have to take pipes out or choose another type of shower. is there not an earlier method to find out pressure before committing yourself to the pipework.

thks for your reply,now i know where i stand,knee deep in water probably.as far as im aware then i need to isolate boiler put towels and buckets in place close both valves. do i need a nut for t.r.v to keep pin down in case room gets cool and valve opens. drain rad. close all other rads so only...

i have afew t.r.vs that leak when you turn them off but dont when full on. do they need replaced.

i cant find my stopcock on main going into my house. can find 15 mm main rising up through airing cupboard,but below that no sign of stopcock as nicely shown in textbook. indirect system with c.w.s.t and f and e. i have looked everywhere. has it been stolen, or abducted by an alien plumber or...

so lets get this straight then. i can bond either temporary,supplementary and permanently, like for like, and repair, and just use plug for soundness test eg macerator and stay away from central heating controls. plumbing and electrics seem to go hand in hand.

if its gave you trouble its surely gonna give me some. if only thread size and length then i guess any make will do as long as it fits in its mini cylinder. no point going to all that trouble. thks.

can a plumber do like for like electrics as in wiring an immersion. surely he shouldnt need spark for that. a plumber can earth bond as long as he gets a spark to pass it. please clarify for me,cheers.

very grateful for your help,and will have to probably do as you said as yet no other alternative. do you have to drill and thread using boss white and hemp or p.t.f.e do. is it a hard job?

indirect cylinder has a redring immersion heater situated outside of it encased in its own mini copper cylinder in the vertical position. 15 mm pipe from top of this teeing into hot water vent pipe and piped from bottom of it into bottom of storage cylinder. rang redring and because its 30 years...