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    Leaking ceramic disc spindle

    Hi all, First time renovator and registered plumber. I'm replacing my old full turn taps with quarter turn taps that have ceramic disc spindles, but the new taps seem to randomly gush hot water while the handle is turned off after they have been used, any ideas on what could be going wrong? We...
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    Leaking Hansgrohe Bar Shower

    How do I get access to the flow cartridge in the Hansgrohe Bar Shower. It has the control with the 50% mark on the flow side. See attached photo - the end piece pops off but hard to see whether the small button should also come off to slide off the cover and reveal the cartridge
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    ADVICE -Shower leaking via 300mm UPV panels gap? Best way to seal??

    Hi All Noticed the floor around shower had a pool of water, looked like shower leaking from below, presumed it was trap but all good, could not see where water was coming from? I turned on the showed head and viewed underneath base and the ONLY time i had a leak was when the water jet was...
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    Leaking Swivel Bath Screen

    Hi, I recently detected some leaks from my bathroom. Part of the issue was water escaping from the bath screen. A plumber refitted and sealed the bath and screen. Unfortunately, the water is still escaping near the base of the hinge of the shower screen. I have attached a picture of the base...
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    Leaking cyclinder connection

    Hello All, Yes, another 'leaking cyclinder' question...I'd be grateful for your advice. Vented 90x45 cyclinder in loft. Connection in question is not flow or return but an additional 5th connection that seems part of a separate system with dedicated hot water tank and shower pump. Can't get...
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    isolate radiator change to change leaking valve?

    Hi all, I need to replace this valve as it's dripping even when turned off so presume its old and worn out. How do I isolate the water supply to it? When I open it slightly water comes out a lot so if I take the valve off completely to replace it do I just need to quickly get the new one on and...
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    I have a mixer tap on bath, flow on left temperature right but leaking

    I have a shower mixer tap on bath, flow on left temperature right but leaking from temperature control on right side, found a replacement but the flow and temperature reversed, is that ok
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    Leaking Shower

    Hi, we have a rectangle three walled tiled shower with acrylic base that is leaking in both corners - was only built approx two years ago so really not wanting to replace. So far have had the original plumber and tiler look at it but couldn’t find the source of the leak. Silicone where the tray...
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    Leaking toilet can anyone help please

    An anyone help fix issue started with constantly dripping in bowl. Changed the value on the fill part now noticed this part is constantly dripping and I believe causing further dripping in to toilet. So much water comes in to the cizsten aswell. can anyone offer any help
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    LEAKING NEW FLUIDMASTER 400 BOTTOM ENTRY FROM PLASTIC CISTERN NUT.

    Hi If anyone can give me any advise on how to stop a leak please ? I have just installed a new Fluidmaster 400 float valve bottom entry brass shank. It is now leaking with a drip from the bottom white plastic washer which fits onto the cistern. I made sure the rubber washer was put on cone end...
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    Leaking flexi pipe when attached to stop pipe piece.

    Hi, I am by no means a plumber, however I am trying to fit a new Bathroom sink. As I don't know the correct terminology I have attached a couple of pictures to try and help explain it. I have attached an elbow stop pipe piece to a copper pipe and have no problems with this. However I have...
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    Leaking Cold water storage tank and overflow

    Hi there Hoping for some advice on a plumbing issue. Bit of background - currently I am not using my gas central heating system. The system is 20+ years old and kept breaking down and various plumbers visited and fixed problems but advised system flushes or a range of options - essentially the...
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    how to fix this leaking tap

    ~i cant find any way of dismantling the tap ,opening the top of the taps or anything. it says visions on top of the taps. any help would be greatly appreciated thank you
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    leaking boiler Flexcom 24 hx

    Hi all, I am new here. I am not a plumber but a retired long time electrician working in industry. Most of my work was on water cooled, high power, high voltage components and circuitry so pipework and fittings always came into it. Boiler type Glow.worm Flexicon 24 hx I have turned the power and...
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    Problem with shower - MIRA Shower leaking

    Good afternoon guys, I was wondreing if anyone could help with the issue I have at home. I have a MIRA offset quadrant shower (built around 3/4 years ago approx), and I am having leakings (see attached the photos). I have tried to put some silicone several times but the water is still going...
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    Help with leaking waste water to down pipe

    Hi Everyone, Can anyone tell me what's the best way to fix this leaky connection union? Does the connection to the main down pipe need to be horizontal? Looks a bit dodgy to me. Should I replace with the pipe layout with something like I have sketched with the red or green lines in the...
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    Leaking UFH Manifold

    Hi, we have a leak from the underfloor heating manifold. It appears to be leaking from one of the thermal actuators (please see photos). It’s leaking about a cupful every day. So far, I’ve talked to about 10 local plumbers:– Contacted original installer. The admin person kept telling me that...
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    Iso valves leaking

    I wanted to do some work on my ensuite shower but no way to isolate it. I removed a bit of platerboard from the wall in room behond it to expose the pipes (gery plastic Hepworth 15mm) and got a plumber out to fit a couple of isolation valves. Both valves are leaking very slowly, just a drip over...
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    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...
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    Tap tails keep leaking

    Hi all, Just replaced tap in kitchen as old one was leaking, previous owner had connected using copper pipe and the isolation valve for the hot is to far away to connect to flexi, I know I could add a bit of pipe and adapter but the cost of buying all the bits far exceeded just getting a long...

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