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    Bathroom Plumbing with Concrete Floor

    Planning on moving the bathroom into another room, Bathroom is on the ground floor, concrete floor, Bath and sink wastes are about 1.7M away from the outside wall on different sides of the room. Is it ok to cut channel in concrete to take waste pipes outside, Fitting water underfloor heating...
  2. S

    Bathroom Brands (RAK, Britton, Abacus, VitrA)

    Hello I'm refitting a bathroom in the mid-range price bracket. Not cheap unbranded **** but also not villeroy boch (seriously who spends £900 on a bog?) Out of what I've seen in our price range I'm considering RAK, Britton, Abacus and VitrA. Are these brands I'm looking at reasonable quality...
  3. J

    1 inch bathroom mixer tap

    Hi All, I hope you are doing well. I have two copper pipes one 15mm and the hot water is 22mm. My mixer tap has 2x 25mm (1 inch) female. How to connect this up? I cannot find any flexible connectors above 22mm. I also cannot find any reducers from 25 to 22mm. What can I do?
  4. S

    Bathroom drainage problem

    What’s that blank for on my pedestal p trap? It’s like a extra bit that comes up with a blanking cap on the top? My bathroom sink drain makes a lot of gurgling noise when it’s finished draining. I’ve had drain unblocker and a snake down there but not made a difference. I’m not a plumber by...
  5. king of pipes

    Shower room and Bathroom upgrade well underway.

    Nearing completion on this Shower room upgrade flooring being laid Tuesday , Started another bathroom concealed 3 way shower valve took a good few hours to sort out tested out before closing the wall up tiling it next week 👍 kop
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    Low cold water pressure only in bathroom

    Hi, I’m new to the forum and would really appreciate some advice on this problem I have with my bathroom cold water pressure. We recently moved to this one bedroom flat and our hot water comes from a communal boiler in the basement. In the kitchen the water pressure is good for both hot and...
    • Newbee001
    • Thread
    • bathroom cold pressure water
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
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    Condensation In Bathroom With No Window - Best Extractor Solution?

    Hi all, We recently had a ground floor bathroom/wet room finished off, It's about 3.6m long by 2.7m wide, tiled from floor to ceiling and has no window in there due to a future extension that will take place on the other side of the rear wall. Unfortunately, i've Instantly noticed when...
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    Where can I obtain a used American Standard bathroom faucets?

    Our 3/8" compression hose connecting cold water shut off valve to faucet handle (older American Standard Kirkdale widespread set / now called Edgemere line) ruptured. Unfortunately, American Standard doesn't seem the compression hose separately or with the handle kit. The hose appears...
  9. Scott_D

    Bathroom window help

    Any clever ideas what to do here? The bathroom is to be replaced and if the bath could moved upto the window with the shower valve at the window end it would make better use of the space. Its approximately 550mm from corner to window so would either need some of the window blocked off or some...
  10. E

    Bathroom drains smell

    Is it acceptable practice to connect a bathroom sink drain above the ubend of a floor drain that’s about 2m away?
  11. M

    Bathroom floor drain - but not a wet room

    So... Completely redoing bathroom, back to brick etc. Mrs insists on hand shower for bath vs I hate them just dangling in bath. So I plan on having it mounted just outside of the bath i.e. not normally in it, but accessible when you need. Question I have is, do I need some kind of floor drain...
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    Do I need to tank under luxury vinyl flooring in my bathroom

    Hello, I’m looking to install a new bathroom for the first time and want to make sure I do everything by the book. One area that I’m not getting a lot of clarity on is whether you need to tank the floor area of my bathroom. I’m having tiles on the walls and luxury vinyl on the floor. I...
  13. B

    Bathroom wall panel help

    Hi everyone, today while in the shower I managed to whack my elbow off my bathroom wall panel and made a small dent. I cracked a deep cut in my elbow and don't even know how it happened. My question is can I fix the dent at all any advice would be much appreciated thank you.
  14. M

    Bathroom renovation - waste pipes

    Been researching as much as I can and think have a good gist about recommended waste pipe sizes, types of bends etc so now just looking to fit the most efficient system (but also looking to minimise drilling through stone work). Essentially the old setup had the shower and bath running...
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    Fitting bathroom towel radiator fitting questions?

    Hi there, i’m in the process of remodelling a new build home and have a towel radiator i will be fitting soon to replace an ugly traditional radiator in the bathroom that was fitted by the builders. The fitted radiator has been removed, the pipes are “polyfit” brand 10mm plastic...
    • Crumpet369
    • Thread
    • bathroom fitting questions radiator towel
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  16. P

    Can anyone help me find a bathroom tap WITHOUT a cartridge?

    I'm not wanting to run a garden house to my bathroom sink, but I'm fed-up with replacing cartridges. Our water is Xtremely hard (over 35) and a water softener is out of the question. I only need a flow of water out of a tap, not a decorative Tasma Hal fixture. My brand new faucet (3 months old)...
  17. C

    Attic bathroom pump placement

    Looking for some input here from the experts. I’m having an issue with my pump. I thought I’d get away with a positive pump as I put it beside the cylinder. I’ve run all the bathrooms off it but the attic bathroom won’t work as the faucets are above the tank head. I wonder if I change the pump...
  18. JamieFowler

    Stuck Tap Handle -- Bathroom

    Hey all, I have a tap handle that wont come off! In the bathroom, we had a leaking tap, so we decided to replace the washer. We took off the button at the back and unscrewed it too. Now, i know that it is supposed to just pop off but mine didnt. It will still turn round and it slightly looser...
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    Do i have a leak from by bathroom?

    There is a small area of discolouration on the kitchen ceiling beneath where the bath is located. I first noticed this a few weeks ago. Can anying help?
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    Best Boiler Option for Bathroom Hot water only

    I am looking at options for Hot Water supply to a bath and 2x handbasins in a new bathroom which is some way from the main Combi.... Should I go Electric or Gas? What models can give a good flow rate to fill a bath in a realistic time? Any advice appreciated
    • PeterM5074
    • Thread
    • bathroom boiler hot water water
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Boilers
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