Hi all, I am new here.
I am not a plumber but a retired long time electrician working in industry. Most of my work was on water cooled, high power, high voltage components and circuitry so pipework and fittings always came into it.
Boiler type Glow.worm Flexicon 24 hx
I have turned the power and...
Good afternoon guys,
I was wondreing if anyone could help with the issue I have at home.
I have a MIRA offset quadrant shower (built around 3/4 years ago approx), and I am having leakings (see attached the photos). I have tried to put some silicone several times but the water is still going...
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Can anyone tell me what's the best way to fix this leaky connection union?
Does the connection to the main down pipe need to be horizontal? Looks a bit dodgy to me.
Should I replace with the pipe layout with something like I have sketched with the red or green lines in the...
Hi, we have a leak from the underfloor heating manifold. It appears to be leaking from one of the thermal actuators (please see photos). It’s leaking about a cupful every day. So far, I’ve talked to about 10 local plumbers:–
Contacted original installer. The admin person kept telling me that...
I have a client with 5 manifolds that are Pulsar Direct supplied .I know Pulsar direct are no longer. I have a few with leaking TRV (RBM -TL50) pins. How easy is it to change the pin side of the valve. . Are they standard or specific to the manifold?
Where would I look for spares. Just had 'we...
I wanted to do some work on my ensuite shower but no way to isolate it. I removed a bit of platerboard from the wall in room behond it to expose the pipes (gery plastic Hepworth 15mm) and got a plumber out to fit a couple of isolation valves. Both valves are leaking very slowly, just a drip over...
We have had a long term problem with damp in our bungalow which exacerbated when we changed from the use of a system boiler (with pressure only from a tank in the roof of our bungalow) to a combi boiler (with full mains pressure) and a major leak was then found and dealt with.
(This leak had...
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Just replaced tap in kitchen as old one was leaking, previous owner had connected using copper pipe and the isolation valve for the hot is to far away to connect to flexi, I know I could add a bit of pipe and adapter but the cost of buying all the bits far exceeded just getting a long...
Installed when the house was built in the 70's.
Does anyone know where can I get a replacement cover ? (or gasket) ?
It's not the same shape as ones I've seen online with 4 fixing screws, it has a centre bolt to remove the cover.
Cheers
Found out recently that toilet has been leaking slowly, under oil cloth covering. Insurance won't pay out. Says it has been going on too long. ( what we thought was overflowing bath or shower, was actually from toilet connection). Floor boards are destroyed and obviously plaster coning off...
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Had a plumber come round today to service our boiler and it turns out he's had to turn it off as unsafe due to some water leaking on the outside of the flue pipe. At the time the plumber said that the instillation was done terribly and that if I really wanted I could report the job as...
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Really hoping someone could advice me on a leak issue I'm having.
We have a macerator type set up for our ensuite, that joins to the main soil pipe in the loft. The connector where the pipe from macerator meets the main soil pipe is not water tight, and therefore excess water is flowing...
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I have a leak from one of the pipes, going into the hot water cylinder, in the airing cupboard. There are 2 pipes going into the cylinder on the left hand side, (I think it is called a vented cylinder - colder water tank in loft) and it is the top pipe which is leaking, (the one with yellow...
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I have a Bristan shower fitted which is leaking from the bar valve and from the removable shower head. On the bar valve the leak seems to be coming from the white seal. I’ve tried using plumbers putty which hasn’t helped. So I took the bar off the wall to see if there were any issues and...
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I have just moved into a 7 year old house which has plumbed UFH serving the ground floor. The manifold is a JG Speedfit manifold controlled by 12x A4000 NC 230v actuators.
Several of the zone control valves require replacement as they are leaking from the spindle (especially when the...
It looks as though the bath plug is leaking even though the water is dripping further up the basin as it were (i.e. in the direction of the overflow pipe/towards the camera) and not from the area immediately around the plug. I'm not too confident in replacing the plug (visions of flooding after...
Looking for a bit of advice regarding the shower diverter valve on my bathtaps. Pictures attached.
Problem is that when I run the taps to fill the bath (diverter is in its default depressed position) I get water leaking from the top of the valve which trickles out and makes a bit of a mess...
Ok bare with me total novice..
Water leaking heavily at times, does stop though? From the valve that alters the temperature in picture.
Have closed valve other side, and water continues to leak with heating off or on and with this thermostat to off or on. So basically isolated I think and off...
I have an AAV connected to my stack in the loft and it has 'ventapipe 50' markings on the top. I noticed some water on the top of the pipe where the seal is on the pipe and wondered how it was getting there. I have then looked up into the AAV and there is quite a bit of condensation (well i...