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    Will councils ever fit mixer taps?

    I'm a council tenant and my bathroom basin is broken and needs replacing, it has standard pillar taps. Do you know if councils would ever replace it with a mixer tap one if I paid the difference? (I'm guessing no but it's worth a try). How much more complicated and time consuming is it to...
  2. shaky310

    Kitchen taps, repair or change??

    Morning all, I recently changed the washers on my kitchen mixer tap due to it dripping, I reseated it using a tool but it's still dripping. I have had another go today and on closer inspection of the seat it appears to have a hairline crack. Can this be repaired or do I change them completely...
  3. C

    Additional outdoor taps

    Can i add additional outdoor taps by extending an existing outdoor water line (exiting outdoor tap) or does it have to be from the water mains ? will it reduce the water pressure ?
  4. A

    Advice on taps (good quality stopcock)

    Advice from experienced plumbers will be appreciated. I inherited the old stopcock without a disk (2 pictures below). Attempts to find a lever or disc with 8mm rectangular hole were unsuccessful and use of a locking plier was not convenient in emergency, so another stopcock was fitted after it...
  5. C

    Hot water is ok but only runs when two or more taps are on

    Hello, I'd love some advice on my system, I've had a couple of plumbers come in that seemed to specialise in gas systems and seemed perplexed by my all-electric systems and the issues I'm having. My system is all electric heating and hot water system, in a flat on the 4th floor. The mains...
  6. Scott_D

    Outside taps for £70

    What do you guys charge for outside taps? The standard through a kitchen wall under the sink. I charge £125, usually do a few each year but people are offering £70 around here? It’s £25 materials minimum and by the time you have cleared the cupboard and tidied up it’s 1.5 hours work for me.
  7. R

    Unsolvable water hammer when shutting taps

    I have read a few threads including one by Debbie Stano that were similar to my issue but that thread stopped a while back without any resolution I could see. I'm in Brisbane, Australia but I'm after general ideas from anyone here or in UK (I realise this is a UK based site). Point form...
  8. B

    Removal of cold water tank for bathroom taps?

    I live in an apartment and have a cold water tank in it. The cold water tank feeds the cold water tap in the sink and the bath. Recently, I refurbished my bathroom and, according to the plumber that fitted the new taps, high-pressure taps were fitted. Consequently, the water that comes out of...
  9. R

    Can anyone help me identify these bathroom taps please?

    Hi Can anyone identify the make and model of these taps please? We have one dripping bathroom sink tap but the plumber we had couldn't find a way to undo the tap / take it apart to get to the cartridge. So he's saying the only way to fix it is to replace the sink taps which would mean also...
  10. S

    JTP: experiences with JTP mixer showers and taps

    Does anyone out there have a JTP shower or JTP taps installed? (previously known as Just Taps Plus). Have you found a JTP shower and taps durable and reliable for years after installation? And straightforward to install? JTP is being offered by a number of our local bathroom retailers and...
  11. L

    Where can i get spare spindle parts for bastow taps?

    HI folks, hoping to pick your brains. My bathrooms have Bastow tapware in federation style. House was built 1997, so these are 25 years old now. The spindle has a screw on shaft, that I assume lets them have just one type of spindle and then change the shaft for different colours - gold in my...
  12. H

    Shower Not Getting Hot (gets warm, but unlike the taps in the room)

    Ive troubleshooted it being the anti scold needs adjusting, however I have taken everything off the faucet to as much as I can. I have no idea how I get past where ive got to, any ideas?
  13. A

    No hot water coming out from upstairs taps

    Hi there, I am in urgent need of advice! The weather has plummeted over the past week so at nights its -6 so this may be the cause. Anyways, since early this morning there has been no water coming out from the upstairs hot taps, both sink and bath. The cold taps work fine, I have checked...
  14. T

    gradual slow hot flow all taps

    This is probably a basic one, but just wanted to check. Hot water flow to all taps has gradually been getting slower over time and the thermostatic shower now needs to be turned up hotter to get a reasonable shower temperature. Its a vented cylinder heated by an oil boiler and the cylinder stat...
  15. W

    Boiler starts when no hot water taps open

    Hi, I've just had a brand new combi boiler installed just a few days ago. I've noticed that the boiler will fire up randomly with the tap light flashing meaning it's providing hot water. The only issue is no hot water taps are on/open so I don't understand why the boiler is firing up thinking a...
    • Wookie192
    • Thread
    • boiler hot water taps water
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Boilers
  16. T

    Water hammer when turning on taps

    I'm getting water hammer in three cold water taps when turning on. If hot water is also turned on there is no water hammer. Previously I was getting all sorts of noises from the pipes even when no taps were turned on. I ran all the hot water from the hot water system via the hot water tap...
  17. B

    Trouble with dripping bathroom sink taps

    Hi I wanted to change the washers in the taps in my downstairs cloakroom. Have got as far as shown in the pic and assumed this is removed by loosening the 14mm nut. However this does not move at all. Any advice to get to the washer please. Thanks
  18. L

    New Bathroom Mixer Taps are creating a Water Hammer Issue

    We are renovating our upstairs bathrooms and there is an issue with shutting off the new mixer fittings - all six of them. The matter is holding up progress though it seems no one knows what to do. We built our home about 28 years ago. The only mixer we installed was in the kitchen, all the...
    • Libby Stano
    • Thread
    • bathroom mixer taps water
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
  19. C

    Isolator valves on basin taps

    Hi I have always had a poor water delivery to my bathroom and en-suit basins. The cold is just about acceptable but the hot is pathetic coming from the tank on the same floor. Both rooms have isolator valves fitted in the correct direction and then to flexi tails that just reduce the flow...
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    Durability of Bristan taps

    Just fitted new cartridge to a 1901 basin tap. Instead of being a quick easy job it took quite some time due to corrosion of the shroud. There was also some corrosion of the handle. The taps are nearly six years old. It was the hot water tap and there is a water softener fitted. I also have...
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