Search results

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

Search results

  1. T

    Connecting Shower Valve to 22mm Pipe

    Hi all, A bit of advice please... :) I'm connecting 22mm pipes to our new shower valve. For this I've bought some 3/4" to 22mm compression fittings. Here's some piccies of them all: What I need to know is should I use a fibre washer placed on the compression fitting's collar (shown...
  2. T

    90 degree bend in polybutylene pipe within elbow

    Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone knows of a way to form a 90 degree bend in a polybutylene pipe without using an elbow connector. The pipe runs in a floor void and will be hard to access once installed, so I wanted to eliminate a potential leak source if at all possible. I vaguely...
  3. T

    Connecting to old cast iron soil

    Hi all, I'm looking to connect a new plastic soil system (Marley) to the old cast iron soil at driveway level. Does anyone know the correct fitting to do this? I came across this one on the Marley website (the SA42) Catalogue - Marley Plumbing & Drainage but I really wanted a grey fitting to...
  4. T

    How to form offset bend using Marley 110mm soil

    Hi all, Does anyone know which products from the Marley 110mm soil range to use to form an offset bend to go around the eaves of a house? They produce an Offset Bend which I take it is used for the top (see link below), but what about the bottom of the bend?: Catalogue - Marley Plumbing &...
  5. T

    Expansion Joints in Waste Water

    Hi, A bit of advice really from those in the 'know'. When fitting waste water pipes (32mm/40mm/50mm), if you're using solvent jointed connections is there a requirement for expansion in the pipework? Should a push-fit connection be fitted every x metres to allow the system to expand and...
  6. T

    Air testing soil stack

    Hi all, I'm thinking of renewing the old cast iron soil stack on our house when carrying out renovations in our bathroom (which involves moving the positions of the sanitaryware so it's quite extensive). I read that all new soil stack installations should be air tested using a 'U' gauge in...
  7. T

    Removing cast iron soil pipe

    Hi all, I plan to replace the cast iron soil pipe on the outside of my house with plastic, but I was wondering if it's a job that's feasible from ladders or am I realistically looking at hiring scaffolding? Thanks in advance.
    • tcarnell
    • Thread
    • pipe soil soil pipe
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Boilers
  8. T

    Compact Heated Towel Rail

    Hi everyone, I hope someone can help me. I am trying to source a dual fuel central heating/electric towel rail for our bathroom that can provide a minimum of 1764 BTU / 517 Watts. Not a difficult thing in itself - there are loads out there, but we want to fit it below the window and that...
  9. T

    Crossflow Prevention in Soil Pipe

    Hi, I am what I guess you'd call a competent DIYer and I'm planning to replace the old cast iron soil pipe on the outside of the house with a new plastic one, but I plan to simplify the pipework by joining the bath and basin wastes into the stack rather than have them as at present; separate...
    • tcarnell
    • Thread
    • pipe soil soil pipe
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Boilers
  10. T

    Advice planning new bathroom layout

    Hi all, As a competent DIYer I've decided to undertake the task of renovating the bathroom in our house. Since I want to move the bath and WC within the room so that you can shower in the bath without soaking the window, I've decided to replace the whole cast iron soil system as well. I realise...
  11. T

    Blanked off rodding access in soil pipes

    Hi all, I'm what you'd call a competent DIYer and I'm looking to replace our existing cast iron soil pipe when refurbishing our bathroom (moving sanitaryware around so I thought I'd do it all at the same time). I was checking out soil pipe connections in Wickes today and picked up a couple...
Back
Top