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  1. J

    Earthing a sink/mains water in rubber pipe

    Hi I'm replacing a kitchen, the original having been ripped out. On of my tasks is to install sink. The mains water s coming in to the house via a plastic pipe, then the stop tape, then more plastic pipe, before being connected to a copper pipe. Do I need to earth the sink? there is no...
    • JRD
    • Thread
    • mains pipe water
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  2. S

    mains stopcock

    Hi. I have a question. When you turn off the mains stopcock should the water meter stop running?
  3. F

    Aquatherm mains installation (heating & vent or plumbing & heating?)

    When I was an apprentice I installed aquatherm for the mains and the risers, this was done with the evidence along with long write ups to accompany them only to be told that it was heating & vent and not plumbing & heating requiring me to sought evidence of a bathroom and radiators install...
    • FoRiS HeAtInG
    • Thread
    • heating installation mains vent
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
  4. B

    Shared mains supply iron pipes

    Hi i live alongside the A51 in a victorian terraced house of five cottages. The problem i have is that the mains water pipe which is made of iron comes through my back garden and comes through my kitchen floor as my house is the first one it feeds with a branch coming off for my supply with...
  5. E

    Domestic mains water stopcock size

    Hello Can someone please help me with the following question. I live in a house built around 1950 The old stopcock looks knackered and I want to replace. I can turn the water off in the street to my house as the water board man left me a key to the manhole Now I am not 100% sure about...
    • EBrant
    • Thread
    • mains size water
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  6. J

    Disconnecting cold water tank feed to bathroom & connecting directly to the mains.

    Hi, I’m looking for some advice. I have recently moved into a ground floor flat (leasehold), with 3 flats above me, in an old Victorian conversion. I’m planning on renovating my bathroom and have a problem pipe in the corner of the room where I want the bath to go, boxed in with a valve key...
    • JessB
    • Thread
    • bathroom cold mains tank water water tank
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  7. B

    Neighbour's builder ruptured lead mains into flat, advice needed!

    Hi all, On Monday my neighbours builder, when putting a new fence in between our properties ruptured the lead pipe main inlet to our flat. I went outside and they told me they were going to fix it. Later I returned and saw the 'fix'. They had used some sort of plastic/rubber or similar wrapping...
  8. M

    Mains stop tap problem??

    Hi all. Just can to change an internal stop tap and the bloody mains tap outside is missing the head, leaving me with just a round spindle. Any ideas guys??
  9. C

    Water Mains

    Hi, I need to replace the lead pipes with copper within the house, a little confused as I have like a hose pipe (but more rigid) from the stopcock, which then connects back into the lead. I think it's a 22mm compression straight, which sits half in the stopcock and the other connects onto...
    • CovMartin
    • Thread
    • mains water
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  10. N

    Low mains flow rate - what to do?

    Hi, Apologies for the lengthy post, especially as it's my first here ... We've suffered from appallingly low flow rate from our mains water supply since we moved in 18 years ago. Now we're having some major extensions built I figured it's about time I did something about it. The...
  11. cr0ft

    Finding a leak on water mains in garden

    Hi all, Been phoned by a building company we work for. The customer definitely has a leak on the supply pipe (somewhere between the water mains and the internal stopcock). Are there any tools we can hire/use to help us pinpoint the exact location at all?? I assume not as the pipe will be...
  12. A

    Installing a mains pump

    Hello all I am thinking of installing, getting a plumber that is, a mains pressure pump from screwfix to help with reduced pressure during certain times of the day/year and improve the flowrate. I have a water meter which was installed 16 years ago. I suppose most/all of the neighbours will...
  13. hammers4spanner

    mains pressure

    How many feet or floors can 25 mm alcathene (however its spelt) push up before its loses pressure?

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