pipework

Hi, I am putting plastic pipes in the wall for CH. (please I don't want the discussion about plastic v copper). The pipes are going in, but along a plasterboard horizontally. (not a stud wall, plasterboard stuck to external wall.) Problem is that when going along the wall I came across a cable...

I'm renovating an old victorian 3 floor terraced house with the usual hellish mish-mash of pipework running in bizarre and ugly locations. I want to replace all that with new pipework while I have the floorboards up. My question is, what pipe sizes should I use for the different bits? The...

Hi All, My Grandads house has an veranda out the back that goes under the upstairs bathroom. The waste pipes from the sink and toilet then head down into the roof. This appears to have not been flashed correct. See image below. Could you recommend the best way to fix this? I was going to see if...

I have just bought a flat, which has the pictured combi boiler installed in an airing cupboard. As shown in the photo, the installation has a large number of crossing pipes, some of which appear to go down under the floor and some of which go right to the kitchen (and towards the gas meter)...

Hi All, I am totally renovating my home i've just bought. We've ripped out al the plumbing plus had a new 25mm MPDE water main installed with good pressure. We're doing a loft conversion so there will be a total of 3 floors with 2 bathrooms (1 on each upper level). I am trying to design the...

Hi, several hours later and at the risk of wrecking something here is my post. Bought a dishwasher with an aqua stop device fitted on it, didn't realise it would be an issue however I can't get it to connect to the cold fill hose due to the device getting in the way. I've tried nudging both...