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    Impossible to find replacement bathroom sink parts. Please help!

    I am looking for these exact parts to replace my bathroom sink strainer and stopper. I’ve searched every site I can find, but no luck. Does anyone recognize these or where I might be able to buy them? A little more info: This sink has a pullout drawer right below, so the waste line is different...
  2. M

    Is replacing a bathroom suite notifiable to bc

    If you change the position of the sanitary wear or add a none electric shower.
  3. J

    new bathroom fitted bath draining out via shower and floor

    just had new bathroom fitted ..taken 8 weeks ..so far! Bath is emptying via shower and all over the whole bathroom floor. Fitter says must be my drains. He is speaking of attempting to get under floor in next door airing cupboard which houses the gas boiler and try to put a vent pipe into the...
  4. J murton

    About to do my own bathroom. Best brands?

    Hello I’m about to tackle my own bathroom and will be fitting a free standing bath, shower, wall hung toilet and vanity unit. Wanted to know if anyone had any ideas on what’s the best brands to use at reasonable price. I really like the crosswater stuff but it’s pricey. Looking for alternatives...
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    Rad valves in bathroom

    Hi guys, long time lurker, infrequent poster... I have a rad in my bathroom with a TRV, simple enough so far... The pin on the trv has seized. I have tapped, sprayed wd40, tapped again, sprayed, twisted, pulled, tapped, sprayed... And the pin just wont open,so ive come to the conclusion its...
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    Plasterboard in bathroom?

    Hi there, I'm having a bathroom remodel. It would be appreciated to get some expert advice. Plumber ripped out existing bathroom and most of the metro tiles. He couldn't get the tiles off the main wall, adjoining the bedroom. He said they were affixed too strongly and removing them would damage...
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    Bathroom Waste question

    I'm wandering if I can pick some of your brains for a plumbing question for my wastes in the bathroom. At the stage of about to do the first fix for the bathroom, i will have a separate shower, bath, toilet and basin in the room. What I would like to do is, use a horizontal 110mm soil pipe that...
  8. A

    bathroom soil and waste pipe uncertainty

    I'm creating a wet room out of a bathroom. I lifted the floors to find the soil pipe run as in the attached diagrams. Two questions (assuming I can get the required fall) 1) Is this soil pipe arrangement (in yellow) look okay to you? It looks unnecessarily convoluted to me. I think there was...
  9. O

    Leak from unusual bathroom tap

    Hi all, I have a leak coming from a bathroom tap. It's coming through the lever - I've circled where the leak is in red in the attached photo. I can't work out how to access this part of the tap or what I should be replacing. There is a small grub screw that you can also see in the photo, but...
  10. A

    Please help with removing screw from bathroom tap

    I am trying to replace the flow cartridge in the bathroom tap. I have turned off the water and removed the tap cover but cannot get the screw to turn. The screw looks to be some variation on a philips screw, i have tried different screw drivers but to no avail I have attached a picture, any...
  11. A

    Sewage smells in bathroom of 2nd (top) floor flat in Leeds, UK

    We have various smells - usually sewage - coming from our bathroom occasionally. Sometimes every day then nothing for a week or two. It's a second/top floor flat and the smells come from the main bathroom wihch shares the soil pipe with floors below. We have checked all of the traps (sink, bath...
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    Water Hammer & Bathroom fittings squealing when toilet is flushed

    I've been experiencing water hammer within the house for a couple of months now, which rattles the pipes whenever turning off a tap or an appliance cuts off its supply. I have turned the stop tap off while turning on all taps allowing the system to aerate which fixes the issue for a day or so...
  13. A

    Bathroom Tap bore size

    Will be fitting a central bath mixer on the bath and would like some advice on the fittings to use. I have existing 15mm speedfit that I have currently blanked off. As the taps will be central mounted then it will be difficult to gain access so will need to fit taps prior to fitting to back...
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    "Blocked" bathroom sink, except it's not blocked

    Hi everyone, I have an issue with my bathroom sink. It's been "blocking" regularly, maybe once a month, for at least 3 years. The sink fills with water and doesn't drain. In the past I've used "HG Liquid Drain Unblocker" and that often will clear the blockage, but it doesn't always. I've also...
  15. A

    Keen DIY'r on Bathroom Refit

    Hello, just a quick Hello. On looking for some advice and probably know this is the place to ask.
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    Why Can't I get hot water in my bathroom sinks.

    Hi all I am currently experiencing a perplexing problem. I seem to have hot water everywhere in my house except the bathroom sinks. Kitchen sink is fine, showers and jetted tub is also fine. Its a 2.5 bath home, one bath room has double sinks. This bathroom uses "Y" connectors to supply hot and...
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    Why does DHW temp differ in kitchen and bathroom?

    Hi everyone, I have a question about domestic hot water via a combi boiler and how it differs in temperature in the kitchen and bathroom. (The DHW temp gauge on the combi boiler is in the middle-all incoming water into the flat is mains fed) In the kitchen when I turn the mixer tap all the way...
  18. w7r

    Bathroom plumbing advice - secondary hot circuit

    Afternoon all. After a bit of advice/guidance. I'm currently refurbing my 1st-floor bathroom and the ancient plumbing system in the house whilst I'm at it. It'll have a shower, toilet, basin and a standard size bath. I'm planning a secondary circuit (in copper) for hot water (22mm in and a...
  19. bmbouter

    Strange smell downstairs bathroom, strange draining toilet upstairs...

    I live in a 2-story townhouse, and here's what I'm experiencing. # For a several years now The upstairs toilet slow-drains to the point where after being out of the house with no flushes for a day or two, you come home and there is no water in the bowl. Because of that it smells. Meanwhile the...
  20. P

    What may be causing this strange leak in a bathroom sink drain?

    Have a strange leak coming from a newly installed bathroom sink drain and am seeking advice from experienced plumbers who may help to identify the cause. I run the water in the sink for several minutes and there are no leals detected from the drain and its J trap connections. When I check back...

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