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Boiler not igniting?
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Boiler will not fire up ( Potterton suprema 50L) red light flashes. However with suction on the tube between the fan assembly and the air pressure switch and it fires into life . Cleaned the little Venturi tube on the fan housing ( wasn’t that bad anyway) but with tube …

Aga hot water issue
Plumbing  •  161 views  •  1 answer

The overflow from the header tank was leaking. The header tank supplies the hot water cylinder, which in turn is heated by an Aga flow and return. The header tank has one water feed in, one outlet to the bottom of the cylinder, an expansion pipe from the cylinder and …

Soil pipe join fall
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The entry to the soil pipe on the outside of my house is about 200mm away from the corner of my bathroom. I need the soil pipe to run as close to the wall as possible as the toilet is a few meters away inside the bathroom so I was …

Best integrated toilet/basin unit?
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Hi, i'm looking for integrated toilet/basin advice. We bought a Milan Polymarble Combined toilet/basin from Victorian plumbing without understanding that it's a sealed unit. A few months in, and the flush has stopped working. Our plumber hated installing the unit and won't do the work, and we've tried several other …

Crosswater Thermostatic Shower
Plumbing  •  161 views  •  0 answers

Have had 2 Crosswater showers recently installed (Kai 2 Lever with handset & Diverter) and Watersquare handset & diverter) My plumber doesn’t seem to have a clue how to set the temperature correctly and has left us with a setting that gives us only warm/hot water and no cold at …

Waste pipe under kitchen sink
Plumbing  •  160 views  •  1 answer

Hi. Hope you are all OK. Quick question, explained badly. About a week ago the waste pipe from under my kitchen sick came loose, it has since come off completely, in doing so it has also loosened the actual metal plug hole strainer thing. Neither the waste pipe have threads …

Why is new toilet draining slowly?
Plumbing  •  160 views  •  0 answers

I have recently put in a new toilet which connects to the soil pipe via a 90 degree pan connector. However the toilet drains very slowly. I have poured water down the connector and water moves fine and I have tested the toilet in the garden and water discharges quickly …

Understairs toilet?
Plumbing  •  159 views  •  0 answers

I’m thinking of buying a house but would need a toilet put in downstairs. There’s space under the stairs to do this, but there’s no outside wall. Is there any reason I wouldn’t be able to fit a saniflo or equivalent? Also re ventilation - would it be possible/practical to …

What type of shower drain is this?
Plumbing  •  158 views  •  1 answer

We’ve moved into our new house and are having drainage issues with our shower. Trying to find some information on the type of drain we have as I’ve never seen one like this before. The drain seems to fill and drain over the sides. And there is a round nub …

Splitting cold water feed
Plumbing  •  157 views  •  0 answers

I have a standard cold water feed in my utility room with a 3/4 inch thread which has a washing machine attached as normal. I will like to split this feed and be able to attach a garden hose as I have no outside tap. Obviously I would need to …

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