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    running overflow

    had a call back to a house today that i chacged the cws in the attic about a month a go, running overflow (badly) went there to find the float on the part 2 collapsed and full of water, took it off and dried it and cand see to get a drop of water out, anyway , replaced the float, and called an...
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    Worcester Heatslave 12/14 oil boiler overflow problem

    I have a Worcester Heatslave 12/14 oil boiler. Recently I have noticed that there is a constant trickle of water from the boiler overflow. This is particularly annoying as I am on a water meter. The guage inside the boiler is not reliable. The reading is usually just above zero (red pointer...
    • colin2907
    • Thread
    • boiler oil boiler overflow worcester
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum
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    Loft Overflow leaking

    Hi guys, I need some advise if poss :) - I have an overflow leak and it's from the loft. I went up there and took the lid off the cold water tank to find the water above the overflow pipe. Any advise on how to stop it filling too much would be great! Thanks in advance! Edit: I...
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    draught through wc overflow

    evening to the Forum. I put a rubber glove over the pipe. held by jubilee clip, and cut tip off one finger. It lasts a couple of months and the customer gets a warmer bathroom. Any ideas for a longer lasting solution apart from fitting internal overflow style flush valve. Thanks, Dean.
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    water leaks down the internal overflow everytime i flush

    i have a macdee arcadia inlet valve (i think) it flushes fine but when its finished flushing the water carries on filling and goes down the internal overflow pipe. This does stop eventually but its got a lot worse. It will also stop if i push down on the inlet valve. Any ideas much appreciated...
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    Water softener overflow drip

    Recently moved into a house with a Minimax water softener fitted which takes 2 4kg blocks of salt. Can't find model number. There are 2 overflow pipes going into the drain, 1 copper and 1 plastic. Just noticed the copper pipe seems to constantly drip slowly and wondered if this is normal? It's...
  7. R

    Immersion tank overflow is overflowing.

    I've checked this on the forum and think similar question has been asked and answered but not sure. The overflow on outside wall is overflowing. we've traced it back to the immersion tank, have tried turning down temp but no difference, have bent the arm of ballcock slightly also. This seemed...
    • Rainbow32
    • Thread
    • immersion overflow tank
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
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    Neighbour's boiler overflow

    Hi, I am new to the forum hope someone on here can help. My next door neighbour's boiler has been installed in an outside brick built cupboard which is adjacent to my outside cupboard. There are 2 pipes coming out of the neighbour's cupboard wall, one is a copper pipe which is upmost, below...
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    CWS tank overflow problem

    The cold water storage tank in the loft is overflowing, I have replaced the ballcock, what seems to be happening is hot water from the cylinder is getting forced back up into the cws tank and causing the overflow, the central heating header tank runs at a slight trickle and as soon as I isolate...
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    problems with overflow on header tanks

    Hello, i recently rerouted some plastic overflow pipes from both header tanks in my attic to the outside through an external wall. When i came to test them for leaks (by holding down the ball float) and trying to allow water to flow down the newly rerouted pipes , nothing happened and water did...
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    32mm overflow on cold water tank?

    We're selling our house, and the surveyor advised that the current 21.5mm overflow from the loft cold water and central heating expansion tank is too small, and needs to be 32mm! This seems huge to me, and will present a problem when exiting under the eaves. I'm going to change it to keep our...
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    No Overflow Pipe?

    Hi I am replacing my Torbeck float valve with a Fluidmaster. I have never done this before and I am concerned because there is no overflow pipe in my cistern. I realise it isn't built into the Fluidmaster so my question is whether it is built into the syphon or was it built into the old...
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    Toilet overflow fault

    We have installed a toilet with an internal overflow system in the cistern, however the water level keeps rising abobe the overflow pipe allowing water rise in the cistern and leak through the pipe in to the bowl wasting water. Please can you help?

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