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Wall mounted toilet
Plumbing  •  117 views  •  0 answers

Hi can you recommend the best make of wall mounted toilets and frame to fit in your experience

Repressurise Baxi solo 3 30 PF
Plumbing  •  116 views  •  0 answers

Hi i want to bleed my radiators but i don't know how to repressurise the boiler after doing that, can anyone help please?

How to connect Shower tray drain to Wet room Floor waste?
Bathroom Fitting  •  115 views  •  6 answers

Hi, I have a wet floor fitted, but fitting a shower tray on top of it. how can I connect shower tray waste pipe to the floor drain without breaking the floor?

Sweating Toilet
Plumbing  •  115 views  •  1 answer

I have not seen this as a solution anywhere. Is there a cistern flushing system that after flushing blocks water enetreing the cistern. Therefore the toilet can't sweat. Press another button before use which removes the block and fills the cistern ready for use.

Shower baseboard
Plumbing  •  114 views  •  1 answer

My raised shower tray came with a baseboard that attaches to the bottom of the tray itself. The fitter said it doesn't need this as is it going onto a flat wooden floor. Is this true? The baseboard is designed to be attached to the tray not for the feet …

Zone Valves and Manifolds
Plumbing  •  114 views  •  0 answers

Starting at the beginning, my mother (two years ago) had her boiler replaced, the installer left without the radiators getting heat (annoying but that is what happened), she had another two plumbers come who stated that her manifold was blocked but were to busy to replace it. She only made …

Faulty prv or faulty cistern valves
Plumbing  •  114 views  •  0 answers

Pressure Dial on pipe under boiler is high plus gives out whine when taps are turned on and off or toilets flushed. Pressure goes down if I turn on all taps temporarily. In both bathrooms, water ejects into bowl from cistern when I turn off hot or cold taps. Plus …

Looking for a plumbing piece
Plumbing  •  112 views  •  1 answer

I'm looking for a plastic 1/2" tee with all male threads, and having no luck. Lots of them in steel or brass, but no plastic ones can I find. Like the item below but in plastic: https://www.amazon.com/GDFYMI-Fittings-Tee-Stainless-Intersection/dp/B0BFF2V447?th=1 Would appreciate some help, as in a link, or the specific term to …

Outlet pipe not working
Plumbing  •  112 views  •  0 answers

Hi, I have recently purchased a house that had an outbuilding attached to the house. I have intergrated the outhouse to my house and there was a radiator already there (never checked if this worked). I have replaced the radiator that was there with a new one (that was working). …

One tap doesn't get hot!
Plumbing  •  111 views  •  0 answers

We have a Bosch combi boiler, approx 5-6 years old. The hot water from the taps and the shower gets HOT! Except for the bath hot water tap, which for some reason only gets just above luke warm. Probably not relevant, but bath tap is the closest tap to the …

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