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  1. J

    part 2 ball valve in loft

    Hi all, I'm off to fix an overflowing loft tank this week. I'll be taking a new Part 2 FOV with me. Just wondering... would you bother fiddling round to replace the diaphram/washer/etc, or just cut to the chase and install a new FOV? After all, they're so cheap. Thanks again for your advice...
  2. J

    Outdoor tap not up to water regs

    Hi all, I was called out to fix an outdoor tap last week - it had a pinhole leak on the metal on the backplate. I simply fitted a new backplate, and put the original tap back on (at the request of the customer, who didn't see the need to spend £8 on a new tap). I also advised him that the...
  3. J

    blocked toilet tips

    Hi all, I've got a toilet to attend to next week - the owner dropped a 'plastic container' down it. I need to fish it out. With a bit of luck, I'll be able to reach it with my fingers, or dislodge and pop it out with my toilet plunger and toilet auger. I'm hoping I won't need to pull the...
  4. J

    siphon not 'man enough' for European toilet?

    Hi all, I fitted a new siphon into a European toilet (weird thing I'd never seen before, with a donut but no close-coupling kit and a 12mm?? connection to the cold feed). It's since not flushed properly. The water empties quickly from the cistern into the pan, and the cistern empties (having...
  5. J

    tips on changing thermostatic valve on a shower

    Hi all, I need to change the thermostatic cartridge on a Hudson Reed twin control shower (its been seized shut, suspected limescale, for over a year). Apparently it is a straightforward task, though I'd like to know what happens next with this.. I took the knob off, and got this far. I suspect...
  6. J

    vinegar on stuck shower thermostatic valve?

    Hi all, My customer has a two-knobbed shower (on/off, and temperature control). The temperature control has been siezed shut for about a year. I presume limescale - it's a hard water area, with limescale marks on the front of the shower. I just looked up the price of thermostatic valves for...
  7. J

    Is it possible to reach these taps?

    Hi all, My customer has a P-shaped bath, with the taps in the corner - like in this pic. She's thinking of getting new taps. I don't particularly fancy the job of changing them. Is it just me, or does it look near-on impossible to reach these taps without taking the bath out? I'd be...
  8. J

    wd40 and taps (and worried customer)

    Hiya, I used WD40 on the packing gland of a stop tap the other day (to help free it up - which it did). My customer was concerned the WD40 could work its way through the tap and into her drinking water. I tried to explain that WD40 is routinely used to unstick taps, and is fine on tap...
  9. J

    bathroom mixer/shower tap playing up

    Hi all I've got a job tomorrow to look at a bathroom mixer/shower tap that is playing up. It apparently works OK on the bath. But when you pull the diverter switch up for the shower, it is temperamental - apparently running hot and cold. She says the shower head is fairly new and clean...
  10. J

    fitting TRVS and balancing rads

    Hi all, I could do with some tips regarding fitting TRVs. My customer wants them fitted to their rads. (Don't yet know if it is to replace existing TRVs or the first-time fitting). If the current lockshields are OK (leak free and nice looking) I thought I'd leave them be. To do the job...
  11. J

    how to fix pipe clips to plasterboard

    Hi all, Just realised I've never actually had to fix pipe clips (for 15mm copper) to plasterboard. Am I right in thinking I can just screw them on, with a screw going into a drywall plug? Jennie
  12. J

    outside tap questions

    Hi all, I'm due to fit an outside tap for a customer. First time I've done it. I know all the theory, but have a few puzzlements... 1. I'm planning to sleeve the 15mm pipe, with 22mm copper pipe (or maybe plastic overflow pipe, which is cheaper). What do you recommend I seal the pipes in with...
  13. J

    cast iron toilet connector

    Hi all, I have a customer who wants his toilet replaced. I can see problems with it. (I'm likely to hand the job over to a more experienced plumber, and go along for 'work experience', but am interested to know how I could have proceeded). It's an old installation with a cast-iron toilet...
  14. J

    notifying water undertakers of work?

    Hi all, I could do with some advice on the water regs, and notifying water undertakers of work. I'm soon to install a shower in a recently extended utility room. Under the regs, the shower installation should be notified to the water undertaker before work begins. I'm newly qualified...
  15. J

    toilet siphon tips

    Hi all, I could do with some general tips regarding toilet siphons. I've already mended a few in the past, including one on my own (which luckily went totally to plan). I've got another two this week, and - just in case they give me grief - would like to be prepared. So... 1. Apparently the two...
  16. J

    pipe unprotected in brick/plaster

    Hi all, The extension I'm working on is fed via two hot and cold 15mm copper water pipes from the kitchen, which run unprotected through a brick/plaster wall. How would you advise the customer on this? Is it necessary to replace and sleeve? The pipe appears undamaged. Thanks, Jennie
  17. J

    can plastic pipes touch?

    Hiya, I'm running two plastic hot/cold 15mm pipes into an extension to feed a shower/basin/toilet/utility sink. One of the runs involves an elbow and passover so the hot can run horizontally above the cold. How much effort should I go to with this passover? I'm using plastic pipe with brass...
  18. J

    can i re-use copper pipe?

    Hi all, I'm working on a house renovation, and trying to save costs for the customer by re-using copper pipe from previous installations. The pipe so far removed has been clean inside (although I've had to remove some paint from the outside). Last week I came across a domestic hot water pipe...
  19. J

    what's this valve?

    Hiya, Does anyone know what this valve is? I know it's partly an isolation valve, but am a bit puzzled by the slanted hexagonal part. I saw it under a basin. Is it maybe a combined pressure reducer? Thanks, Jennie
  20. J

    waste going into soil stack (question 2)

    Hi all, On my current project, there is a kitchen waste pipe running through to the soil stack (next door, in the utility room). We're a bit puzzled as to why it is sticking out 90 degrees from the soil stack. But anyway, we'd like to have the pipes running flat along the wall to the soil...
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