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  1. L

    Upgrading mains supply - will it make any difference?

    Hi All, I'm looking into ways of increasing the supply flow rate, so that my shower doesn't reduce to a trickle when other outlets are used at the same time. The mains supply is in 15mm (what I can see of it anyway). My question is - will getting the provider to upgrade this to a bigger pipe...
  2. 4

    cold water supply to bathroom and toilet

    Hi all, The water flow to the taps in my bathroom is too low. Water is supplied from the tank in the loft. To improve the flow in the bathroom, I intend to connect the pipe leading to the bathroom directly to the pipe (main) that supply the Tank in the loft, but also keeping the supply from the...
    • 4me1956
    • Thread
    • bathroom cold supply toilet water
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Boilers
  3. S

    Shared hot and cold supply to sink and shower in ensuite

    I am preparing my new en-suite pipework for connection to hot and cold tanks by my plumber (at the same time that he fits a new boiler). Does Building Regulations allow me to "T" off the shower hot and cold supplies to the sink? It is just that the ensuite is tiny and there is no way that me...
  4. R

    Policy on supply and fit vs labour only

    Crofts "Brick Wall" thread led me spent half an hour on something I had been thinking about for a while. We all know the problems with customer supplying stuff that they found on ebay, or bought from DodgierPlumb.com but it isn't always easy to marshal the arguments and remember all the issues...
  5. U

    Thermal stores and private water supply

    Hi, we want to install a thermal store to link a Rayburn 355, conventional oil boiler (as backup) and solar. Our main hurdle is all the thermal stores we have found require mains cold water supply for dhw. Whilst there is reasonable pressure from the pumped water supply, it is unlikely to be...
    • Unregistered
    • Thread
    • supply thermal water
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  6. U

    Disconnecting domestic gas supply - what qualification will i need?

    Hi - A friend of mine has bought a franchise installing heat pumps. One rquirement of an install reqires a Gas Registed person to disconnect domestic gas supply - we basically rip out the old gas central heating system, disconnect the supply and then replace the system with a heat pump...
  7. R

    15mm gas supply

    what heat only boilers are available in 15mm supply? total length from meter is only 6m inc bends but the route outside is a mare passing electric cab, walls gates and downpipes..and existing behind all the cabinets:thinking: easier if 15mm supply boiler is available then its a plug in job to...
  8. L

    New Internal stopcock because of new water supply, quick question about the existing

    Hi We are having a new water main fitted to replace our old line which had poor flow. However the new entry point of where the new main enters the house is in a different location to where the existing stopcock is. The new line is coming up through the wall of the kitchen using a insuduct...
  9. F

    How to turn off cold supply to toilet

    I have a property with close coupled toilets. To change the syphon on the upstairs one, I turned off the mains water, opened two cold taps, and drained the water manually before proceeding with the job. Not a drop of water emerged from the pipework. Downstairs, on the toilet immediately below...
    • fjs
    • Thread
    • cold supply toilet
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Boilers
  10. F

    Mono Mixer Tap - cold water supply only

    A relative wants a small basin mounted on the wall in a grd. level toilet. There is only a cold water supply to this room and they are happy to just have cold water run to the basin. Can a mono mixer tap be used without having to blank off the threaded hot inlet? fatmax
    • fatmax
    • Thread
    • cold mixer mixer tap supply water
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  11. T

    Very slow hot supply

    Hi I have taken over a job where a total incompetent fool was playing plumber but clearly did not have a clue. Has destroyed the poor home owners gaff, started at just a leaking Johnson fitting (back to front) the catalog of mess is endless. The pipe work he done looked like mario had been at...
  12. T

    Supply pipe replacement with MDPE - check my plan!

    Hi, I'm a competent person by diy standards and would like to understand if there are any serious flaws in the following plan. Currently the supply pipe comes from the water board's box and across the boundary in a 25mm MDPE blue pipe. That pipe is then joined to the original lead pipe, which I...
  13. S

    Flat on shared supply. Not receiving any water in my flat.

    Hello. I live in a converted flat. I'm on the ground floor, and there is a basement and top floor. The water supply comes in to the basement, then the pipe travels up to the ground floor where there are 2 stopcocks. 1 for the ground floor flat (mine). 1 for the top floor flat. I turned my...
    • spongbob_77
    • Thread
    • supply water
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  14. U

    3 flats in converted house sharing supply.2 flats have water,I don't.Suspect airlock

    Hello. I live in a converted flat. I'm on the ground floor, and there is a basement and top floor. The water supply comes in to the basement, then the pipe travels up to the ground floor where there are 2 stopcocks. 1 for the ground floor flat (mine). 1 for the top floor flat. I turned...
  15. R

    Arrgh - which company for wet ufh all in one supply, fitting & liquid screed?

    We are after a company to supply, install and liquid screed (assuming its better). Weve had a quote from underfloor heating superstore (Birmingham), using Emmeti system which is so much cheaper than a builder/ plumber quoted that its made me nervous. They supply the pipe and screed.it (from...
  16. S

    Flat conversion-new mains supply

    Hi, 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...
  17. Dom Perkins

    Mains water supply, Can it be run surface around property?

    Hi all, 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...
  18. M

    Automatic way to prevent private supply from freezing up

    Hi all, We moved out here to a farm in the Scottish Highlands a couple of years ago, and this is our first cold winter. We have a private water supply, and some of the supply pipe runs over-ground. Last week in the cold snap, it froze. We've been generally in the habit of running a cold tap...
  19. P

    Water Supply Problem - Amongst Others!

    My sister has recently bought a country cottage which is supplied by mains water pumped uphill from a large break tank to a second storage tank in a field. The water then comes back downhill to her property and two others by gravity. Pressure is poor and a booster pump is needed in the house to...
  20. C

    Problem with hot water supply

    I should be really grateful if someone out there could please help me (and my daughter!) with the following problem. For the past few weeks, my daughter's hot water (from the bath and basin tap, I think) has been dwindling, to the point where there is almost no water coming out and she is very...
    • Colehurst80
    • Thread
    • hot water supply water
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
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