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Hello all, love this forum, really helpful! Whilst re-doing the kitchen i'm replacing the messy wiring and adding/replacing some sockets. Here is the plan. Let me know if you think it looks ok. Everything above the brown worktop is chased in, everything below is just tacked to the wall. I...

Yep that's the plan. Probably going to be 40mm fall per metre. you really hate those compression fittings don't you :LOL: Good idea about the anti vac trap. The sink is a 1 and a 1/2 bowl Ikea jobbie that comes with its own drainage kit, but im thinking of ditching it and making my own as it...

@Hugh Jaleak Ive taken your advice and knocked something up. Would value your opinion. Washing machine and then sink. Total length of 40mm section about 3.5metres. Where dishwasher meets waste it turns into 50mm and then goes outside to the drain as 50mm approx 2metres. Its actually a similar...

Well im doing everything from new so might as well do it properly. In my photo above nothing is actually working or stuck together, it was just a mockup of a potential design. :)

Thanks @Hugh Jaleak Im rethinking the whole thing now thanks your advice. I do like solvent weld stuff, the only reason I used the compressed Tee was for easy access to take apart etc, but I see its not really necessary. Im thinking now to use a reducer [to expand] the pipes coming from the...

@Aquaheat not sure what that's all about. I come on the forums for good advice but also to learn. I was questioning the replies because I wanted to learn the reasoning behind the answers. If I know all this then in the future I can return the favour and help others out. I normally thank people...

Thanks for your replies. So the S trap + standpipe as per the diagram is good to use? But why would you be concerned about running three appliances through the one pipe? What would the benefit be of extending the waste pipe through the drain grill? Weve just moved into this house and i think...

Hello. Im re-doing the kitchen and the 40mm waste pipes. I am confirming here the best way to add a trap into the waste system here for the dishwaher. Is the picture below the bwest way to do this? The green line is a S-trap. Ive read some bad things about S-traps but this seems to fit? The...

Ok Thanks. so basically, if its touched/moved the whole thing should be replaced because its going to be disturbed? hmmm. This is bad news. This is near the back of the house and weve a decent size front garden so its a fair way to the stop cock in the street where I guess it would run to?

Hello. Just redoing the kitchen at the moment. Just discovered the pipe where the water enters the house is in the way of where we plan to put the fridge. It would be good to move it 10-20cm along the wall to the right. Firstly, I know nothing about these pipes, would it be possible to get...

Great, many thanks for the reply. I know there is a minimum recommend fall rate, but is too much fall bad, if I increase the fall rate?

Hi all, Doing up my ktichen of my recently purchased house, and also taking the opportunity to move an appliance and possibly re-jig the waste pipes. This is how the kitchen was currently: Here are my plans: -The washing machine is being moved -Also, im planning to move some of the waste pipe...

Thanks. Can you expand on the testing requirements part? This kitchen circuit is already on an RCD in the CU. I assume that will suffice?

Hello all, thanks for all your replies and discussion. Its a great help. Am I right in saying that if the T&E is just tacked to the wall, it does not need to be in a safe zone. The only safe zones required are when it is concealed in the wall - ie in the kitchen plaster surface. The only parts...

Hello, first post! Im redoing my kitchen, and along with this would like to tidy up the bodged wiring and add a socket. Here is a current diagram of how it looks, the orange lines is the ring circuit T&E. I would like to replace all cable apart from the one that is adjoining connected to...