Evening folks, I'm about to commence work on a 8 bed new build dwelling, the custard has just emailed me, asking if i know anything about how the incoming mains from road( about 130 metre run). Is it a requirement before or after Anglian water connect it in the road? I've carried out...
I was hoping to get a professional opinion regarding whether or not a booster pump (such as a Stuart Turner 'Flomate') would do what I want it to do.
At present the flow rate in our house isn't terrible - about 10 litres per minute at its best - but that doesn't seem to go far if more than one...
Evening all, I am currently quoting for a refurbishment of 10 apartments which are currently offices. Each flat will need its own metered water supply to feed a direct 160 litre unvented cylinder which feeds one bathroom in each apartment. The building currently has 2 x 25mm water mains...
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Ive been asked to carry out the work on a 7/8 bed new build, now usually when i do new builds the incoming main is never to far from the road, so the builder/s usually deal with that. This job is for a private customer, who has literally built the house...
Hi, I've got to go to a job where builder has snapped the cold the cold mains, he described it as bieng plastic , and snapped at the slightest touch , I know what he's on about as I have done the same , I've only encountered it once , I believe was used in the 70's, but need to get a fitting but...
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Just been thrown in at the deep end here, local builder has brought me in on a conversion job a bit late on ( 5 storey grade 2 house, converted into 9 two bed flats
As i said late to the party so need to get on with 1st fix, will 20mm mains to each flat from basement be ok as having...
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Have discovered a leak between the water meter and the stop-cock under the house somewhere. A lot of it is buried under the floor/in concrete so have no way of getting at it to find and fix. I'd like to run a new 25mm from the meter (under the drive) and pop it up at the corner of the...
Hi I'm replacing a kitchen, the original having been ripped out. On of my tasks is to install sink.
The mains water s coming in to the house via a plastic pipe, then the stop tape, then more plastic pipe, before being connected to a copper pipe.
Do I need to earth the sink? there is no...
When I was an apprentice I installed aquatherm for the mains and the risers, this was done with the evidence along with long write ups to accompany them only to be told that it was heating & vent and not plumbing & heating requiring me to sought evidence of a bathroom and radiators install...
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i live alongside the A51 in a victorian terraced house of five cottages. The problem i have is that the mains water pipe which is made of iron comes through my back garden and comes through my kitchen floor as my house is the first one it feeds with a branch coming off for my supply with...
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Can someone please help me with the following question.
I live in a house built around 1950
The old stopcock looks knackered and I want to replace. I can turn the water off in the street to my house as the water board man left me a key to the manhole
Now I am not 100% sure about...
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I’m looking for some advice. I have recently moved into a ground floor flat (leasehold), with 3 flats above me, in an old Victorian conversion. I’m planning on renovating my bathroom and have a problem pipe in the corner of the room where I want the bath to go, boxed in with a valve key...
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On Monday my neighbours builder, when putting a new fence in between our properties ruptured the lead pipe main inlet to our flat. I went outside and they told me they were going to fix it. Later I returned and saw the 'fix'. They had used some sort of plastic/rubber or similar wrapping...
Hi all. Just can to change an internal stop tap and the bloody mains tap outside is missing the head, leaving me with just a round spindle. Any ideas guys??
Hi, I need to replace the lead pipes with copper within the house, a little confused as I have like a hose pipe (but more rigid) from the stopcock, which then connects back into the lead.
I think it's a 22mm compression straight, which sits half in the stopcock and the other connects onto...
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Apologies for the lengthy post, especially as it's my first here ...
We've suffered from appallingly low flow rate from our mains water supply since we moved in 18 years ago. Now we're having some major extensions built I figured it's about time I did something about it.
The...
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Been phoned by a building company we work for. The customer definitely has a leak on the supply pipe (somewhere between the water mains and the internal stopcock). Are there any tools we can hire/use to help us pinpoint the exact location at all?? I assume not as the pipe will be...
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I am thinking of installing, getting a plumber that is, a mains pressure pump from screwfix to help with reduced pressure during certain times of the day/year and improve the flowrate. I have a water meter which was installed 16 years ago. I suppose most/all of the neighbours will...