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  1. W

    Help - advice on installing shut off valves for basin

    Looking for advice please, our plumber has left us in it and I think I may know why. So they where supposed to be fitting a cloakroom sink putting the pipe work in the wall then fitting these black shut off valves and black trap but can’t see how this is possible the way the work has been...
  2. M

    Installing vanity unit

    I have a vanity basin and concealed cistern toilet to install. In place if a wall hung basin and toilet in a down stairs cloak room. The only problem is it's a tiled floor and the original toilet has been fit then tiled around. So when I remove they'll be a hole in the floor tiling. The new...
  3. P

    Installing a tigerloop combi-3 in new heating oil supply installation.

    I’m replacing my single skin plastic oil tank with a new bunded oil tank. I’m going to replace the single 10mm pvc covered oil pipe too, so to keep the number of compression joints to a minimum, I’d like to fit an external tigerloop combi 3 de-aerator (the one that incorporates an isolation...
  4. G

    installing a wet ufh system from a 15mm CH leg

    HI folks, is it possible/feasible/reasonable to insatll an ufh manifold and system (for a 17m2 room) from a disused CH 15mm flow and return? I would install a 15 to 22mm reducer into a pump then a 2 port manifold then into the floor then. back into the return of the manifold. Its an old...
  5. T

    Installing a washing machine and dishwasher

    Hello, I'm installing a new kitchen which will have a dishwasher and washing machine. As I'm cutting/teeing into the cold mains 15mm pipe (before the kitchen sink taps) to feed the dishwasher and washing machine is it worth fitting a isolation valve with a built-in check valve? Regards Tezzer
  6. AntEpping

    Blocked soil pipe after installing replacement toilet

    Hi - I'm not an expert but wondered if anyone might be able to assist. I've replaced an old toilet with a new one. I've used the same water inlet pipe, and have just replaced the right angled soil pipe connecter (110 at toilet end to a 97-107 connector end to existing soil pipe). It's secured...
  7. S

    Installing a saniflo at the bottom of garden

    Hi all. I'm trying to install a saniflo at the bottom of garden and wondering what one to choose. There will be a gradual fall for 13 meters then go up a wall about 400mm then into underground soil pipe due to garden been lower than patio. Can anyone help or done this kind before
  8. M

    installing toilet water valve, hoping for advice

    I have two toilet water valves to install. I'm new to this but have watched enough videos to think I can do it. Both water valves are standard turn off sweat valves that have been soldered on. One has at least two inches of exposed copper pipe extending beyond the wall flange and the other has...
  9. S

    Installing a butterfly valve

    Just wondering if anyone has any tips or tricks for installing a butterfly valve in a plumbing system? And are there any common mistakes that newbies like me should watch out for? Thanks in advance for any help
  10. G

    Installing decent pressure shower on a gravity fed system

    We currently have an electric shower fed with mains cold this mains cold is really bad pressure coming into the shower resulting in really poor pressure from electric shower. We have a gravity fed system what's the best and cheapest way to get a decent pressured shower fed from our gravity fed...
  11. P

    Installing shower tray on suspended floor

    Tray is stone cast resin low profile, 1200 by 900. Suspended floor is receiving all new 18mm P5 chipboard floorboards. There is plenty of talk of replacing floorboards under the tray with marine ply. Is this advice assuming the bathroom still has old style floorboards and that new P5 chipboard...
  12. M

    Installing a drain to pick up condense?

    Hi guys. I need to run a condense pipe and 2 water softener flushes(15mm copper) to an external drain. The problem is that the nearest drain is the other side of a door way, so running some 1 1/2” pipe over to the existing drain isn’t possible. They don’t really want a soak away but there is...
  13. C

    Installing a dishwasher

    Afternoon all, Just moved house and hoping to install a free standing dishwasher. It will stand next to the sink & washing machine. I’ve identified two spare waste pipe connection options which I just need to cut ready for the waste pipe. My question is the water supply. As you can see in the...
  14. M

    Installing a pumped shower/Flange

    I need to install a pumped shower, connected to a gravity system. Hot water is in an direct cylinder on the first floor, and CWST is on the rafters in the loft. I was considering installing a Surrey Flange, but I've been unable to find the 'manufacturers fitting instructions' does anyone have...
  15. joeandamber

    Installing a standpipe... what are the regs

    I'm looking for clarification with regs when it comes to installing a series of standpipes in our local community garden. The plan: My intention is to T off just after the stopcock, add an additional stopcock and double-check valve and then run MDPE around the perimeter of the garden in a...
  16. maxmmn

    Help Installing a Mono Tap

    Would appreciate advice on how to install this mono tap. The instructions with it are little more than "Shut off the water and screw it in". Unlike all the mono tap install videos I can find online, this tap has different fittings as pictured. Am guessing the threaded pipe screws into the tap...
  17. ecm200

    Installing a Drayton Wiser 3 kit with an S plan 2 zone CH + HW system

    Objective: I have an existing s-plan plus (see below for details) heating and hot water system, with 2 independent heating zones. There is a separate programmer and a simple room thermostat for zone 1 and programmable thermostat for zone 2. I have purchased the Drayton Wiser 3 zone kit and...
    • ecm200
    • Thread
    • central heating system drayton forum hw system installing plumbing s plan system wiser zone
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Plumbing Zone
  18. A

    When installing double radiator boiler pressure drops.

    When replacing 500x900 ( single) radiator with exactly the same size but double the boiler pressure drops. Is this because the radiator requires more water than the original?
  19. D

    Installing a second toilet downstairs

    Hello looking for advice to see if this can be done I own a 2 story older house the wife and I are getting up in age and doing the steps several times a day to use the bathroom is getting tougher my question is I have a first floor was room with is directly under my 2nd floor bathroom I want to...
    • Dave211
    • Thread
    • america downstairs installing second toilet usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: USA
  20. P

    installing a new cistern

    hi all, i couldnt find exactly my issue, as i dont know what this design called. im fitting a new flushing and filling mechanism. the filler element is the problem, as the pipe that connects to the cistern tap (the quick shut off one) is flattened?! so its a half the thread, and the sides of...
    • pikavaai
    • Thread
    • america cistern installing new usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: USA
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