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    Toilet waste small drip leak - plumbers mait not working

    You could wrap it with insulation tape to make it wipeable (you might even be able to fix the leak with insulation tape if you are skilled and nothing is moving. Ditto for duct tape, but probably harder to use. You can get self-amalgamating tape, but expensive in the quantities you'd need...
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    What valve is the flow

    I usually put the air vent where it is more likely to be accessible. Which usually means nearest the entrance. Now I wonder if I've been doing it wrong... but no doubt I'm not the only one so rules of thumb may not always work.
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    Toilet waste small drip leak - plumbers mait not working

    You could try making a bandage with a strip of cloth smeared with silicone sealant to make a form of sticky tape. I suppose if you then smeared the cloth with silicone after it had set, you might even make it reasonably hygienic in that you would have a smooth, wipeable surface.
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    Toilet waste small drip leak - plumbers mait not working

    I think you have some kind of ribbed insert that isn't quite where it should be (or needs replacing) and I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at. The bit on the right is logically a painted pan connector, but almost looks like a bit of cast-iron in this photo. It seems to insert into a piece of...
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    Have you ever / would you ever; Work for a Plumbing Supplier / Plumbing Wholesaler

    I never have, but if it were a decent place, not too corporate, perhaps a good independent, I could see myself doing this. I've worked in a food wholesalers and my family ran a small retail shop for nearly 80 years, so it wouldn't be an alien concept to me. I quite like looking after...
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    Taps: quality tiers?

    Grohe used to be great 50 years ago. In fact, my dad's flat has a number of Grohe items of this age still in use, though a more recent Grohe replacement only lasted ten years or so before a crack developed in the casting (unless it was leaking from day 1: I noticed, my dad didn't). But the...
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    S-traps self Syphoning

    Not that I am aware. I think as long as you test that it works when installed and there remains a minimum of 25mm trap seal then you're okay. However, if you look at ADH, it does show all basins discharging horizontally or at a slight angle which implies that that is how it should ideally be...
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    Adverts getting in the way of a supposed forum

    It must be hard to manage the business side of this forum. I'd imagine the major cost of running it is the result of use by the general public, but those of you who are here regularly and contribute to answering the many DIY questions for free may object to paying £20 a year (seems a lot when...
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    Condensate Pipe installation

    If rainwater pipe discharges to a combined (foul and surface water) sewer via a rainwater drainpipe trapped at the foot to prevent the escape of sewer gasses then an airbreak should probably be there to comply with the boiler manufacturer's instructions (if the drainpipe blocks, the boiler would...
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    Cannot undo supatap washer

    Gotcha. Yes, I was trying to remember how a Supatap worked as I was typing. :)
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    The Energy Price Cap In The UK.

    I personally know a guy who used to live in Morocco. Said it hadn't rained properly for years, things don't grow properly. He is, basically, what the TV would call a climate migrant. Sadly, you can't really choose which bits of science you want to believe in and disagree with others...
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    Cannot undo supatap washer

    I thought the Supatap could IN THEORY be serviced without isolating the water?
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    ASHP - Godsend or the devils spawn?

    He was an actual engineer PLUS he had an engineering degree, if that makes my meaning clearer.
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    PLACEMENT OF ADEY'S MAGNACLEAN FILTER

    If an open vented system, then be aware you mustn't put a valved filter between the boiler and the vent.
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    Cold water feed pipe leak

    If the gate valve is required for isolation, replacement as you suggest may be a good idea if that is mains pressure water, also probably worth replacing it if it is leaking. Tightening the gland isn't normally a solution to leakage as, if it's caked with limescale, it might need repacking and...
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    ASHP - Godsend or the devils spawn?

    Yes, that was a big deal back in the day, which was the main reason one of the engineers (an actual engineer with an engineering degree) at the Centre for Alternative Technology was fairly anti ASHP when we discussed the matter 10 years ago. I looked at some more recent literature and it seems...
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    ASHP - Godsend or the devils spawn?

    I'd like it if enforcement weren't weak. It shouldn't be one set of rules for the law-abiding and another for the sensible people. There'd be a national outcry and perhaps the idiots in power would realise how pathetic and stupid these conservation areas really are. How about tax breaks for...
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    Water tank and water query

    If the common tank only supplies hot water but you aren't using it as you have a combi then it won't affect you. As for the others, while I like having some water stored in the house, it is technically safer not to store water. Lots of cisterns are still in use and I still come across more...
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    Cold water feed pipe leak

    What I can't quite understand is why the gland would suddenly start leaking like that if the flat was already on mains pressure (as stated in the opening post). Could be a coincidence : they do happen.
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    ASHP - Godsend or the devils spawn?

    Recently met with a customer that had an ASHP installed last year in a reasonably well-insulated 1960s/1970s house to replace resistive electric heating. He is extremely happy with it. I suppose even if such systems run at a COP of 1 in cold weather, they will outperform old gas boilers and...

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