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    Moving copper pipe work for new sink position

    Im going to be removing an old sink from one wall and re positioning the new sink on an adjacent wall At the moment the hot and cold supplies come in through the wall and branch right for the existing sink. I need to modify these so that they come in and head straight to the direction of...
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    pipe cutting in confined space

    ive got a couple of 15mm pipes that need to be cut but they are so close to the wall (practically touching it) that theres no way i can get a pipe slice around it. Thought about using a hacksaw but theres pretty much no chance ill get a straight clean cut. What do you guys do in this...
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    removing water from pipes with a wet vac

    im of understanding that lots of you use wet vacs to remove the last bits of water from pipe work after draining a system, in order to carry out soldering or any other jobs without any issues from residual water remaining in the system. Ive not used a wet vac before but I think one might come...
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    Outside tap split - replacement advice

    I made the error of forgetting to cover and isolate my outside tap and have suffered a burst pipe due to the recent freezing weather conditions. The vertical part of the white plastic pipe shown below has split. (tap is now isolated so not leaking) from the inside the pipe work looks like...
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    isolating mains water to building stop valve

    Ive got a installer out fitting a new kitchen and doing a few mods to the existing pipe work. one of which requires turning off the mains water supply to the building in order to move the location of the cold feed stopcock located in the kitchen. The fitter said he wasn't able to isolate the...
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    Waste water pipe fitting options

    im redoing the kitchen and want to relocate the position of pipe that goes to the waste water outlet. currently the pipe came straight up from the floor into an under sink unit like this.... This current arrangement sits too high which means id have to re route it through adjacent units in...
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    Help with draining down system

    Im in need of a bit of advice with trying to drain my system down. Its a fully pumped system. The system does not have any drain off taps so i've used a rad valve with a compression nut and a short length of pipe to make my drain off heres what i've done so far: -switched off CH -set both...
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    Draining system ( how to get all the water out)

    Im going to be relocating some pipe work in a kitchen in the next week or so. Part of that will require me to dig up the concrete floor and re route the pipe by soldering a joint to the existing pipe work that gets dug up. ( this will need to remain below floor level) My question is how can...
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    moving mains cold feed pipe

    i'm in the process of remodeling my kitchen. At the moment the mains cold feed comes up through the floor and enters the house pretty much at the front of a cupboard so i want to reposition it somewhere that it wont be as much of an obstruction Id like to move this so that: 1: the stop valve...
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    Leaking Rad tail Extensions

    I’ve got these rad tail extension pieces from tool station Radiator Valve Extension 25mm - Toolstation Ive tried a couple of times and I can’t get a decent seal on them using ptfe. Will give it one more go and use more ptfe but if they continue to weep im wondering if it is feasible to use...
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    Two port valve question

    Im preparing to clean out my ch system followed by a flush and refill with inhibitor. After ive added a suitable system cleaner and am ready to circulate it around the system. Which position should my 2 port valves be set to? For reference, the system is a fully pumped s plan.
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    System flushing and refilling advice required

    I’ve got at an s plan fully pumped system that I drained down recently to change some of the downstairs rads and also replace a few upstairs valves. I say I’ve drained the system, however on the ground floor I only drained down the feeds to the three rads (fed from above) that I was changing...
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