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Gray water outlet blockage
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My sink and washing machine gray water is emptying out of the pipe for the dishwasher waste water. How do I fix this

Template tolerances
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Hi, I need to have a bath filler/shower set (i.e.: three parts coming out from the bath) replaced with another one. The first one was very flimsy and now we got a new set. The template on the new one Hansgrohe shows a slightly wider gap between the parts as …

Water pressure
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Recently changed a boiler and new water tank in the house. New tank did away with the need for a 50 gallon tank in the loft. Since the changeover we have a situation whereby the shower is used, which has a pump on it in the same cupboard as the …

Basin Waste sizes
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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
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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 …

Noise like trombone from pipes
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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 …

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

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

Keeps filling with gunge and slows the pressure.

Kitchen tap
Plumbing  •  175 views  •  0 answers

We had old monobloc replaced with a tap we bought, with tails (old one was soldered connection). A great plumber guy fitted it, and did warn us that the flow would be quite restricted .. we are a gravity fed system. It is just about bearable, but slow :-) ... …

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