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Hello im a new member and hoping for some experienced advise
Im a plumber with 12 years experianced and have recently started working in a super luxury 35 story tower block in london all very expensive
Anyway a prv on the hot water exploded the other day inside a riser cupboard and flooded...
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I'm a sparky. We are installing a couple of standard S plan control systems for a couple of new domestic sized system boilers in a residential care home. We also look after the fire alarm here.
The client has just had a new tanked gas supply installed on site to supply these boilers which...
We are using a the rigid 65s pipe cutter for the smaller stuff but we have a load of 88.9mm x 2mm stainless coming up and was looking for a decent pipe cutter. Any suggestions?
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I will try to explain best I can, please bare in mind I am currently in a learning stage so just trying to understand the process behind things.
A building with three floors and 69 rooms. How do you work out the pressure needed on the hot water system? I’m sure there is a calculation to...
Hi guys. I’m on a job at the moment where the building has 100 flats over 4 floors. The problem is there’s no mechanical supervisor on site or any drawing in regards to the waste pipe work. One of the issues seems to be, there’s only 5 vents going out to atmosphere. today we’ve been told to run...
I have a query regarding tightness testing to UP1a. Should the regulator be bypassed whilst testing an existing installation? Section 5.7.1 says by pass components but i am being told that does NOT include the regulator? Can anyone shed some clearer light on this please?
Hi Everyone, I’m new to this site so not quite sure how it all works or if this is even in the right place but here goes.
I live in a large property that used to be one of the training centers for Lucas Engineering. However it has since been converted back to a residential dwelling.
The house...
Ive been asked to replace some supports inside cold water storage tanks in a build building due to the existing ones being a Legionella risk. At the moment, hollow PVC-u pipe is used, does anyone know where to buy replacements or what is used for them? There is only 1 per tank and they are...
I have a WB 30i system boiler with a Honeywell programmable roomstat in the hallway and a cylinder stat.
With a new double glazed porch, cavity wall insulation and topped-up loft-felt the house must has a high efficiency rating. But….we now live in the ‘Sunroom’ off the hallway and this has DG...
Can anyone explain this? I had a shower professionally istalled in my en-suite a few weeks ago, as art of a full refurb. We use the shower from time to time but not daily. I was sitting downstairs alone in the house when I heard a loud bang and went up to find the fixed glass of the shower...
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I have fitted three new Saracen timed flow valves to existing shower rooms.
But these valves are still allowing water to flow from shower head and won't close off.
I have tried various options and sorted other connections in the shower lines 5 on one line 3 on other. Only 1 new...
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I'm on the committee on a community of owners for an apartment complex in Spain. It consists of 130 apartments. We have continual problems of sediment in the incoming water supply, blocking aerator in the taps, filters in shower mixers and even flexible pipes.
It's a common problem...
My local rugby club are having intermittent pressure drop problems with their showers. I’ve done quite a lot of domestic plumbing but need advice on this. The system is set up with 4 large hot water storage tanks, there are 4 pumps each which have a flow sensors on them. There are 10 showers...
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Can anyone recommend a compact pump that could take the water from an unvented cylinders discharge pipe? I’ve got one that needs to go in a basement but there isn’t a great deal of room to locate it.
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Looking to replace a faucet with spray hose in a small commercial kitchen. we did have one installed by a plumber a while ago but in all honesty it seemed like a piece of chinese crap off of Amazon. Very similar to the American T&S model. It leaked like hell and after only a couple of months the...
Looking at replacing a stainless steel welded 90 metre water system in press fit. Its going to cost about £18k in Mapress but I have seen M-Press are alot cheaper on their fittings. Has anyone got any experience with M-press 89mm fittings. Just wondering if they are cheap for a reason.
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I have an Intergas 2030-3 0/0 dual fuel burner; circa 1998, connected to a strebelwerk chamber. The burner hinge had a crack in it and was thrown away. turns out intergas no longer make the part... does anyone know where i might be able to get hold of one?
Hi All, looking at getting a water boiler for our brewery and brewery taproom, we don't need central heating just need hot water for a small amount of cleaning in the brewery, bar and pizza kitchen.
Ive had a quote for supply and install (just push fit into water fittings, connect to gas) of...
Does the evomax lose its settings when power turned off
Out of curiosity, how are hot and cold water systems designed for places like a hotel or gym with multiple bathrooms? I always find these places have water gushing out of taps and you never have to wait for hot water.
My guess is hot and cold water tanks with pumps and secondary circulation...
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