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    Water softener leaking through drain (not overflow)

    Hello, as is common with most newbies I've arrived with a problem. Our water softener is about 18 months old, a BWT WS355 in an insulated outside cabinet. It's probably the third we've had - been here a very long time and always had a softener. I installed it myself, just connecting to existing...
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    Elson Sapphire - Drain Down and Refill Procedure

    I have an Elson Sapphire double feed indirect hot water tank and I need to drain down the system to move some radiators. Would anyone be able to offer any advice as to the correct drain down and refill procedure for this tank? It is a self contained boxed and insulated unit with a single cold...
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    What is the reason for having a soldered drain cock?

    The majority of joints on my central heating system are threaded, apart from a few that are push fit. However, the drain cock is a soldered fitment, so the question is - why is this soldered (unless on some older BSP systems) when a threaded joint is suitable for everything else? Just seems...
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    New Shower Valve, Slow drain

    I have installed a new shower valve and shower head (the restrictor um fell out) and as a result the tub starts to fill with water. I believe this is simply a math problem of more water coming in than can drain but asking if any known options. As a sanity check I did snake the drain and...
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    Allen key down shower drain

    If I dropped an Allen key down a drain, do I have to get it out? What happens if I don't will stuff just build up around it and eventually block the drain ?
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    Removing round drain cover

    I tried for hours to get a round drain cover out so i cam replace it with a new one... will they always come out ? at this point im sure its attached to the square. I've tried twisting it with tools, pulling it with tools, soaking it in oven cleaner, wd40, and scraping around the sircle with a...
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    What parts do I need to buy to replace drain situation?

    What parts do I need to replace this 40mm setup? I'm thinking of cutting the pipe to the right and replace the rotten part with a flexible connection. The T goes into a ceramic drain pipe.
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    Drain line for house on piers

    Should I start with trunk line first then work out from it? Gonna b 4" with 2" vents
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    Installing a drain to pick up condense?

    Hi guys. I need to run a condense pipe and 2 water softener flushes(15mm copper) to an external drain. The problem is that the nearest drain is the other side of a door way, so running some 1 1/2” pipe over to the existing drain isn’t possible. They don’t really want a soak away but there is...
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    Slow drain toilet with old & new AAV but fine without

    Hi all, Hope you're well. Anyone any ideas... randomly 2 of our toilets started backing up when flushed (2 on same stack 1st floor and ground, 3rd loo (2nd floor) on its own seperate riser is fine) and takes circa 10s to level out. When flushed you can hear the gurgles and burps from the...
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    system drain two halves in inverted U

    I have a CH system where the downstairs is divided in two connected by pipes upstairs. One half has a drain valve downstairs that allows me to drain the upstairs and that half of the downstairs. How to drain the other half of the downstairs that does not have a drain valve ? I saw something...
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    Water supply and drain cover query

    Hi everyone, Today a plumber came round to do carry urgent repairs in the kitchen but needed to turn off the mains water supply to the building since it is flats. He went out to the front of the building and opened the water drain cover which is outside the front gate and on the pavement to...
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    Can’t get drain assembly out of sink.

    Hi, I cannot get the sink assembly out of the sink. There is no nut underneath, it seems the top and bottom of the assembly screw together. It has been in there about 15years I reckon. Any help on how to unscrew it? There looks to be 4 small recesses inside that you could a tool into and try...
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    Dishwasher drain pipe

    The Problem: I put the dishwasher drain pipe into the exit pipe (see pics) and I sometimes get water overflow out of the top of the exit pipe. The Solution: ???
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    Open drain in conservatory - how to plumb and lay a recessed cover

    Hi, I've recently bought a house and the drain is open in the conservatory. I think it's an old clay grey water drain and has the pipe from the kitchen sink coming out the wall about two feet up and running straight down into it. My idea is to redirect the pipe to come out the wall under the...
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    Drain flies in saniflo pipes

    We have a saniflo system in our loft bathroom. We believe we have drain flies in there (probably from not using the shower for a month or so as we were all using the one in our main bathroom). Does anyone have any advice on how to get rid of them as there is always standing water in the pipes...
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    Bathroom floor drain - but not a wet room

    So... Completely redoing bathroom, back to brick etc. Mrs insists on hand shower for bath vs I hate them just dangling in bath. So I plan on having it mounted just outside of the bath i.e. not normally in it, but accessible when you need. Question I have is, do I need some kind of floor drain...
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    Greywater Gravity Drain Problems

    Hey guys, I live in Arizona where it is hot as blazes and water is scarce. I made a DIY gravity drain system to reuse water from my washing machine to water my trees. Below is a really well-drawn sketch (haha) of the setup. My problem is that little to no water comes out at the tree! I already...
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    Drain down a Worcester Hi-Flow 550cdi boiler

    Hi, I have the boiler as above which has been very good for the last 13 years or more and is still relatively going strong. However, now, the secondary heat exchanger is kettling and the easiest option is to replace it. Although Worcester Bosch do sell a cleaning kit, whatever route I take, I'll...
  20. Geolo85

    redo of newly installed kitchen sink and drain line

    Contractor sub installed my new single kitchen sink and garbage disposal wrong. Sub had a "blank slate" with this reno as I made the dining room into a new kitchen. With water running, water fills to top of interior of garbage disposal and then disposal never fully drains once water is turned...

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