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  1. L

    How do we manage a new combi boiler moving in to the loft and relocating the kitchen so the cooker is the other side of the house? Help needed please?

    I need some advice… Our gas meter is currently in the garage conversion and runs under the stairs into the kitchen where we have the boiler. We want to do the following things: 1. Replace with a combi boiler and move to the loft. We are a semi detached house so need to the pipes run up from the...
  2. B

    smell coming from plumbing underneath my kitchen sink.

    I live in pattaya, thailand. just moved into a condo. a few days after moving in, I started smelling sewer gas coming from underneath my kitchen sink. I asked the landlord to fix it. but he has ignored me for a week now. so, I'm thinking I need to resolve this myself or move out. mind you...
  3. B

    high neck swirl monobloc tap assembly to my kitchen sink. All is well hot water comes out as a jet. Is this norm?

    I purchased and fitted a Swirl high neck monobloc assembly in my kitchen,all is well. However the hot water comes out as a jet. Is this normal?
  4. A

    Mystery open kitchen drain behind wall - need advice about plugging it

    My kitchen sink drain became blocked and, while unblocking it with a plunger and lots of water, I saw the dirty water leak from behind drywall about 6 feet away from sink. I had previously noticed a smell from the same area and dampness on the drywall. So I cut open the drywall and find an open...
  5. P

    What are the regs on commercial kitchen gas solenoid valves

    Been asked to wire up gas valve in pub kitchen and all the gas fitter has left is a stop button, when I wired many of these for a catering firm years ago there was a control box witha current sensor that worked with the fan. What are the current requirements? Is there a minimum height betwwen a...
  6. T

    Monobloc kitchen mixer 32mm back nut - spanner

    Anyone coming across these tap fixing components. I'm struggling to find a box spanner to fit. The nut is about 33-34 mm between flats. New install and as far as I can see nothing apart from a box spanner will tighten this. Unless you have the opportunity fit before installing sink.
  7. E

    Bristan separate hot/cold Kitchen Pillar Tap Washers

    hi as our separate hot tap is dripping contacted Bristan to ask what washer to get as heard that depending on date bought, washers either rubber or fibre. Bristan said that they do not supply individual washers but only complete valve assemblies. sure that I have seen Bristan washers on the...
  8. J

    Shower runs cold when kitchen sink hot is used

    Came across a tricky job last Friday.gravity fed vented hot water cylinder that is pumped via twin impeller pump.also cold from tank is pumped with same pump.pump is upstairs.feed for bar mixer shower pipes go up into loft and drop down into the shower area.cylinder up stairs.would shower run...
  9. R

    Kitchen drainage design - Please help with constructive critique and advice

    Hi. DIY guy here, not a plumber of any experience. I would be grateful for constructive critique of the drainage design presented by this diagram, accompanied by the following notes and questions: 1) On the left is dishwasher, on the right is washing machine. Purple lines represent standard...
  10. T

    Help locating a rectangular waste trap for kitchen sink?

    Hi all, I am hoping someone can advise on this.....bought a 1.5 bowl sink a while ago from B&Q but never got around to fitting it. Now decided to fit it in my utility room but upon having a look at it the smaller of the two bowls appears to have a rectangular slotted waste exit in the bottom as...
  11. V

    Fitting Franke Fuji kitchen tap

    I am going to be fitting a Franke Fuji tap at my daughter’s. The tap comes with the hot and cold flexible tails, the hot has a standard nut and rubber washer on the end for connecting to a male compression fitting but the cold has a different end ( I think because it has a non return valve...
  12. milleniumaire

    New kitchen tap install

    I need to replace an old leaking kitchen tap at a rental property and having fitted one of these before I've decided to go for the Cooke and Lewis mono mixer from Screwfix, which comes with 356mm flexible tales and a G 1/2" end: The tenant has sent me some photos of the existing tap and...
  13. D

    Kitchen tap thread size

    Hi I need to replace both hot/cold taps as they have done 20 years service, I looked at various sites and the thread size is quoted as "G1/2" now the dumb bit, is this referring to the copper pipe size thats fits into the tap or is it the external thread size f the tap. Thanks for any info.
  14. B

    New Kitchen Tap - slow drip

    I bought a new kitchen mixer tap. Link below. https://www.wrenkitchens.com/aurora-tap-chrome-high-low-pressure/8901 Every time I walk into the kitchen, I see a drip on the end of the tap. I remove the drip, to discover another drip on the end of it after about couple of hours. Now, is there a...
  15. R

    Having trouble finding duel flow kitchen taps

    There seems to be a big shortage of duel flow kitchen taps, I know the trend is towards combis but there is still a lot of flats/bungalows with poor hot water pressure which means you need a duel flow tap. Any one got a good supplier of them? Thanks
  16. R

    outdoor kitchen water supply

    Do I need an anti-siphon valve for a dedicated outdoor Kitchen water supply ... supply comes from the house, out the brick wall next a spigot. Seems overkill ! ... is there a freeze protection rational for it ?
  17. M

    Flow rate new kitchen install.

    Hello again Guys I've just had a new kitchen install. The fitters tapped into the overhead 15mm hot and cold that feeds the Utility Room 3.0m further on. The hot flow rate in the Utility Room (Monobloc taps) is 9.5 litres/min. In the new kitchen monobloc the flow rate is 4.5 litres/min, less...
  18. Jeffrey Griffin

    Kitchen hot tap flow v slow

    Hi there. Have a carron mixer tap in kitchen the flow on the hot tap side has become very slow for no apparent reason. To almost a trickle...was never like that previously. Hot tap in bathroom.upstairs is strong. When I remove the connection under the sink the flow seems good and strong but...
  19. P

    Kitchen tap question

    Hi, I had a mixer tap installed a couple of years ago & the circlip at the back at the junction of the spout & mixer tap block wasn’t installed (either didn’t arrive with it or the plumber forgot to insert it). The tap works fine for day to day use, so I only discovered it was missing when I...
  20. L

    Kitchen mixer taps (lifespan/brands/prices/variants)

    My kitchen mixer tap (Franke Zurich) has developed a drip. Presumably the cartridge (hot) has started to wear out. It is one that I replaced about 3 and half yrs ago for the same reason (not sure how old its predecessor was as we inherited it). Doesn't seem a particularly great lifespan, but I'm...

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