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New wall hung toilet leak?
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We are having a cloakroom fitted and a new Nuie wall hung toilet. The first basin was fitted but leaked. The fitters suggested it could be a small drip of glaze on the outlet pipe which was not allowing a good seal. Ordered a new toilet, same model, tried again …

Leak from ceiling from shower
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This is a reoccurring problem but hasn’t happened for years - when the shower has been used more than twice water is dripping from ceiling. It doesn’t happen after first or second use. I fixed it last time by using drain unblocker even though water is not backing up in …

Cause of rattling pipes at night?
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We've been having a problem with pipes rattling in the middle of the night (typically around 1-2am). We're mostly asleep at this time (with the noise waking me up), and no one is using anything in the flat (this noise has never occurred when using washing machine, shower or taps). …

Putting washing machine in shower cubicle?
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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?

side entry toilet fill valve
Plumbing  •  232 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
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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 …

Faucet connector
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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

Smelly toilet
Plumbing  •  229 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  •  229 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 …

One tap noisy
Plumbing  •  228 views  •  2 answers

The sink tap in the bathroom make a noisy whooshing noise when open. Every other tap in the house does not. any ideas

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