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    Compression fitting loose on the pipe

    Hi, I am replacing a leaking push fit flexi tap connector under the bath with a compression fitting flexi. The problem is that the old pipe seems to be slightly smaller than 22 mm compression fitting and when I tighten the compression nut the whole fitting is easily sliding off the pipe and...
  2. J

    How many 3" copper fitting can you do with 1 rod of 56% silver solder

    I don't live near a city and need to figure out how many rods of 56% I need to solder 3" copper to copper and come copper to stainless steel. I thank you for your time.
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    • Forum: Plumbing Tools
  3. C

    Fitting European shower trap to 40mm waste pipe

    Hi Everyone, Can anyone help? I have been searching but with no luck. I am trying to fit a Duravit shower trap which has a 50mm outside diameter euro pipe size outlet. I need to attach it to a 40mm UK size waste pipe and would prefer to solvent weld it as the pipe will be under a tiled...
  4. Robooo

    Fitting new radiator

    Hi, I'm studying plumbing and my work mate sized the opportunity to help him installing a new radiator. I'm looking for general advice which might eliminate mistakes. It'd also help me to build a portfolio before getting a job in trade. The house is old built and the rad goes into the kitchen...
  5. N

    110mm plastic pipe fitting toilet solvent

    Hiya, my toilet has 110 pipe going to master boss fitting. It's not glued and loose. I think as it's going to master boss that's why it's never glued. It has one drop of water leak after every flush. What I can use to stop leak at same time in utue if It needs to be removed it can be removed...
  6. fango7

    Pipe fitting from bathroom sink

    Hi all, Bit of advice needed. Waste water pipe from bathroom sink came loose last night caused some water damage to ceiling below. My question is the brown pipe seems to have came loose, but seems to have just been pushed into thread above.There is nothing holding it in place, is this...
  7. M

    Solvent weld glue on pipe/fitting

    I was just interested if people put solvent weld on both the pipe and fitting or just the pipe when glueing overflow/condensate pipe.
  8. S

    Fitting 900mm shower door in 915mm space between walls

    I live in the UK and I need to buy a shower door to fit in a 915mm gap between two walls of my shower room. Most 900mm shower doors available here have 30-to-40mm inward adjustments to fit in a space that is slightly narrower than 900mm, or to address wall unevenness, but not outward...
  9. M

    Council bathroom fitting

    Anyone worked for the council installing bathrooms/kitchens possible adaptations?
  10. A

    How to convert a 15mm tap tail to a 3/8" fitting

    Hi, I am trying to fit a replacement tap to a mini-sink that's built in to the top of a toilet. The original tap isn't made any more by the manufacturers - the nearest equivalent is apparently this one: GoodHome Lazu 1 lever Mini Contemporary Basin Mono mixer Tap | DIY at B&Q -...
  11. D

    What’s the name of this fitting

    This fitting is used on a glycol system. It’s cracked and need to find a replacement.
  12. S

    Waste to trap loose fitting

    just put a new pop up waste into my basin to find the trap does not fit correctly.. the trap fits just inside the waste thread opening and butts up against the plastic shoulder ensuring the rubber seal is pressed against the end Face of the waste. im able to screw the nut up but even when its...
  13. G

    Identification of UFH Pipe Fitting

    Morning, Doing some work on our UFH manifiolds and was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to let me know what the T-fittings in the picture are, thought they might be some kind of tektite fittings? Many thanks.
  14. B

    Fitting a pocket door.

    Have an en-suite to create from scratch, customer would like a pocket door into the room. Can anyone recommend a kit they have used, studwork will be 38 x 89 cls with 12.5” plasterboard and skim coat (~120mm total). I will be doing all the work but have never fitted one before. There seems to...
  15. W

    require suitable fitting lead to plastic soil pipe

    need to go from 3.5" lead soil pipe to 110mm plastic soil pipe
  16. H

    Which fitting for trite on shower replacement?

    Hi there, First time changing a shower or any sort of plumbing work really. Previously had an old Gainsborough shower unit which packed up yesterday, so I’ve bought a tritron easi fit today with the hope that it would require minimal effort haha. Only issue I have is the water pipe on my...
  17. C

    Fitting non return valve

    The discharge hose from our washing machine comes out of the machine, runs about five feet along the floor under the work surface and then goes vertically up under the sink where it joins the sink discharge pipe. Every time we empty the sink, the water often goes back down the hose and even...
  18. L

    Fitting a Macerator behind a CC Toilet

    Hi Guys I am at the design stage of having a En-Suite built and have an issue that I cannot seem to resolve. For long and complex reasons I have to have a macerator and that needs to sit behind a close coupled toilet. this will take the waste from a sink, shower and toilet. Saniflow say I need...
  19. P

    Cast iron bath/basin waste pipe fitting size?

    Hi, Helping a friend, his soil stack is cast iron. The bath and basin wastes (all removed now) went into individual entries on the stack. These are iron pipes, with what looks like a female internal thread into which there is some sort of metal reducer with what is maybe a compression fitting...
  20. G

    Identify Unknown Pipe Fitting

    Hi, Hoping that someone could please identify what this leaking fitting is, such that I can explain it to a plumber. Not sure whether the groove on the top is a location where you can tighten these "fittings", or whether that is best left to a professional to deal with. Many thanks for any help.

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