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    saneux quadrant shower screen

    I have a saneux quadrant shower screen to install. I am struggling to understand what it is showing in the instructions part number 7, 7.1 and 7.2. Any one installed one of these before and can help? http://www.saneux.com/file.php?filename=S4414R/steel%20quadrant.pdf
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    wirquin soft close toilet seat

    Hey has anyone fit any of these. Seem a right pain because you have got to adjust the cartridge before you fit so if its closing too quick or slow you have to take the seat back off to adjust the cartridge. Ones I've fit before have all come pre- set.
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    What size flow and return pipes underfloor heating

    What size flow and return pipes need to be taken to a underfloor heating manifold? 22mm?
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    Drill bit size for basin fixing kit

    Hey what size drill bit do I need for this basin fixing kit, http://www.screwfix.com/p/fischer-wd-8x100-wall-mounted-basin-fixing-kit/77894 It has 2x s10 nylon plugs and 2 x zinc-plated stud screws (M8 x 100mm)
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    Shower waste holding water

    Hey I have installed a shower trap that after the shower drains there is always a circle of water around the chrome shower waste. Any one had this before?
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    Using flexis

    When piping up a toilet do many professional plumbers use the flexible connectors with and iso valve on or hard pipe in copper?
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    Fitting concealed showers

    Hey if installing a concealed shower on a new build do people pressure test them with the unit in place?
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    plastic one meter from boiler

    I Know plastic need to be a meter from a boiler. But what about hot water cylinders vented or unvented? Is it still a meter?
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    Zone valve near boiler or cylinder

    On an S plan system were the boiler is sited away from the cylinder. Boiler in garage cylinder in loft. Would the zone valve best be sited near the boiler after the pump on the flow. Or by the cylinder on the flow? Or is there no real difference?
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    First fixing for pedestal basin

    Hey if first fixing for a pedestal basin what distance from the wall do you bring the waste and hot and cold pipes up at so there hidden by the pedestal.
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    Pipe centres for towel radiators

    Hey are pipe centers for towel radiators usually 50mm less than the total width of the rad. I.e a 600 towel rad would have pipe centers of 550mm. Also how far of the wall are they?
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    Horizontal soil pipe run between joists

    Hey is it ok to connect run a soil pipe horizontally between joists with the toilet discharging in to a tee as shown in this picture. Or is an elbow needed so the waste definitely goes the right way?
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    Bath pipe size for unvented hot water

    Hi if feeding baths off un-vented hot water so mains pressure (well 3 bar after the reducing valve on the cylinder). Do baths require 15mm or 22mm supply's. I know from a combi 15mm is ok to a bath, but what about an uvented hot water cylinder?
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    pipes in screed through duct

    hey if installing polyplumb plastic pipe under a floor screed through a duct. Is there any way around having to have two push fit elbows under the floor so I can bring the pipes up in copper? Is it ok to do this?
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    connecting toilet to 4inch pipe

    Hey I need to connect a toilet to a 4inch waste pipe that comes up through the floor close up to the wall in the room what kind of pan connector/s would people recommend I may need?
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    Soldering near 1/2 female to 15mm copper fitting

    Hi I have soldered a piece of copper in to a 1/2 female to 15mm copper No.3 fitting. I have put jointing compound on the female thread and screw it in to the male fitting. About 3 inch away from this I now need to solder an elbow to the pipe leaving the No.3 fitting. Will this effect the pipe...
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    tiling round shower tray

    Hi when tiling around a shower tray is it best to put the first row of tiles straight on to the shower tray? Or put a spacer between the first row of tiles and the tray?
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    flow problems with tap.

    hey I have a hot tap that starts to run when turned on then sometimes stops and has to be screwed shut again and opened to get working again what could be going on here?
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    toilet struggles flushing

    Hi I have a low level toilet which flushes by pushing a handle down. To make it flush you have to hold the handle down for a few seconds. Any one know what the problem could be here?
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    sealing around waste pipe

    hey I have forgot to seal/ cement up around a cored hole for a 1.5inch waste pipe. Would it be worth going back to the job to do this.
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