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  1. T

    Mains gas connection

    Hey guys does anyone know how much they charge to connect a house to the mains? Less than 10m Cheers
  2. A

    Strange problem - mains water running for 10 secs every few mins

    Hi, Got a strange issue and hoping someone has some ideas please. The other day I needed to switch off the stopcock to work on my toilet. Water was off for an hour or so and since then there is a strange noise every few minutes. It sounds like water running in a pipe and is coming from the...
  3. M

    Mains water flow reduced - found this in pipe.

    My mains water flow dropped off the other week. No leaks, pressure good. Elbow fitting from Toby copper pipe to plastic pipe just inside my garden. Turns out there was a piece of plastic in my pipe, couldn't go any further into my pipe so plumber was able to pull it out after opening fitting...
  4. S

    isolating mains water to building stop valve

    Ive got a installer out fitting a new kitchen and doing a few mods to the existing pipe work. one of which requires turning off the mains water supply to the building in order to move the location of the cold feed stopcock located in the kitchen. The fitter said he wasn't able to isolate the...
  5. J

    Low mains pressure, need ground level header tank?

    Hi, I get my water from the nearest farm. So pressure is very low, have recently had a loft conversation, which means I have no room for a header tank. Can I install a header tank in my brick shed, near the mains meter with a pump to get the required pressure to the first floor? Do I have to...
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  6. D

    Lack of mains pressure after turning roadside tap off and then on again.

    The mains pressure into the house was fine until I turned off the outside tap / valve on the roadside to do some work inside. It's a newish looking valve which has a plastic handle. It only takes a quarter turn between on and off with no effort. Is it usual for this type of valve to give...
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  7. D

    Boosting mains pressure - suck or blow?

    Hi. I've been looking for info from websites of various manufacturers of mains booster pumps - Salamander, S-T and Grundfos, etc - and also that of some 'specialist' suppliers like 'pumpexpress.co'. I'm trying to get a definitive answer to; "Can you suck as well as you can push'? Ie, how much...
  8. N

    Boxing In Mains Gas Pipe

    Recently bought a house with the other half, in the living room the gas main comes in through the front wall then goes down under the floor. I was hoping to box it in as it is unsightly, is there any reason whybi could not do so, as I am getting conflicting opinions on the matter? The boxed...
  9. D

    Using a mains booster pump/store and cold kitchen tap.

    Hello. Trying to work out options for my bro's top-floor flat which has truly pants mains pressure and flow. I estimate it (not actually measured, but from my recollection) to be something like 5lpm and well under 1 bar pressure - the kitchen cold is a 'fast trickle' at best, and the CWS takes...
  10. M

    Do we need a filter on our in coming mains

    we completely refurbished our house 4 . 5 years ago. All the taps have ceramic fittings and they are all needing replacing. A local plumber has suggested adding a filter to the incoming mains. Is this worth doing? I don't mind spending the money if it will prolong the life of all our traps...
  11. S

    moving mains cold feed pipe

    i'm in the process of remodeling my kitchen. At the moment the mains cold feed comes up through the floor and enters the house pretty much at the front of a cupboard so i want to reposition it somewhere that it wont be as much of an obstruction Id like to move this so that: 1: the stop valve...
  12. R

    Which way does the mains flow on this boundary box?

    Can anyone tell me which way the mains flow please? i have a feeling its to the left of the picture but if anyone could confirm that would be much appreciated :) I am trying to work out which is the service pipe to the house . Not very straightforward because of the pipe arrangement. I am...
  13. W

    I thought you couldn't pump mains legally?

    So why is this allowed to be installed? Salamander Pumps HomeBoost HB Booster Mains Water Boosting Pump 1.6bar
  14. R

    Can I turn water off at mains and leave heating on?

    Hi All, Sorry for a very basic question but I wanted to double check, I have a Maxol Supacombi HE28 boiler in the kitchen and as I'm away for a couple of days wondered if I could turn the water supply off at the mains but leave the central heating turned on? Thanks in advance.
  15. N

    Mains Water pipe capacity

    Hello, I have found It impossible to find even a rough answer to the following question, I'm hoping someone on hear can give me a educated answer. Our property was built in 2007, the mains water pipe comes from a main on the edge of a village 550 metres away. The pipe travels level for 400...
  16. N

    Problem Mains Bath Tap...

    Hi all, I’ve registered here as I’ve had 3 ‘plumbers’ who have looked at this and are all stumped. To begin with, I had a leaky outside Tap, no problem, I shut off the stopcock and replaced it. Now, whether by coincidence or not (I’m unsure) my cold feed on the Bath Tap (Mains fed) lost...
  17. H

    Intermittent noisy creaking mains water pipe

    Hi everyone. I'm a homeowner with no plumbing experience and I'm wondering if anyone can help me with a problem I've been having. I live in a flat in a new-ish build (completed early 2013) on the top (5th) floor. We have a combi boiler. In the last couple of months my wife and I have noticed a...
  18. A

    Baxi Duo-Tec 24GA - Fan only on, no display when switched on at mains

    Having issues with the boiler making a arcket when hot water/heating running, sounds like combustion needs resetting as it runs perfectly for 10 minutes then error E comes up and flame symbol. Boiler restarts and runs perfectly again until next time which could be never or 30 minutes Service...
  19. M

    Connecting mains cold water to gravity cold water.

    I have clients who live in a small cottage. Originally the kitchen was at the front of the house in one of the 2 rooms, the bathroom was upstairs at the back of the house and was fed by gravity hot and cold. At some time in the past a small extension was built at the back and the kitchen was...
  20. M

    Hotel with 2 mains feeds

    Hi all, I've been asked to modify the water supply to a hotel. The front of the old hotel is connected to the water mains in front of the hotel, and the rear extension backs onto a different street and has an other water main serving the back only. So can I simply connect the pipework inside...

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