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    Dels Bathroom so far

    Correct - but by using the "quote" to reply you repeated my pictures which effectively doubled the space used. Forums have a limited usable space that can be used - pictures use a lot of space. I would delete mine after a few days
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    Dels Bathroom so far

    The shower screen hinges out over the toilet and touches the cistern when about 75% open - you can't have it all with the limited space.
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    Dels Bathroom so far

    Hello chaps - Only thought it polite to come and show the progress so far after your help a few weeks ago. Always like to give it a go and learn by mistakes - presently I have got this far. Bath, Toilet, sink, shower screen, cabinets and tiling all done by me - not the quickest job but I...
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    Changing a Bathroom suite

    Just thought it would be polite to come back and update on the problems that I had. 1. The shower in the shower en-suite had very low pressure. That turned out to be an air lock 2. The low pressure thru the taps was cured by adding some new low pressure taps - got good flow to the taps...
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    Changing a Bathroom suite

    Have changed the taps to some low pressure ones. Flow thru the taps is a lot better. The shower on the bath is lacking some power though - wandering if the smaller bore of the gate valves is restricting the flow.
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    Changing a Bathroom suite

    Thats why I was asking here... :wink:
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    Changing a Bathroom suite

    Looking at all the taps forsale around various sites I see loads with 0.5 bar or 1 bar minimum. Could I presume that a tap set with NO rating is ok for gravity fed bathrooms.. Don't seem to find taps listed with "OK for Gravity systems" Many thanks for the help guys - always beleive the...
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    Changing a Bathroom suite

    Before I started I had good pressure in the system - how would I know if I had 0.5 bar :?:
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    Changing a Bathroom suite

    Taps are new. Aquavac. - Did a search - vacuum cleaner. Better explain a bit more please.... :oops: :oops:
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    Changing a Bathroom suite

    Ah! Yes tiz. Had a look at the tap box - says I need 0.5 bar.... :oops: But why would it effect the shower :?:
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    Changing a Bathroom suite

    Was here a few years ago and the advice was excellent - so here we go again. I am changing a bathroom suite. Yesterday I removed the bath and added two shut off valves to the hot and cold pipes to the tapes. See the picture........ Valves are fully open.. 8) I now seem to have...
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    Plumbing Career

    Just like to add, thatI am in the engineering maintenance industry and I get to travel about in various factories. There are a lot worse jobs out there. I have seen brain dead people who have stood 8 hours a day at the same machine pulling the same lever and only stopping at tea breaks...
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    Boiler noise

    Righty ho! I have a Potterton Nettaheat Electronic Gas boiler on the Utility room wall. boiler is 12 years old. Two pipe come from top of boiler into ceiling above I have just knocked the kitchen joining wall out into the utility room so the noise is noticeable The noise is only...
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    Boiler noise

    My wall mounted Boiler in the kitchen has this sound like falling water coming out of the pipework above it. I presume there is air going thru it somehow. Very noisy when boiler stops burning. Any ideas or cures
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    Joining Cooker Cable

    Hi Ya chaps. I am putting in a new kitchen (slowly) :? . I need to move the cooker and extend the cable. I don't wanna change the cable. I need to extend by about 4 foot. Is it ok to join cable. Thanks for any help, may be back with more questions. :wink: Del
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