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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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    Pulsar direct TRV pin leaking looking for spares

    I have a client with 5 manifolds that are Pulsar Direct supplied .I know Pulsar direct are no longer. I have a few with leaking TRV (RBM -TL50) pins. How easy is it to change the pin side of the valve. . Are they standard or specific to the manifold? Where would I look for spares. Just had 'we...
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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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    Baxi main Ecco 25 combi boiler bypass pipe 5114715 is leaking from both ends one end is fitted to the 3 way valve assy

    Baxi main Ecco 25 combi boiler the bypass pipe 5114715 is leaking from both ends one end fits into the the 3 way valve assy
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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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    Leaking pastic soil pipe stack cover

    Installed when the house was built in the 70's. Does anyone know where can I get a replacement cover ? (or gasket) ? It's not the same shape as ones I've seen online with 4 fixing screws, it has a centre bolt to remove the cover. Cheers
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    Leaking toilet

    Found out recently that toilet has been leaking slowly, under oil cloth covering. Insurance won't pay out. Says it has been going on too long. ( what we thought was overflowing bath or shower, was actually from toilet connection). Floor boards are destroyed and obviously plaster coning off...
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    Leaking Flue pipe from Boiler

    Hi all, Had a plumber come round today to service our boiler and it turns out he's had to turn it off as unsafe due to some water leaking on the outside of the flue pipe. At the time the plumber said that the instillation was done terribly and that if I really wanted I could report the job as...
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    Advice on leaking waste pipe connector

    Hi, Really hoping someone could advice me on a leak issue I'm having. We have a macerator type set up for our ensuite, that joins to the main soil pipe in the loft. The connector where the pipe from macerator meets the main soil pipe is not water tight, and therefore excess water is flowing...
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    URGENT Leaking hot water cylinder pipe

    Hi I have a leak from one of the pipes, going into the hot water cylinder, in the airing cupboard. There are 2 pipes going into the cylinder on the left hand side, (I think it is called a vented cylinder - colder water tank in loft) and it is the top pipe which is leaking, (the one with yellow...
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    Shower leaking from multiple places!

    Hi all I have a Bristan shower fitted which is leaking from the bar valve and from the removable shower head. On the bar valve the leak seems to be coming from the white seal. I’ve tried using plumbers putty which hasn’t helped. So I took the bar off the wall to see if there were any issues and...
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    Looks like the bath plug is leaking...

    It looks as though the bath plug is leaking even though the water is dripping further up the basin as it were (i.e. in the direction of the overflow pipe/towards the camera) and not from the area immediately around the plug. I'm not too confident in replacing the plug (visions of flooding after...
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    Leaking bathtap shower diverter

    Looking for a bit of advice regarding the shower diverter valve on my bathtaps. Pictures attached. Problem is that when I run the taps to fill the bath (diverter is in its default depressed position) I get water leaking from the top of the valve which trickles out and makes a bit of a mess...

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