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Basin Waste sizes
Plumbing  •  178 views  •  1 answer

I have a stone basin which needs a 1 1/2 inch waste, unfortunately I can only find 1 1/4 inch wastes in the finish I want. Can I use the 1 1/4 inch size or not? Can they be packed out to fit?

Gas (sulphur) type smell in cellar when it rains
Plumbing  •  178 views  •  0 answers

Hello, I have a problem with the house I have just bought where whenever is rains, there's a very strong gas type smell in my cellar - quite like sulfur. This smell spreads to the rest of the house and makes you feel nauseous. I have had a drainsman come …

Draining system
Heating & Gas  •  178 views  •  0 answers

Hi I have to drain my central heating system. I know where the drain valve is etc. But one of my radiators is isolated and empty. Will the system still fully drain or do I have to get a hose on the isolation point afterwards? I can’t turn on the …

Noise like trombone from pipes
Plumbing  •  177 views  •  0 answers

We’re regularly getting a really loud trombone noise from our pipes when we flush the toilets or empty the sinks/basins. Lasts quite a long while, seems to affect the whole house (4 bathrooms) and only started recently. If we touch the kitchen tap while it’s making the noise, it’s vibrating …

Best combi boiler for a 5 bedroom house and 3 toilets?
Heating & Gas  •  177 views  •  0 answers

Hello This website has did wonders for me in my last question. Hopefully I can get some help on this - in short I am getting my house renovated and looking to get a new boiler. I have bedrooms. And 3 toilets/showers. I want to get a combi due to …

Condensate pipe
Plumbing  •  176 views  •  1 answer

The upstairs flat had a plumber install a condensate pipe into the rain/waste pipe.I now have an intermittent leak since it was installed.Where can I find somebody to look and provide a report if this is cause of leak.Thanks.

Can you fit new pipe for toilet outside drange after replace
Plumbing  •  176 views  •  0 answers

I would like to now, how much you charge from the coper pipe to plastic pipe toilet outside.fromthe ground to the toilet

Low pressure taps on high pressure system?
Plumbing  •  176 views  •  0 answers

I have just had a new combi boiler system fitted and the boiler fitter did not change it over to mains flow, leaving a poor flow around the house. 45mins? + to fill a bath and over a minute wait for hot water to reach the kitchen. His reason was …

How to stop shower tap filling with gunge?
Plumbing  •  175 views  •  0 answers

Keeps filling with gunge and slows the pressure.

Replacing analog dial Thermostat with new digital, Wiring Q?
Heating & Gas  •  175 views  •  0 answers

Current Thermostat is a Honeywell typical dial. only two wires that go in, suspect high voltage because my tester light on the screw driver lights up. New digital (chinese thing) from RecaSmart Model BBHt-002 has to be powered 220v. On the back it has 4 connection points, 1&2 are marked …

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