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  1. Cavcaptor

    Noisy radiators and pipes

    Hi all, Hoping for some help as this is driving us bananas! My wife and I moved into a new home 6 months ago, and this is our first home with gas central heating. We have a Worcester combi boiler, three radiators downstairs (including the one with no temperature valve), 3 upstairs and one...
  2. bikerchris

    Are evacuated tubes / solar pipes worth it for heating an outbuilding? (UK)

    Hello all, I hope you can help, I don't know any plumbers and just wondered about an idea of mine, it might not be do able for good reason! I built a 6 x 3m outbuilding a few months ago for myself in the garden, me and wife wanted an office to work in when needed, mainly her (labourer). This...
  3. D

    Noisy vibrating pipes!!!???

    Hi please could you help? could you listen to this video of a tap problem https://youtube.com/shorts/sJDt2nRTwCU?feature=share We have this exact noise and vibration coming from our taps do you know what's it likely to be? Air in pipes or pressure causing it etc? the noise is horrendous 🤦😏
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  4. 0

    Limescale in pipes

    Hi. I have had a significant build up of limescale in the pipes taking old water from the shower / bathroom sink and sewage from the toilet. This has been clearer by plumbers using a Picote and directly accessing the pipes externally. The drainage engineer said that now that the limescale has...
  5. P

    Have you ever seen mice have a nibble on vertical plastic pipes?

    Hi folks We live in the sticks and sometimes have mice in the house. I even saw a stoat once in the loft! Most of our pipework is copper, but there are a couple of bits that are plastic which I'm going to have changed to copper while the plumber is here doing other work. It's not worth the...
  6. G

    Please can someone tell me what this stuff in my pipes is??

  7. D

    Leaking waste pipes under kitchen sink

    Hi - Novice here. Under our kitchen sink, the waste pipes are grey, with a green moving 'lip' and then a cover peice that in theory tightens over the connection. The two downward pipes from the sinks go into a cross pipe (along with the washing machine outflow) which then leads outside. However...
  8. M

    Distance between pipes in certain scenarios

    Hi, Having wet underfloor heating put in and been doing some reading, think pipe spacing is going to be 200 but read somewhere 100 from walls & sliding doors/bi-folds - is that correct ? What distance would people recommend from kitchen units ? I have a run against one wall and then a 1200...
  9. B

    Can old redundant radiator pipes be used to feed water supply to new gas boiler ?

    Hello all. I'm new to this forum and need some advice about some concerns about a new gas boiler that I have had fitted by a gas safe engineer. My old boiler was a heat only (with a copper tank) and has been replaced by a modern combi boiler. It just used two 22mm pipes to feed to the diverter...
  10. C

    1990 FL house, split plan, pvc pipes. Grey water backup @ master tub.

    Hello. I have lived in this circa 1990, split floor plan house in FL for 23 years w/ no plumbing problems. Recently, slight amounts of grey water sporadically back up in the master tub. Timing is unknown—never actually see it happen, however the dirty evidence is there. Plumber has used...
  11. K

    How to tidy up waste pipes to make space for bin

    Hi, first post here so hoping all the experienced plumbers out there can help! My house was built 12 months ago and the location of the waste pipes under the kitchen sink take up a lot of space. I was hoping to fit a bin in the sink cabinet and during construction when the kitchen went in I...
  12. G

    External pipes below ground level

    Hi not sure if this is the correct place for this, but does anyone know what these pipes are around 1foot below ground level, not sure if it’s tied in with the house plumbing system in any way at all. My property is only below ground level at one side as each house in the street is on a slope...
  13. S

    Continuous noisy pipes and water tank + huge water leak

    Hello, Three days backs, the pipes in my flat next to the hot water tank banged violently for a few seconds (water hammer?). Since then, the water in the pipes is creating a whooshing sound that comes for a brief period when the toilet is flushed or tap is used. In addition, the cold water...
  14. C

    Loud Noise in rainwater pipes

    Hi, I live in a 10 storey block of flats on the ground floor and inside some walls of my flat are rainwater pipes that run down from the roof. Couple of months ago I started hearing a loud bang in the walls where those RW pipes are hidden whenever it rains heavily. The building manager sent a...
  15. L

    In multilayer pipes, why is there a 25mm and a 26mm?

    Hi. I'm plumbing an old house in Spain (Among lots of other work!). I'm going to use multilayer pipe of varying sizes but when looking there is a 25mm and a 26mm. Can anyone tell me why?
  16. gb17342

    change radiator pipes from 10mm to 15mm

    Hello, I need to replace a radiator and want to change the current 10mm pipe in to the radiator with 15mm pipe. I have access under the floor so no problem to change the 10mm that comes off the 15mm hot water feed. If I change just one radiator to 15mm and leave the rest of the radiators as they...
  17. gb17342

    Identify these pipes?

    Hello, anyone know what these pipes are? I'm guessing the black pipe could be iron or lead gutter pipe as it goes in to what seems to be a gutter down pipe (the down pipe is next to the soil pipe and is slightly smaller so presume it's the gutter pipe). However it seems to be around 50mm wide...
  18. M

    Banging water pipes when my neighbour open cold or hot water taps

    I just rented a top floor flat which is a roof conversion built only 10 years ago and after moving in, i found out that inside the largest storage eaves, there is a communal water tank which serves only the 6 other flats below except mine . I already has few issues with the tank noise which has...
  19. L

    Chipping in radiator pipes

    Hi, hopefully someone can help! Am I able to chip radiator pipes into a chimney breast wall? Thanks any help appreciated!
  20. R

    New rad sits out 10mm more than old pipes. Any solution?

    I'm trying to put in a new rad. But the rad sits about 10mm further from the wall than the old pipes come out of the ground. I've tried taking away a bit of tile to push the pipes back but they are locked in place. What I probably need is a copper pipe with a very small, 10mm, bend in it...

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