Hi all,
is it a requirement to have ptfe tape on the points of steel pipes?
i'm asking as i was called to a gas leak where there was no ptfe tape but just paste on all the joints. the joint that was leaking had hardly any paste on it.
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I have purchased a single room underfloor heating solution from Solfex. It comes with: 3 circuit manifold, manifold mixer with pump, 2 port motorized valve, room stat plus the boards and pipe.
What I am unsure of however is how his connects to my single zone (all house rads, no HW...
Hello everyone. My hot water expansion tank finally gave up to rust, so I enlisted the help of a good friend to fit a new one. It's a Reflex 18 litre. He is very good with plumbing. At the first attempt he fitted the old connection but could not get the top nut to seal properly to the tank...
hello fellow plumbers..... just bought a Grundfos UP20-14 BXA PM secondary return pump.
the connection on the pump is oddly 1 1/4" as appose to the usual 1 1/2"
my question is...where can I purchase a 1 1/4" to 22mm "ball valve" pump connection (not a gate valve). Many thanx in advance.
I am re-piping my whole house as I found out it was a one pipe system after buying it. I plan to use plastic speedfit piping and fittings throughout with copper pipe connecting the radiators. My question is this. What is the best technique to connect the copper pipe to the plastic pipe. Can...
Hello,
I recently purchased a house in Sheffield, and the boiler that was installed was a Remeha Avanta combi boiler.
The boiler works, and the heating can manually be turned on and off using the boiler itself.
It came with a wireless thermostat, with the standard clock on (with tabs around...
Hi all,
how much do you normally charge to install rigid piping from bayonet fitting to hob?
The hob is already installed in place
Also, where should the isolation valve be located as I'm sure it probably needs to be somewhere easily accessible behind the base unit doors and not be behind...
Hi all,
I am currently doing a diy project to creat a downstairs wc.
I have laid a 3m underground pipe(110mm) through the kitchen and connected to main waste pipe.
My concern is that can I drill few 40mm holes on the “leveled” waste pipe to connect sink and dishwasher etc.? Is there any other...
Just moved a Solo regular boiler, and the instruction manual states the flow and return tails to the boiler must be SOLDERED, and compression fittings must not be used. Not a problem, but seems odd!
Can anyone explain if there's any technical reason why?
Hello all,
I'm on the last bits (ish) with my bathroom install...!thanks to those for the help so far.
A quick WC waste question:
I'm using the original closed coupled toilet, but the position will be slightly different height and off the wall, due to tiling, etc.
I'd like to keep the...