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pipework

  1. M

    Radiator removal - making good pipework in wall

    Hello everyone. Could someone offer me some advice as to how to deal with the following, please? I'm removing a radiator from an en-suite. It will not be replaced. There is speedfit micro bore behind it into the plasterwork and it may or may not be push fitted on to copper, I'm unable to see...
  2. J

    stainless steel domestic pipework

    Gentlemen! Any idea how to T off of this shiny pipe? I've heard about them but new come across them before. Many thanks, J Ps I have heard they are a liability and best replaced. Any comments?
  3. hammers4spanner

    Meter box and pipework

    Had a look at a job today where new gas pipe is to be run through the property . Outside on the wall it has a semi recessed meter box and customer wants gas pipe to go through rear off thd box so no pipe showing outside. Didnt the rules change on this couple years ago?
  4. cdel2005

    10l water heater pipework check valve

    Hi guys Should the check valve be after pressure reducing valve and before expansion vessel Picture shows existing pipework with check valve before pressure reducing
  5. RobG

    Wheelhead Gate Valve unscrewed but won't slide off pipework

    Hi, this is my first post to this esteemed forum so please excuse any faux pas. The red wheel head gate compression valve has seized half on-half off so I have unthreaded the nuts holding it in place (wasn't easy) ready to replace with a 22mm Pegler ball valve (bought from S...x - the only chain...
  6. C

    External pipework for Outside Tap

    Hi all Just after a bit of advice. I work on site and don’t do much domestic work. But a neighbour has asked me to install an outside tap and I’m unsure how acceptable this would be. She wants the tap in the back garden and there is absolutely no pipework at the back of the house. Kitchen...
  7. M

    Gas pipework test rig?

    hi folks. What sort of rig do you all use to to air test gas pipework? Cheers
  8. D

    Pipework to put a washing machine in the the garage

    Hi all, I want to put the washing machine in the garage but will need to do the pipework. The only water pipe going into the garage is the one for the combi boiler, which is also in the garage. Would it be ok to come off the water pipe for the boiler? Thanks for reading
  9. Pickwickpick

    PRV discharge pipework rendered into the wall

    So, noticed this afternoon that the same jokers that filled my customers drains up with render (posted some pics in Matchless Plumb's "good or bad idea" thread) have also rendered the PRV discharge from the combi into the wall. Its a quick fix, just needs the end of the discharge hacksawing off...
  10. L

    Cold central heating pipework

    Plumbed some pipework in my kitchen for a new radiator last year, now the kitchen is completed it's time to fit the rad, although now i can't remember which pipe is the flow and which is the return, with the pipework hidden i thought I could solve this by turning the heat on and seeing which...
  11. townfanjon

    Todays mega thread ( kieths pipework )

    I have an excuse , my god , do any of you lot actually do any work lol .
  12. P

    Newbee. CH Rad/Pipework heat problem.

    Hi chaps I have a problem, hoping for some additional advice. Open vented CH system, Baxi Bermuda back boiler to 8mm microbore, solid ground floor. Hall rad downstairs and two rads upstairs now won't get hot or the pipework (all front of the house). Hall downstairs dropped leg started off...
  13. A

    Customer running all pipework. Wants me to fit boiler in loft and connect up.

    Hi everyone, Been asked to look at a job, the customer and his dad have already ripped out the cylinder and 90% of the old pipework and rads. They will be doing everything minus the gas pipework and fitting the boiler. They have asked me to do it, they are decent guys to work for. They are not...
  14. B

    HEATRAE SADIA MEGAFLO white lumps in pipework???

    Hi..changed a faulty mixer valve (TMV) under a bath and i was called back a 2 weeks later as homeowner complaining of low pressure at bath tap...so i stripped TMV down noticed hot strainer/filter choked solid with white soft residue( not a hard water area so not limescale)..just wondering if...
  15. D

    full install - pipework?

    Hi all Im new here... and new to any type of plumbing... I have a bit of a project - see attached. Could someone please help me with the following: Im going to use an IDEAL VOGUE C40 GEN2. is this ok for this installation? Have I got the pipework ok for this installation? Am I be better off...
  16. F

    Is this normal? Exposed pipework

    Looking a new build flat. Both these items exposed in the kitchen and wonder what they are, and if it's normal for them to be exposed? Thanks
  17. J

    Is using cleaner essential after pipework, with old boiler

    I have been replacing my radiators (all too small), and adding some extra ones. Boiler is a baxi back boiler, cast iron. Is it essential to use a cleaner like x400 to get rid of flux residue etc. Or would fill heat, then drain be sufficient. Then going to add x100.
  18. G

    Radiator pipework plan for bungalow (picture)

    Good afternoon, I am a joiner, attempting plumbing work, what could possibly go wrong!! Please see my attached picture. Pink is feed, blue is return, purple are the radiators. We live in a bungalow with timber floors, and access underneath. Boiler is in the centre of the house with 22mm feed...
  19. K

    Connecting Flexible Tap connector to Copper pipework

    Hi - apologies for the stupid question but really struggling to find the right answer (I'm a novice as you'll see). New kitchen tap fitted with 2 flexible tap connectors. The ends (which connect to the incoming pipework) have a diameter of 22mm and have female connections. I need to connect...
  20. G

    Problem pipework that dosent make sense.

    Stripping out hot and cold for new set of bathrooms and ensuite so identified hot and cold marked h and c on floor next to pipes. Shut it off and stripped all pipework out to floor level. Turned out a bit of spaghetti station pipework feeding from one side and disappearing other end of room into...

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