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    New pop-up drain control limiting overflow capacity?

    We've just had some new bath taps fitted and, as a nice little surprise for me, Mrs Underwater had the plumber install (in my absence) a pop-up drain plug, operated by a shiny rotating control mounted in the overflow hole. Although it looks nice and neat, I'm concerned that there is very little...
    • Underwater
    • Thread
    • control drain overflow
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
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    22 mm Solvent Weld Overflow

    Hi All. I was all set to buy 3 x 3m 22m Hunter overflow pipe, 6 x 90° bend ,2 x 135° bend ,2 x Straight connectors + 125mm solvent cement. All this was going to be purchased locally at Buildbase at just over £30 which I have no problem with. Prices were checked last week online + stock. Went...
  3. J

    Dripping overflow pipe

    Dripping overflow from small header thank so i changed the ballcock valve but kept dripping so i tied up the ballcock and drained the tank.Water was dripping in slowly from the bottom outlet.The heating has not been on for over a week,so what pushing the water back through the pipe into the...
  4. R

    Sink Waste overflow leak concern or not ?

    Hi again, I recently installed an Wickes Compact Sink with the help of you guys on here successfully, no leaks on the underneath plumbing bits after a month. But I could just be fussy or wrong on this, my overflow holes are on the top of my sink as shown here...
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    Plastic overflow pipe in 70s building

    i live in a mid 70s built block of flats in London and ever since I've lived there have experienced the occasional leak through my bathroom ceiling. After much effort and investigation, it would appear to be coming from an overflowing cistern two floors up. The plumber who visited thinks the...
  6. S

    condensate, overflow pipe brittle?

    Hi guys, recently sorted out a leak on overflow condensate pipe from a valiant boiler , on the vertical a coupling had split and also the 90 elbow directly below had also split out, im blaming the alignment of the pipes which clearly put both fittings under strain, but I had no idea these...
  7. G

    My WC cistern empties itself, but not into the pan or overflow. Where does it go?

    Hi All I am a new member and this is my first post. I have been doing DIY for some 50 years, but I find this one a total mystery: My WC (mains water) inlet keeps running, but slowly. I have replaced the valve but still it doe not shut off. To save wasting water I turned the maintenance valve...
  8. B

    overflow problem

    Hi ! Is there anybody that can tell me why I'm getting hot water back into the central heating header tank in the loft causing it to overflow ? And any remedies . thanks in advance !
  9. T

    Overflow problem

    Hello expert plumbers, I need some help. I've had two plumbers round to look at an overflow drip from a hot water tank up in the top floor of my house. The drip is constant yet sometimes more frequent when the heating comes on. I previously had the immersion heater on 24/7; having been advised...
  10. U

    Overflow drip problem

    Hello expert plumbers, I need some help. I've had two plumbers round to look at an overflow drip from a hot water tank up in the top floor of my house. The drip is constant yet sometimes more frequent when the heating comes on. I previously had the immersion heater on 24/7; having been...
  11. D

    Overflow constantly dripping

    Hello I have a tank in my loft I think it's called a header tank (sorry for the non technical descriptions) it has a big tank on the bottom and a small one on the top with a ball cock in it. To get hot water out of the taps I have to flip a switch which I can hear turns on the immersion? in...
  12. R

    Overflow drip

    Friends For years my mums has overflow has dropped. She's due home from rehab soon & been at her place with the spark as stair lift going in. Anyway, this drip has been investigated by BG as she has her insurance etc. Never fixed. I got in the loft - f & e not over flowing - pic attached...
  13. S

    solvent weld waste fittings/overflow fittings turned yellow

    Thought these only turned a yellow tint when uv hit them? Had some kept in a dark shed for a while in a plastic tub and they have started to turn yellow, especially the overflow fittings.
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    Metal tank for hot water overflow in loft?

    Hello, we just moved to a new house and have a boiler and a solid fuel burner that feed a hot water cylinder with a Dunsley heat exchanger. There is water tank in the loft in case there is too much hot water. My plumber said this plastic tank should be replaced with a metal tank in case the...
    • StuartP
    • Thread
    • hot water overflow tank water
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
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    Slimline bath overflow needed..

    Hi, can anyone recommend a bath overflow that doesnt project out very far from the back of the bath? I've fitted a bath yesterday with a 5 hole tap arrangement and the central filler has a 33mm wide body that fouls both of the overflows i tried last night. Hoping for something like you would...
  16. M

    Overflow gushing water when mains turned on!

    Hi there. Any help appreciated with this one. I've had no hot water coming from the kitchen mixer tap, so I adjusted the cylinder mechanism in the tap so that hot water flowed OK. However, when I turned the mains water back on, the overflow pipe outside began to gush water. Looking at the...
    • Mattsky
    • Thread
    • mains overflow water
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  17. G

    Overflow head scratcher !

    Hi, been to a customers house tonight . Overflow running from domestic tank , took a ball tap - thought I already knew the problem! Ball tap tap is working fine , submersed under water ran some hot water off , level in tank dropped . Bent arm arm down on ball tap , it shut off around 3"...
  18. U

    Overflow help

    Hi. Outside my property, looking up towards the roof. There are 2 little white pipes sticking out. 1 is leaking water. Not just a trickle. Its quite fast!! Its coming from the cold water tank in the loft! I have emptied the tank by turning off the stopcock and running the hot water tap...
  19. C

    Pumped shower and overflow problem

    I was called to a house that reported the hot water header tank was over flowing, so I expected a passing float valve and visited. The valve operated correctly and the problem was more involved. They have 3 showers running from a Salamander 3 bar pump. The pump and installation seem fine and a...
  20. P

    Overflow Pipe Issue in flats

    I live in a block of flats, with three flats on my side of the building. Management company have said there is an issue with an over flow pipe and they think it is mine. Looking on the outside I can see a dripping pipe but it seems to be beneath the flat below mine, and can see another pipe...

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