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There's a little black pipe sticking out the side of my house and it releases water for about 18 hours out of the day. Someone claimed it's the stopcock on the water tank up in the attic, but I think it's something else. One of the upstairs toilets is busted. I think the valve is too tight...

Hi all, I live in a house that is 20 years old and I am trying to get to know it. How easy would it be to map out the pipe work in the house? It’s for my own interest more than anything else Thank you

Hi - we have recently taken away a false basement ceiling and discovered this pipe that runs along the top and branches off into some of the basement rooms. Any ideas what the pipe? It looks old and redundant, and Suspect asbestos?

It’s not coming in from the door. The wall along the staircase is part of the garage and nothing appears to be wet in there. The staircase is behind the laundry room and nothing is wet in there either.

Hi, I fitted an outside tap kit yesterday, it works fine but pressure has dropped a lot in all other taps?

I need some advice… Our gas meter is currently in the garage conversion and runs under the stairs into the kitchen where we have the boiler. We want to do the following things: 1. Replace with a combi boiler and move to the loft. We are a semi detached house so need to the pipes run up from the...

Hi, we just moved to a new build. There is a dreadful 'sewer' smell in the house. No outside soil stack. AAV is sited behind bath panel in family bathroom upstairs. Had this replaced as plumber thought may be faulty, no change in smell. We are one of three houses and there is a joint pump...

I've been contacted by the committee of Grade 1 listed house which is now a museum. They currently have a semi-commercial Rehema Quinta 65 which is on its last legs. They want a new heat source/boiler which will be greener and future-ready as we move towards reducing CO2. The building is 800...

Hi I'm hoping someone can help with a problem I've had since November 20. I got a new circuit board fitted to my gas boiler and since then have had a loud droning/humming noise all around the house. Had engineer back 3 times and he says nothing wrong. Called water suppliers and they have checked...

If doing work on a vacant house. When finished do you see it as good practice to turn the water off. I usually do. I'm confident in my work but see this as good practice. Can I ask for others opinions? Thanks

I have a bungalow ,which has Gravity fed hot water, pumped heating system (S Plan). The house is 20 years old, has 3 showers (2 of which are fed by pump), 1 bath, 6 wash hand basins and 3 teenagers, wife and dog. There is a fight every day for hot water for either the bath or shower. Current...

Hi I've recently moved to a garden maisonette which does not have a garden tap. I had a little poking around in the garden and found a small pipe coming out of the back of the house. After moving the square end around with a pair of pliers it turns out that's the water supply. Does it seem that...

Our new build home is now 6 years old and the toilets are starting to have some issues. The soft close seats and lids no longer soft close, I've searched everywhere and found many tutorials but can't see one that matches our seat type. I even contacted Ideal Standard many times but they fail to...

Hi all, Just a quick one - what's the effect of not matching taps to house water pressure? Ie have a bath tap rated to 0.5-0.9bar and the house is generally about 1.2bar What effect does this actually gave? I assume there's no risk of damage, but does it mean anything could not work optimally...

Hello I am renovating an Edwardian property with a two-storey extension that was built 10 years ago and currently has two boilers individualy covering original house & extension as below: Original house (system boiler, 10-15 years old) 4 ground floor rooms all with wet UFH 4 first floor...

Hi Many years ago I upgraded my house to 3 showers, had a megaflow and worcester greenstar 24i fitted, and upgraded external connection coming into the house, had 3 showers running lovely, no problems with pressure nor flow and no system hiccups. Love the system. I have just bought a old...

What a mess Someone has just moved into this house. Previous owner was a plumber apparently

Evening guys, Currently doing a renovation on a 1920’s house. We have an existing RWP going down into a gulley at the moment which is connected to the main Sewer. This needs to be changed or run alongside a new SVP to cater for a new Ensuite bathroom. Been trying to do some research about...

Hi All This is my first post and I really need help in figuring out what to do. I have looked through the forum to see if anyone has asked a similar question but cannot find one. Im looking to fit an outside water tap to the front of the house. However the only way I can get pipework there is...

Obviously this can be done but what's the key things to do or not do? I'm guessing the feeds should be dug into a trench? Thanks