Renewing Tap Values?
Plumbing
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Trying to renew tap valves on bath, but heads have been rung off, tried everything I can think of any suggestions please?
Low shower pressure through shower diverter valve
Plumbing
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Recently moved into a house with some oddities. There is a bathtub with jacuzzi jets which seems to be working ok. There was no shower facility however so I bought a diverter valve so I could hook up a shower hose to the existing tap The water pressure when I …
Radiator pipes from wall?
Heating & Gas
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House has copper pipes. Replacing radiators but want pipes to be from wall not floor. Should I have copper pipe channelled into walls or have plastic pipe used to come out of a central box behind radiator. Pros and cons?
Pipe spacing
Plumbing
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What is the minimum distance for hot/cold water pipe spacing running in parallel? And which part and section is it on the Building Regs? Thanks Freddy
Cold water supply problem -- bathroom hand basin
Plumbing
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The cold water supply to hand basin in our bathroom comes direct from the header storage tank in the loft above. This has been the case since the house was built in 1947. Over the last 3 years or so the supply to the cold tap has tended to turn …
Open vented system
Heating & Gas
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Hi, I have an open vented Central heating system. It has a header tank. Its using a fair bit of water. I assume this is not normal? Thanks
Notching of joists
Carpentry & Joinery
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We've had 145 x 65mm joists put in for the first floor but they have had to be notched by 30mm on one end to get them to sit in a steal beam. Will these beams still be okay to support the first floor? Conscious it's over 1/4 of the …
External flue
Heating & Gas
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Is there anything I can do to stop rainwater coming into external wall flue?
Cold water supply?
Plumbing
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I will be shortly, slowly, updating a 2 bed semi for a family member. Any gas work, including new combi boiler will be installed by registered contractor, final electrics also. I am basically dealing with the first fix. Ex builder, not plumber, now OAP with a query. So, question: I'm …
Shower has gone cold after balancing radiators
Heating & Gas
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Hi, after noticing the the radiator in my bathroom took much longer to heat up than the others, even after bleeding and unsticking the TRV valve, I followed some instructions online to balance my radiators. The bathroom radiator is furthest from our gas combi boiler, so this solution seemed logical. …