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    How Yo Connect Water Supply To New Bath Taps

    1. What sort of tap - 2 x singles, 1 x deck mixer, monobloc? 2. What shank(s) do / does the tap(s) have? 3. Picture of what you term compression valves and connection point(s) on tap would be useful.
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    Heat gun or blowtorch?

    The heat gun almost certainly won't enable you to solder properly because: 1. The heat pattern is wrong, and you won't be able to concentrate it near the fittings you want to solder. Most of the heat will go to waste. 2. You run the risk of burning / charring surrounding decorations.
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    Vaillant VR 350f hell!

    1. One of the parameters in the BOILER is "Number of hours until the next maintenance". I would guess that if this is at or below zero, it thinks it needs a service. I have an EcoTec Plus 428 and this is parameter d.84. 2. This parameter can be set to "-" (hyphen) which disables the...
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    Diverter shower head not working - pls help :)

    1. Instead of relying on ibergrif to state its compatible, why not ask Triton why it doesn't work. 2. The Triton shower you have has a maximum flow rate of 3.9 litres per minute. What is the requirement of the ibergrif head? 3. Your question may be "how do I keep the new shower head(s)". The...
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    What size radiator tails are these?

    1. Look like standard 1/2" BSP (threaded) x 15 mm compression. 2. Shouldn't be too difficult to find. New valves normally come with them. 3. Have a look at Replacement TRV Rad Valve Tail 1/2 Inch Standard -...
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    Leaking Howden's Atomix monobloc tap 2431.

    1. Probably the seals / O rings in the swivel part. 2. Its a long time since I worked on one of these, but from memory I think you have to take the tap out to get at the swivel parts. Worth trying from above to save the faff.
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    Replaced CH programmer, but heating doesn't work

    Have you set the DIP switches on the back of the new programmer, particularly switch 5?
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    Banging Pipes, blowing off joints HELP!

    1. Is it pipes bursting (very unusual) or pipes separating where joined? 2. Are the pipes plastic or copper? 3. If plastic and separating at joins, it may well be that no pipe inserts were fitted. If this is the case, you might well still have a case against the installer or builder for failure...
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    Help, hot water from the bathroom taps won't shut off completely!

    1. If there is even a trickle of water, freezing is likely to fail even with an electric freeze kit. 2. You could consider getting a pair of "bungs" (e.g. Toolstation 31768). Then: 2a. Force one into the feed from the loft cold water storage cistern to stop the flow. Get someone else to make...
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    How to convert current mixer valve tap to a cold water supply inlet.

    1. What size is your Megaflo? 2. When you say it can't supply two showers do you mean: 2a. It can't run two showers at the same time. OR 2b. It runs out of hot water after two showers. 3. Is the water in the Megaflo heated by: 3a. Electricity only, and if so, how many immersion heaters? 3b. A...
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    Mysterious Water Usage

    1. Like other above, I would suspect a WC. 2. At night, water pressure tends to rise as no one is using it. If you have a faulty WC inlet valve, the extra pressure may be causing it to let by at night, and the excess water is flowing away down an internal overflow so you never see it. 3...
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    How to convert current mixer valve tap to a cold water supply inlet.

    1. What supplies the hot and cold water to the existing mixer? If the cold is tank fed, you can't fit an electric shower, they require mains pressure cold. You are not allowed to pump mains water. 2. Are you trying to: 2a. Replace the bar mixer shower with an electric shower? OR 2b. Fit an...
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    Why does shower pressure keep going up and down and hot and cold

    1. What sort of boiler. Make, model, combi / non-combi? 2. What sort of hot water system. Combi fed, cold tank in loft and hot water cylinder in airing cupboard, unvented hot water cylinder? 3. Make and model of shower? Presumably Ideal Standard but which model?
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    drain valve and pipe shrouds

    1. No, they can't be fitted around a drain valve. 2. One way I can think of to get round this is: 2a. Remove the radiator valve and replace by one with a built in drain off. Or do without a drain off at that point. You might be able to fit one elsewhere. 2b. Remove the pipe and refit with a...
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    Need to solve issue with shower

    A number of possibilities: 1. Any plumbing / heating work (e.g. new boiler) recently? 2. Could be the filters / non-return valves for the shower need cleaning. 3. Could be the thermostatic element in the shower failing. What sort of boiler - make, model?
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