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  1. G

    Corroded pipes new build

    Recently I began to smell damp in my boiler cupboard. I can see there is a lot of blue and white corrosion on the copper pipes and I can see they are slowly dripping. On looking at the cupboard under the kitchen sink - same thing. Pipes very blue and corroded with slow dripping. The house is 4...
  2. Muskopia

    Supporting speedfit pipes under 1st floor floorboards

    Hi. What would you recommend for pipe support whilst running 15mm central heating pipes parallel to floor joists? My idea is to screw wood supports perpendicular to the joists and clip the pipes to the top, or, screw-in wood supports with 22mm holes and pass through the pipe. When the pipe...
  3. J

    To insulate both hot and cold pipes?

    Hi all, I just learned the external pipes for boiler system should be insulated especially in loft and garage as they are in very cold area. I checked my loft and found some pipes are insulated but others are not! I think it is because the insulated pipes are from previous owner's, since I...
  4. C

    Removing radiator leaving flow/return pipes open

    Hi. I am about to lay new wooden flooring and replace my skirting boards. I want a full skirting board behind my radiator but to do this I will have to remove the radiator (take it off the wall) - obviously the system has to be depressurised to do this ... my question is this ... I do not...
  5. Barisk

    I need infor about these pipes

    Hi , I was going to install an outside light when i got onto leader i seen pipes cracked and cut , I’m not sure what these pipes are for and still in use. Does anyone know if they need to be replaced please? The crack is below light
  6. I

    Can i connect waste pipes into soil pipe tee on a horizontal run? I

    Obviously I know the boss parts on a soil pipe tee are there to be cut out to connect waste pipes and I have done this when it is not a horizontal run but i was wondering if i can connect the soil tee horizontally and still connect waste from it? I have attached the part and rotated the inage on...
  7. A

    Capping old hot and cold pipes

    Looking for some opinions on whether you should cap old hot and cold water pipes. A plumber I got to remove some old sinks from bedrooms has capped off the hot and cold pipes under the floor. I thought it didn’t quite seem like the best thing to do and thought he would completely remove the...
  8. Frankey

    Platic pipes near radiators

    Hi guys. I'm getting the radiators installed in my property now and I'm struggling between plastic and copper pipes to radiators. I've asked 2 plumbers and they said opposite opinions. The first one said only copper pipes is allowed into radiators, and the second plumber agreed to install...
  9. A

    Banging Pipes, blowing off joints HELP!

    So house 4 years old. In that time had 7 pipes burst. Builder fixed first one, blaming cylinder not being serviced. Over the 3 years another 2 went. Builder not interested as out of 2 year cover. Nov last year another went. Plumber came and fixed, said looks like shoddy installation. No sooner...
  10. gb17342

    Help identifying pipes

    Can anyone help me identify these pipes please? They are connected to a water tank in the roof of a tenement in Glasgow. I'm trying to work out which pipe is filling the tank from the mains supply, because pipe 2 also supplies all the water in my flat so I'm hoping it's not coming from the tank...
  11. P

    Hissing pipes filling loop not working

    I hope you can give me some advice. The day after a pump replacement last week, on my Halstead ace, the boiler and pipes made a hissing noise when the hot water taps were used - a noise like when the pressure is too low- this continued when the taps were turned off and until the boiler stopped...
  12. T

    Sweating cold water pipes

    I have sweating cold water pipes, even though I have insulated them with foam it's still sweating. Any ideas what I can do next?
  13. gavdtra

    Miles of Heating pipes

    This building has 70+rooms and miles of heating pipes with no insulation. Might be a stupid question but is insulating all these pipes worth it? The oil bill is eye watering...
  14. A

    Rad pipes chased outside??

    Hi all, Background situation… I’ve refit our new bathroom from scratch, re-located toilet waste, all new plumbing for wastes and supplies within floorboards etc and new shower valve pipe work etc chased in to internal wall. So I have had to do a lot of research, and I’ve muddled along ok so...
  15. V

    Expanding foam around pipes?

    Hi all, I really hope I can get an answer from you lovely people! I currently have a bit of a mouse problem, and it seems that they are getting in to the cupboard under my kitchen sink through the hole where my hot and cold water pipes enter the cupboard from under the floor, or where the waste...
  16. S

    How to fix shower bar with only 10mm exposed 15mm copper pipes?

    Hi Guys, Seeking advice. I have a Triton Combi HP (8000/9000) mixer shower, which is giving thermostatic and cross flow issues. I can confirm cold back flowing into hot, because the hot feed is ice cold. I have 3 of these identical showers, and the hots are much warmer than the colds on the...
  17. J

    Noisy hot water pipes and low pressure

    hey guys Ive had a problem where my hot water (solar), has had very low pressure. Ive just had a plumber check this problem out and he ended up replacing mixer (tempering valve), which has improved pressure a lot. But now on a hot sunny day, the pipes vibrate badly and pressure is low, then come...
  18. L

    Capping off two copper pipes

    Hello.. Need to cap off two copper pipes...the problem is getting access to a straight piece of copper to do a successful cap, see pictures. I always prefer to solder. The floor is reinforced concrete and I would rather not get the power chisel out.. The pipes coming out of the floor are...
  19. plumbobuk

    How to run and insulate pipes under suspended floor

    After a CH install I've lifted the floor boards to find the central pipes unsecured and not insulated. The pipes are not even run next to anything to be secured to, and the access to the crawl space has been blocked with pipes. What's the best solution here. Should I rerun the pipes and clip...
  20. P

    Chasing radiator pipes through joist and wall

    Hi all, hoping there are answers out there to my small dilemma. A customer of mine wants 15mm radiator flow and return pipes chased into the block wall and pop out down the bottom. Problem is the joists are close to the wall so to start the chase in the block i will have to notch out the joist...

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