Search results

  • Welcome to PlumbersTalk.net

    Welcome to Plumbers' Talk | The new domain for UKPF / Plumbers Forums. Login with your existing details they should all work fine. Please checkout the PT Updates Forum

Welcome to the forum. Although you can post in any forum, the USA forum is here in case of local regs or laws

American Visitor?

Hey friend, we're detecting that you're an American visitor and want to thank you for coming to PlumbersTalk.net - Here is a link to the American Plumbing Forum. Though if you post in any other forum from your computer / phone it'll be marked with a little american flag so that other users can help from your neck of the woods. We hope this helps. And thanks once again.

Search results

  1. F

    How dangerous is air testing pipework

    I've air tested pipework for years, typically 4 bar for 30 minutes. I've never had an issue with any pipework that has passed that test, occasionally you get a small leak from the air test typically old cap ends/scratched pipe which shows up easily on the test without having to inspect anything...
  2. F

    Ideal, iMini, Independent, Keston and Logic Product recall

    https://idealheating.com/blog/important-customer-safety-notice Not very good from Ideal
  3. F

    Blended hot outside tap from gravity

    Customer wants an outside tap for dog washing so needs to be blended. The hot water is gravity and its a bungalow so little head at the point of installation. I can't get a cold from the storage cistern to the utility so it has to be mains cold. Can pressure reducing valves be taken down to...
  4. F

    DIY shower with exposed pipework

    They don't make arms that long because the leverage on it would be too big and destroy the fittings and what ever it was fixed to. It would look better if you went straight into the ceiling and then came down vertically to the shower head location
  5. F

    DIY shower with exposed pipework

    You can't. Why do you want it exposed? You could go for a Aqualisa quartz digital which would have the remote away from the shower. Take a look
  6. F

    DIY shower with exposed pipework

    why would you do that? It will be a massive dirt cob web trap. You will struggle to fix the brackets up, the chrome plating will look tatty after a while. There are better ways to do it such as move the valve or use a concealed valve. Have you ruled them out?
  7. F

    G3 diy (Gods not available locally)

    Under 16L doesn't need to be installed by someone who is g3 If I recall correctly
  8. F

    Shower waste slipping

    I had a shower waste today which was supplied with the tray and wouldn't tighten up, just kept slipping threads. I've had a few of these before, they're always the ones in a white box and don't fit on the larger trays with thicker casting around the waste. I spoke to another plumber about it...
  9. F

    single pipe system without bypass between rads

    Some old Builder giving it large today about sytems without a bypass between each rad and you cant take that rad off because it will stop the whole system and bla bla bla as its his job i gave him my 2 cents and he didnt want to know so shut my trap and left him to it i've never seen such a...
Back
Top