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  1. plumbobuk

    How to run and insulate pipes under suspended floor

    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...
  2. J

    Extending Heating in to a Ground Floor Extension

    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...
  3. M

    pressure loss and air in ground floor rad and top foor towel rad

    Hi 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...
  4. Lumen

    Capping off radiator above the floor, please advise.

    Hey guys, 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...
  5. J

    Radiators on ground floor stone cold

    Hi, 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...
  6. N

    Help with wet under floor heating temperatures

    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...
  7. C

    How much to re-level a walk in shower floor?

    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? Thanks all
  8. M

    Gas pipe in wall / floor

    Good afternoon all, 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...
  9. S

    What are my options replacing toilet with waste pipe in floor?

    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...
  10. G

    How can we find/fix leaking pipes when the pipes are set within a concrete floor

    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...
  11. A

    Routing mains water pipe under the floor?!?

    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...
  12. D

    Vibration in floor....felt through out flat.

    #Rachiex 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...
  13. B

    Where to position CH pipes under groundfloor suspended floor

    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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  14. A

    Top floor Flat - Mains Booster advice

    Hi All, 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...
  15. M

    Copper CH /water pipes in concrete floor/walls

    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...
  16. GameForkStudio

    Best way to connect a toilet to a floor outlet.

    Hi all, Hope you are all well. 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...
  17. T

    Under floor heating system issue

    Hi. Hoping for some advice. Yesterday I did have an authorised tech round whom fitted a new control board and electrode/cable and my DUO TEC Compact+ 24 GA came back to life but things are not going as expected and unfortunately I am in Lithuania full time since lockdown and do not speak...
  18. W

    I have a cracked 1.5" pipe elbow going into a 4" main drain under basement floor. How do I fix this?

    Hey guys My wife noticed water on the floor in our basement. What I can see is that the elbow is cracked where a 1.5" down pipe enters a 4" pipe that goes beneath the basement concrete floor. My thought is that I have to break up some concrete to replace the 4" pipe/clean out and reattached...
  19. A

    Ground floor toilet waste location

    Busy rebuilding an old bathroom in an old cottage. Bathroom is downstairs and on removing the toilet I can see it goes straight into the ground (see photo). We did want to site the loo about 3ft to the right but cannot for the an extension to the pipe through the cabinets. I could box off the...
  20. R

    How do I top up the water in the radiators on an Ideal Mexico super 2 floor boiler?

    I am needing to bleed the radiators at the church building and I opened up the boiler cupboard to see if there are any cock valves to refill the system, but can't locate any. I haven't been able to locate a pressure gauge either and it appears that this boiler doe not have a loft tank either...

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