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  1. Old house

    WHAT CAN I DO WITH THESE PIPES IN LOFT - Survey says DIY standard?!

    Hi All Newbie so please bear with. We are selling our old house - built 1880. The purchaser has shared their survey report which states that the pipe work in the loft is of DIY standard. This was done before we bought house 10 years ago, and everything works fine but obviously I have to try and...
  2. B

    ADVICE-40mm waste leaking ceiling. Pipes at angle/undefeated pressure?

    Hi I fitted a bath/shower 12 years ago and a few months ago it developed a leak. It was basically at a coupler on 40mm solvent where my new white PVC joined the existing grey PVC. I cut a hole in the ceiling and could also easily view it with the bath panel off but not access it from there...
  3. F

    32 Ideal Vogue Max - reduce pump speed? (noisy expanding pipes)

    Hello all, At the start of the year I had a 32 Ideal Vogue Max fitted and all was well, it's working fine. Problem is, I was getting floors done at the same time so I had a very limited time to notch out / felt between the pipes & joists. I thought I got them all but, I didnt and the noise is...
  4. O

    Tee 15mm pipes from 15mm pipes for CH

    Hi all, I need to fit a new rad but the location of it has an obstruction. I initially wanted to tee from the 22mm pipes but right beside them and in between my new rad and the 22mm pipes are two 15mm pipes heading to another rad. I'm a DIY'er and trying to keep my joints to a minimum, I'm...
  5. D

    Insulation on chased-in pipes

    HI Plumbers, I need some advice on our chased-in pipes. We had plumbers tell us an array of different things. Questions: 1) Do copper pipes need insulation? 2) if so what type? 3) Do Pex pipes need insulation? 3) if so what type? I know they have been done already but I'm going to...
  6. judebea

    How to connect two pvc pipes small space

    Help needed for a DIY-er. I lifted my floorboard one night at 2am after a month of not knowing where my leak was coming from. I've numerous holes in my living room ceiling and had 3 different plumbers out from different companies unable to find the problem and all charging me for doing other...
  7. D

    Pipes that run through bedroom and need rerouted

    Hi folks. I have 2 pipes that run through my bedroom that are boxed in by skirtings. Both these pipes come from the boiler that sits in a cupboard in the kids bedroom and run roughly about 20 feet around the room and then go through the wall to the bathroom. Both are copper pipes. I have been...
  8. M

    How to tidy pipes knot?

    Hello everybody! Yesterday i have replaced old radiator at my mums house into new one, old one was single panel radiator, she wanted two panels radiator. All looks good, apart from one thing, and i need your help guys as proffesionals. How to tidy up pipe knots? The way they run i cant think of...
  9. J

    Have my water pipes been plumbed the wrong way?

    Good morning, I recently had an extension, new bathroom and new en-suite fitted. Prior to the works the hot water worked. Now we have moved back we have no hot water. British gas came for 5 hours on saturday and replaced every single part of the boiler to do with the hot water as well as the...
  10. Muskopia

    Chasing CH pipes using speedfit

    I'm chasing some walls and using speedfit for pipes to the radiators. I'll be using conduit and want to transition to copper ends which will connect to the rads. Can I bury the speedfit fittings (elbows etc)? What are the options for pipe exiting the wall and connecting to the rads? Do I...
  11. Muskopia

    What to do with my Central Heating pipes in this scenario? *Help*!

    Hi. This is part of a narrow L-section of an upstairs bathroom in a house I'm renovating. The toilet sits here. I forgot to take a pic whilst up there, so I've drawn a diagram. Black = walls Brown = joists Blue = CH pipes (hopefully) - they're already notched in this location but unused. I...
  12. B

    Do my CH pipes look right? Getting frustrated now!

    Hi all, I've had F23 error on my Vaillant ecofit pure because of CH system. My rads are not heating up properly. I've replaced the 3 way mid position valve, and taken the head off the Grundfos UPS2 and cleaned out the impeller. I've run Sentinel x400 for 4 weeks now, prior to this I drained...
  13. E

    Drain flies in saniflo pipes

    We have a saniflo system in our loft bathroom. We believe we have drain flies in there (probably from not using the shower for a month or so as we were all using the one in our main bathroom). Does anyone have any advice on how to get rid of them as there is always standing water in the pipes...
  14. S

    Undersized heating pipes??

    Hi guys, hope I can get some advice. I’m a gas safe engineer , working on a central heating issue, so I hope this in the the correct forum?? I was called to a job, where the customer has been having issues with the heating not working correctly and certain rooms not heating up. The customer...
  15. omendata

    Blocked Cold Water Tank Pipes - Doing my head in for over a year

    Ok I have been dealing with this problem for over a year and finally have to ask for some help as backflushing every 2 weeks or so is getting very tiresome. I live in a 60's flat (3 flats per side of the block so 6 flats in all) with two overhead water tanks in a tankhouse on the flat roof for...
  16. M

    Bathroom renovation - waste pipes

    Been researching as much as I can and think have a good gist about recommended waste pipe sizes, types of bends etc so now just looking to fit the most efficient system (but also looking to minimise drilling through stone work). Essentially the old setup had the shower and bath running...
  17. T

    Pipes making noise even when central heating is off

    We have a Grant condensing oil fired boiler in good condition and four years old. Sometimes after a period of use when the central heating has been on, we can hear a rhythmic sound from the pipes and the boiler is not firing up as it should Leave it for a while and turn up thermostat and it...
  18. R

    URGENT HELP NEEDED CHASING RADIATOR PIPES INTO WALL

    Hello we are currently doing our living room, it is back to plaster no skirting etc.. our current radiator has pipes on show down the wall and along the skirting. but we'd like to chase them into the wall and change the radiator roughly for a similar size. Should we chase them in exactly how...
  19. A

    Pipes vibrating when shower, toilet, washing machine used?

    Hi We have had an issue with our system for a few weeks now, the pipes judder and vibrate behind the wall, where the bathroom sink is. We have had a Megaflow system taken out and replaced with a Combi this week, and I had expected the noise and vibration to go aware. Its kind of got worse...
  20. S

    Saniflo water goes back in and repumps to loud banging in pipes

    Hello, I have had a Saniflo PRO XR for three years. Still under warranty and I put cleaner/descaler every three months. It is used once or twice a day. The first year there were no problems. Then it suddenly started to go off intermittently during the night. I took out the Elbow where the non...

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