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    x400 - over-long duration

    Thanks. That's enough to nudge me off the fence :-) Operationally the system is good and I've run cleaner through a few times in 15 years & always dosed with fernox. Power flush will come with the inevitable new boiler (Potterton Promax...)
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    x400 - over-long duration

    Hello, I put x400 in our system at the end of November, intending to leave it for a few days but took ill and it's still in there. Now on the mend I want to drain it soon & I've just emailed Sentinel who replied: "The maximum recommended time for Sentinel X400 to be in the system prior to...
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    Ultra compact wall hung toilet frame

    I'm redoing our 4' x 4' downstairs loo. My wife took a shine to an L shaped basin loo unit & the blurb states that the toilet unit can take a frame. However it's only a 500 wide unit (470 inside) and only 820mm high. Been looking around at frames and stumbled across Arezzo who do one that...
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    Taps: quality tiers?

    "not what they used to be" seems a common complaint on here & elsewhere on so much brassware. Then there's all the other names Vado, Roca, Duravit etc etc - sometimes pretty pricey but are they better? IDK...
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    Taps: quality tiers?

    Hello, I've tried searching using Bristan, Grohe, Vado etc & get no results at all - I don't understand that! Anyway, is there an existing post, or would anyone be kind enough to proffer their opinion on tap quality. As I see it, there are two parameters - quality/thickness of chrome plating...
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    Y plan CH or HW suddenly not working

    So, after a day's detective work mapping the wiring, I realised that the call from the Wiser Hub was going nowhere (out to a disconnected room stat) - see left of screengrab. I removed the now redundant room stat wires and re-routed the Hub terminal 4 (CH on) to the CH on wire of the valve...
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    Y plan CH or HW suddenly not working

    Hello. I've just replaced our old Potterton EP2 CH controller with a Drayton Wiser HubR (& peripherals). The old backing plate wasn't compatible with the new universal one, but the wiring was pretty close AFAICT (N, L, 1, 3 & 4 connected) .When I first powered it up but didn't have any TRVs...
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    Drained CH system, boiler won't fire

    Physically next to the pump, 22mm pipe goes up from pump 20-30cm, to air separator then back down same distance to mag cleaner. When I opened it it looked like the Michelin man, quite possibly full to capacity IDK. I pulled it again yesterday afternoon & there was quite a bit there too -...
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    Drained CH system, boiler won't fire

    I drained the system to replace the pump with a WIlo, and to add Fernox system cleaner. I will confess that I forgot to drain it in an organised way (ie I didn't open the radiator bleed screws as the level dropped). I had a helluva tussle with the old pump - the valves wouldn't undo, no space...
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    Tee basin into shower waste?

    Thanks Ric2013. This integrity is why I came here. Yes, I have got time to faff, but I want it to be right as well as fit & forget. It was one of those questions you deep down probably know the answer to but hope...
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    Tee basin into shower waste?

    Bum. Thanks. Not a massive amount of work, but it means some somewhat intrusive boxing-in downstairs, but fortunately it's the downstairs loo, so not the end of the workd.
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    Tee basin into shower waste?

    Hello, have a 4m run of 50mm pipe for the shower. The layout of joists, closeness of corner walls etc mean that it would be very helpful to be able to add the basin waste to a swept tee in the shower waste and this could be between 300-800mm from the soil stack . I've read elsewhere very mixed...
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    Waste pipe diameter?

    Many thanks for your help.
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    Waste pipe diameter?

    Thanks for that. Would make life a fair bit easier. Is the larger pipe diameter on longer runs, to reduce the risk of siphoning or a different purpose? Ta.
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    Waste pipe diameter?

    Hello, I'm installing a shower tray on a 4m run from the soil stack. Building control have specified 50mm pipe so that's what I've got. However, the 50mm pipe means that the only way they would allow a hole of this diameter through the joist was to put a doubler on it, which is OK, but just...
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