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Putting washing machine in shower cubicle?
Plumbing  •  235 views  •  1 answer

We have a shower cubicle on first floor level that we want to put a washing machine into and dead the shower. Can you use the shower tray or does it have to come out? How can we put washing machine in the shower cubicle?

Hot water flow in header tank
Heating & Gas  •  235 views  •  0 answers

Netaheat potter ton profile 50e with either hot water or heating - water leaves the boiler flow pipe, up into a T junction which is left to go to diverter valve or across and up one floor to header tank … hot water goes both directions - there is a …

side entry toilet fill valve
Plumbing  •  233 views  •  4 answers

Side entry toilet fill valve making a hissing air sound and water dripping slowly into cistern and once over a certain level, dripping into toilet bowl. Will cleaning the filters on the fill valve resolve the issue/best to get a new fill valve/could it be something else.

Standing water in bath plughole
Plumbing  •  233 views  •  0 answers

Hi - I’ve just moved in and had slow draining issues which are now sorted. the bath seems to be draining fine but when I look down the plug hole, I can see standing water about 2 inches from the plug hole grate. Is this normal or should there be …

Ducting for a kitchen extractor
Building  •  232 views  •  3 answers

I live in a house built in 2016 which is still under the NHBC 10 year warranty. The kitchen extractor fan has never worked properly and completely died shortly after I moved in. When it did make some noise I found all cooking smoke ended up in the downstairs loo …

Faucet connector
Plumbing  •  232 views  •  0 answers

Bought a tap from Homebase and has a plastic facet connector.... Can anyone tell me how to remove the thing.... I have a photo ..if you Google US Patent number 9212474 B2 someone has posted about it ....many thanks

Air source heat pump not heating after new cylinder installed
Heating & Gas  •  231 views  •  0 answers

Hello, I’m really hoping someone can help. I moved into a flat a year ago that has air source heat pump instead of a boiler. I had a crack in my indirect water cylinder. Have had it replaced like for like, yet now the air source just is not heating …

Smelly toilet
Plumbing  •  230 views  •  4 answers

I am in desperate need of advice, my toilet has a constant smell coming from inside the bowl. I have plunged and there is no blockage, I have cleaned it inside and out, I have put buckets of hot water down and washing up liquid to try and clean the …

Moving mixer tap, no room behind Belfast sink
Plumbing  •  230 views  •  0 answers

My mixer tap is moving, I want to tighten it up. The unit the sink sits on leaves no room to get your hand up behind the sink to the bottom of the tap. So my question is can I disconnect the waste pipe and pull the sink out in …

How to deal with suspected leak
Plumbing  •  228 views  •  2 answers

I live in a flat and have a water meter outside the property on the pavement, about 10m from my front door. My flat is upstairs. I went online and found my last bill was about 19 times what previous bills were. I suspect a leak. I queried the bill …

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