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Hi, I (foolishly) bought a 22mm fitting a bypass for 22 mm compression with realising I my pipe is 1/2". Finding a way to attach it is proving challenging. I cant find any brass fittings that would suffice. I would need a threaded 22mm to 1/2" compression. So I am thinking out an alternative...

Hi all, I am wondering, what is the correct way for the slope parts of chimneys to be done? See chimney below See, I noticed that there is a damp patch on the internal side of the chimney. I wonder could it be coming from the cracks between the render and the brickwork? The other side...

Hi, I have a toilet on an upper floor, sit in a hollow core floor. The soil pipe is ground entry into the toliet, so to speak, not coming from the wall. The noise of the water rushing through the soil pipe can be heard below in the living room. It is not to my taste, so at a certain point when...

Hi, I live in a fairly modern 3 level semi-detached dormer. The house is built in an exposed location on already higher ground, and the gable seems to be hit by the wind hard. I am sleeping on the middle floor for a few reasons, but one is the loudness of wind noises on the top floor. The top...

I have a newish dormer house in a windy spot (high ground) with a gable that reaches 10 metres at the apex. The top floor bedroom is subject to a lot of wind noise. I believe some of the noise is a baggy underlay but I think some may be via the dry verge system. Are wet verges quieter? I guess...

Hi all, I have a plumbing system with an unexplained bang that occurs when the heating is switched off. I heard that this can occur if the valve is placed backwards. Can anyone explain to me if the example in the picture is backwards? The arrow on the brass ware appears to point towards the...

I have spent a certain about of my life living in the UK and a certain amount living in Germany. Recently I have been reflecting on the tranquillity of the plumbing systems I lived within Germany. I have done some research on wastewater system design and I am gradually beginning to understand...

Hi, I have an old terrace shop front. The street is really old and there is no drain for the guttering. It is not an end of terrace. The front of the shop front faces north so there is a fair amount of green staining from the gutter. It is not dangerous but it is a nuisance. I understand there...

Hi all, I have a three-level, end of terrace house. It has an internal soil stack (black PVC), and it can be noisy. When people on higher levels flush, it is very audible in the sitting room. The stack doesn't pass through the sitting room. It passes through a small groundfloor WC surrounded by...