95 yr old parents have an ancient glowworm 40/48 floor standing boiler that sits in middle of bungalow and has vertical asbestos flue up through roof. The gas valve is dodgy so were looking to put in a new boiler..how disruptive would this be. Presume new radiators, pipework, outside wall...
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I have been on the phone to the Gas Safe Register, who have pointed me a bit in the right direction looking for certain information.
I am in a situation where I have had a water pipe burst under a solid concrete and tile floor. The gas and water pipes were laid right next to each other in...
Looking to install a kitchen island with integral sink, this will mean installing drainage and plumbing. But will need to dig a hole through UFH, has anybody done this before?
After a CH install I've lifted the floor boards to find the central pipes unsecured and not insulated. The pipes are not even run next to anything to be secured to, and the access to the crawl space has been blocked with pipes. What's the best solution here. Should I rerun the pipes and clip...
Just had a new ground floor extension built and the plumber has taken a feed from the main heating circuit from the boiler that runs under our easily accessible ground floor void, run 15mm speed fit pipes back up into the roof of the extension, and then fed back down to each radiator. We have...
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Towel rad in bathroom needs bleeding every few days and now noticed a small rad downstaris also has air in it regularly. Pressure drops every few days and needs topping up. I've tested with a flame for corrosion and it's clear, tried leak sealer and checked for weaping rad connections . I...
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Quick question for all the I knowledgeable plumbers out there.
I need to remove one radiator which is first in line, as that room is being knocked down. Unfortunately I can’t cap off below the floor as it’s tilled. What’s the best course of action here?
Cap it off above the floor...
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We have a issue with our heating, where the radiators upstairs are roasting hot, yet the radiators downstairs are stone cold .
We had a powerflush done the other day which didn't help ...Two radiators out of four (including lock shields and TRV's) on the ground floor where changed, but...
We had a wet UFH system installed a couple of years ago. Two weeks ago we had vinyl tiles laid. The instruction from the flooring guy is to start the UFH at 5 degrees and increase by 5 degrees per day until we reach a comfortable temperature. Also, instructions from the flooring company read...
The floor in my walk in shower is not level anymore so the water is collecting instead of going down the drain.
How much would it cost to re-level the floor?
Can the current tiles be reused?
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i'm in the process of converting a downstairs porch into a downstairs WC and have a slight snag.
My dilemma is that inside the property is a gas pipe in the corner that sticks out and will be right in the way of a) the studwork being put in and b) the floor insulation...
A few years ago I had to replace my old, 1960's downstairs loo as it had a crack in it. I was told that, because the waste pipe went down into a hole in the concrete floor and because of the distance of that hole from the back wall (20cm), I'd need a loo with a concealed cistern in a large...
We have had a long term problem with damp in our bungalow which exacerbated when we changed from the use of a system boiler (with pressure only from a tank in the roof of our bungalow) to a combi boiler (with full mains pressure) and a major leak was then found and dealt with.
(This leak had...
Hi, I have my mains pipe coming into the side of my house which is copper. I am going to have the adjacent wall studded out (to the left in pic) and therefore want to hide the mains pipe behind it and put on a low profile stop tap in which can be accessible via a flap or something. There is an...
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put a post up which ended in 2017 concerning a vibration throughout the flat waking him/her up between 11 pm and 4 am - this is happening to me. it is felt during the wintertime both in 2019/20 and in 2020/21. as the warmer days have come in I am not feeling it.
neighbour above has a...
I am about to insulate a suspended timber groundfloor in a 1930s semi. The joists are 2"x5" with about 400mm of air space below. The pipes currently run below the floor, and the pipework is a mess, with very little insulation. As I need to reroute pipes anyway, am I best running them between the...
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I have a GrundFos Home Booster, the 3.5bar version which has transformed my flat, its used for every tap aside from the kitchen cold tap and the kitchen white goods that need mains, it also supplies the pressure for my combi boiler that is the hot water and central heating system.
I...
Could anyone point me in the right direction. I had a complete plumbing install at a property I was renovating, the CH and plumbing was commissioned in Oct 20. Over the last 2 weeks we noticed the boiler (ATAG Combi) losing pressure and requiring refilling, this became more frequent, most...
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I removed an old toilet from a wetroom. I wanted to replace it with a modern toilet.
The old toilet had a separate cistern connected to it via a 90° pipe (this pushed the toilet away from The wall) and the outlet was a 90° connector that went into the floor.
My...