I'm preparing to tile the floor... The floor near to the soil pipe remains wet (after cleaning) for longer and now, with toilet removed, the area has become wetter over the course of today after heavy rain. The flexible white soil pipe "connector" in the floor connects to what appears to be a...
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I am in the process of refurbishing a 1965 detached bungalow. I have discovered that all the central heating pipes are buried inside the concrete floor. I am planning to put solid wood floor down, so I am wandering is it a good idea to leave the CH pipe work as it is or should I...
Previous one had been and on smashing it out of position and chiseling away the lump of cement with the SDS it made a much more uneven surface then I ended up with last couple times I did it (done twice, both time the pan-grabbing cement came off in nice clean bits leaving a reasonably flat...
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Can you please help - our builder seems to have little knowledge of buildings regulations so we are struggling with our extension/conversion.
We are converting part of an internal garage plus existing room into a new kitchen. Problem is there are 2 different floor heights for the new...
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Im adding wc in extension in garage. running new underground soil pipe along side of house to TEE into current pipe that runs straigt across path & manhole other side of fence its about 4.5m run do I need inspection chamber at both ends adding pics & where would rodding...
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After ripping up the carpet yesterday ready to put down laminate I have found two of these valves. I think they may be for the old heating system (house was built 1969) as there are other water pipes chopped off level with the concrete floor in the same room.
I would like to...
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I'm hoping someone can help me as I'm having a bit of a nightmare with a property that I've just moved into.
Essentially, the flat below mine is experiencing leaking from the ceiling which appears to be coming from my bathroom. I've checked all of the obvious issues (toilet/sink/bath...
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Apologies if this has been posted before, but I have searched through the forum and not found someone with same problem.
The last few days the sink taps and shower have cut out on the top floor if someone has used hot/cold taps on the middle floor to run a bath or water in the kitchen...
A plumber has installed a Tavistock Ion open backed closed coupled WC in my bathroom. This is part of a full bathroom refurbishment so the plumber has installed the above floor soil pipe from the soil stack. The plumber has also routed pipes below the suspended weyroc floor. There is no electric...
A plumber has installed a Tavistock Ion open backed closed couple WC in my bathroom. This is part of a full bathroom refurbishment so the plumber has installed the above floor soil pipe from the soil stack. The soil pipe has been boxed and tiled.
The plumber has not used the proprietary...
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I am going to price up a job, which involves installing 25 double panel single convector radiators (1000/600) in an office, that is on a single floor. My concern is: will the pump on a 35kw Ideal Logic+ be strong enough to circulate the water around the whole system effectively?
The...
Hi, Was called to a five storey house converted into flats for a customer who is tanking his ground floor flat and has discovered the gas was run in copper and then buried under his flat. At some points it is just run straight in concrete. There is a need to rerun them all but I can't find...
Please bear with me during this long post but I'm trying to supply as much detail as possible to get an accurate diagnosis.
My property is a three storey 1930 terraced house. I have a conservatory extension at the back of the house and there is a tiled manhole cover to allow access to the rear...
Have got two new build properties. which, the gas supply has for various reasons will not be going in for two months.
this is 1 week before the new owners move in.
the tiler needs to do the floors before kitchen etc.......
The he builder has asked me to make up a board with a electric heater...
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Bit of an odd one, we moved in to a place which has a WB combi boiler in the kitchen (fitted around 2010), but up in the loft there's an old Thorn M floor standing boiler. Can't quite make out exactly which model from the pics.
Spoke to a gas safe plumber who said he'd never seen...
Good evening. I have a leak in my CH pipes which are laid in a concrete screed. This is the third time in as many years and it is obvious the installation was faulty. I have exposed a section of pipe before the leak and want to know if I can just join the flow and return pipes together as a...
Hi can anyone tell me were manifold or spider the plumber calls it would be under the floor boards.doing downstairs from hall into living room .hall has main radiator with no thermostat on it total novice any advice appreciated.
Anyone recommend best practice to lay a gas pipe (15mm) in middle of a kitchen for cooker before the floor is layed with screed.
Customer is having a cooker in middle of kitchen and requires a cooker point. Thanks in advance.