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    Waste water diverter

    Anyone know if theres somewhere in the uk that stocks a water diverting valve to fit 32mm waste pipe? Something similar to this where you can choose to send the water down the drain or divert it to somwhere else. (garden flower beds in my case)
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    Waste to trap loose fitting

    just put a new pop up waste into my basin to find the trap does not fit correctly.. the trap fits just inside the waste thread opening and butts up against the plastic shoulder ensuring the rubber seal is pressed against the end Face of the waste. im able to screw the nut up but even when its...
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    New taps, poor flow rate

    Fitted these new bathroom taps yesterday. Hooked them up to 15mm pipe work which is on a gravity fed system. Upon first use it was obvious the flow rate was much worse than the old taps. Other than the taps themselfs, the only difference was that i had to fit a 15-10 mm reducer from the...
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    Flexi tails fitting advice

    Hi guys Im replacing a set of basin taps with a v&b mixer tap. The flexi tails attached to the tap body have got some fitting ends that I've not seen before The instructions have some images of what look like push fit sockets (not supplied) I want to fit the tails to 15mm copper pipe...
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    waste pipe - minimum distance from stack?

    Im installing a wall hung toilet frame and just working out where everything needs to be positioned etc. I want to move the frame/toilet over to the right as far as possible but can anyone tell me if there is a minimum distance that should be used for a straight run before going into the...
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    Shower tray installation

    Im coming up with mixed information on how to correctly fit my shower tray. Its a steel framed, acrylic capped shower tray from crosswater like this The underside of the tray is flat, and has several circles marked out in black marker, which i believe are the load points locations for riser...
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    Shower waste fitting vent?

    The old shower waste that was removed from the bathroom had a section where the waste went from 40 up to 50mm with an adapter. The pipes were run above floor and boxed in. Along a 2.5mish run There was this part just before the transition from 40 to 50 mm Going to be running my new shower...
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    50mm Waste pipe hole size

    What hole size would you recommend drilling for 50mm waste pipe that needs to go through a joist? Joist is 200 deep so a 55mm hole is already a bit over the recommended size for that joist.
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    Existing Flange for shower pump ok?

    Im im fitting an ST 3 bar shower pump in place of an aqualisa that was previously fitted Just wanted to check if the existing flange is positioned in an acceptable position? The instructions recommend side entry and this sems a bit high (not sure what is considered side entry). Didn't have any...
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    Wrong fitting or bad design?

    Just mocking up what fittings to use for my shower valve to see that its not possible to fully fit an elbow to the hot inlet as it is fouled by the outlet boss. I can fit a straight connection and elbow instead but just wondering if its actually the wrong fitting that ive picked? And its only...
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    Shower valve elbows and flow rate

    Im planning on how to fit a concealed shower valve into a paramount wall which has a narrow cavity depth(35mm) Luckily the rear face of the wall is in the hw cylinder cupboard so i plan to have part of the valve coming through to the cupboard then boxing it in. If i do this the position of the...
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    Shower pump selection

    I planning on fitting a shower pump and shower valve diverter on my shower room refurb. I have a gravity fed system (CW from a loft tank and HW from the cylinder) Previously had an aqualisa digital. Have done a bit of research and looked on the stuart turner app for different pump selections...
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    Disconnecting pipe work - advice needed

    Im renovating my bath room and where i removed the bidet, i now have an extra set of unused hot and cold pipes. 2 hot and 2 cold in total. need to disconnect one hot, 1 cold and need a bit of advice on how best to do it. If i wanted to disconnect this set im thinking i could just...
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    Drain down - full or half?

    Need to do some work in an upstairs bathroom moving some rad pipes etc. Just wondering if its okay to do a half drain down, i.e just drain down until all of the upstairs pipe work/rads are empty then top up with water/inhibitor once complete of is it better to completely drain the entire...
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    Re arranging waste pipes

    currently working on my bathroom refurb and am after some advice on how best to go about re arranging the following: Starting from the top: The sink waste is solvent welded but i can reuse it in its current position I want to move the toilet to the adjacent wall so id need to move the...
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    Blocked waste pipe - again

    posted up on here back in October about the waste pipe on a flat Ive got rented out being blocked.... That branch goes into a vertical stack, shared by the flat above and below. Back in october i had dyno rod take a look at it and they said the pipe was scaled up. They cleaned out the pipe...
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    Sediment blocked waste pipe

    Hi guys, ive got a couple of issues with this waste pipe: Firstly, the elbow that exits the wall has got a crack on the top near the joint. you can see it to the right of the arrow in the pic. ( it doesn't go all the way round the pipe) Around a year ago the down stairs flat owner told me...
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    New push fit adaptor leaking

    Soldered up a bunch of new pipe work to move a rad and decided to use push fit adapors on the last section where the new pipe joins the existing. Mainly because it was my first time soldering, the area is quite tight and i struggled to get the existing pipe fully dry in order to make the joint...
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    Drop fed rads - draining from rad tail.

    Im planning to drain down my CH system to do some work on it and also replace a couple of rads. All of the downstairs rads are on individual drop feeds with most of the pipe work on 10mm microbore ( a few have had 15mm adapters and 15mm pipe added) There are no drain cocks on any of the rads...
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    which to use, 10mm or 15mm pipe?

    As per the attached pic, Im planning to run two radiator pipes inside a chase that ivew made in a partition wall so that the pipe work will all be hidden once ive finished the bathroom. The old pipe work is 10mm microbore with 15mm adapters and a short section of 15mm where the pipes came out...
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