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  1. jaydebruyne

    Finding a blockage in heating pipework

    I did a powerflush a few weeks back and when I was dumping the water the flow dropped immediately. So I rang tech support (Anton) for my pump and he said it's because there's a blockage in the pipework - I tested the pump itself which was fine. It's a flat with ground and first floor. All rads...
  2. C

    Good practice for exterior kitchen-waste pipework

    Hello UK Plumbers I've sketched the current arrangement for handling my kitchen waste water on the attached diagram. The pipes have become brittle with age (>25 years AFAIK), I don't like the discharge end which tends to get blocked with leaves and wets the concrete before it gets to the gully...
  3. G

    Sourcing Gas Leak (pipework)?

    How long does it take? Is it a case of how long is a piece of string?
    • Gas safety guy
    • Thread
    • gas engineer leak pipework
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Gas Engineers Forum
  4. jaydebruyne

    Pipework puzzle

    At a job to repipe a part 1 pipe system which has been teed from I think from pipework under boiler under floor to feed a flow/return section of the house. My understanding of a 1-pipe system is that the pipework flowed in series.. from the first rad to the last and then returned to the...
  5. jaydebruyne

    Question on gas pressure drop across pipework

    I know it's 1mb drop max from meter to appliance. a) is this with just that one appliance demanding gas?
  6. R

    Fitting a secondary gas ECV to old pipework

    Hi all, I am a homeowner, please accept my apologies if this forum is trade-only or I am asking a question covered elsewhere (I had a good look first). Basically, British Gas came to service the boiler recently in my flat. The engineer wanted to check the meter but when I told him it was...
    • reubs007
    • Thread
    • fitting gas engineer pipework
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Gas Engineers Forum
  7. M

    Trvs on single pipework ch system - yes or no?

    I have a house where the pipework is all single pipework loop with t's off through the rads and back into the same pipework. The problem is temp control and water flow through the rads. There are some TRVS installed on some of the rads. The problem is the rads arent getting hot enough. The...
  8. K

    Central heating and pipework issus all over newly bought house.

    Hi, I am looking for advice from the skilled and knowledgeable as it seems very hard to pin down a plumber to look at all the issues I have without several call outs and costs. I bought a house about 6 months ago (30year old) and got straight on with some renovations. As part of this process...
    • KevRusski
    • Thread
    • central central heating heating house pipework
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
  9. T

    Problem with pipework for a Mira event power shower

    Hi all, I've just replaced a Mira event that worked fine for 15 years with 'up and over' pipework, which should have been 'down and under'. There's now air in the shower - of course - and I was wondering if there's anything I can fit that will let the air out. I am aware that I should have...
  10. D

    New Radiator and Pipework not heating up

    Hi all, I have just rejoined the forum and would like advice on a problem I have experienced with a kitchen radiator. We originally had two small radiators fed by 8mm micro bore pipe fed from a sub 15mm pipe manifold which in turn connected to 28mm main manifold supply and return manifolds...
  11. T

    Pipework to Boiler Query

    Hello all, I am new to this forum but wondered if anyone could assist with a bit of advice on the plumbing to my Vokera Mynute 20e Boiler The feed and return pipe underneath the Boiler 22mm pipework Is connected together with a short length of 15mm pipe which has a isolation valve fitted into...
  12. M

    Gas pipework running through another property

    I have been asked to take on a job which isn't complete due to the building company going bust. So there are a few flats that need to be second fixed etc. The main gas runs for each flat are chased into the wall and run up from the ground floor to the third floor. These have been hidden behind a...
  13. A

    Would it be easier to just replace the pipework

    Hello, We're in the midst of a kitchen refurb and as to be expected, unexpected issues have occurred. We were not planning to need any major plumbing work, just a new sink fitted which we planned to do DIY. However our builder has since drilled through the pipe running from the boiler upstairs...
  14. G

    Additional air vents on combi pipework

    A customer has a boiler that is sludge up and going to lockout. British gas are insisting on powerflush ok, and fitting an extra automatic air vents on both the flow and return pipe work above the combi boiler because of possible air locks. The system is 15yrs old and I am planning to...
  15. A

    Worcester Combi boiler & pipework, advice requested.

    In January 2016, we had a Worcester combi boiler fitted in our garage, it works OK, but the pipework consisting of 3 pipes about 1.5 inches in diameter goes across the top of the garage doors and down the other side where the main house wall is situated.(see photo) One pie is for the gas...
  16. M

    Advise needed on Connecting a new rad pipework

    Hi, I am connecting a new radiator and the down pipes are about 2 cm away from the pipe circuit. I was planning on fitting tee junctions to bridge the gap but there isnt quite enough room. Should I bend the radiator down pipe (which looks a bit pants) or is there another option? Ive attached...
  17. N

    Relocate pipework

    hi Wondering if someone could advise, I have a property that needs all the external drain pipes relocating. you.can see the network of pipes on the photo attached and I would like to move all these pipes on the adjacent wall at the rear running them inside the rooms and boxing them off. The...
  18. 1

    Gas Pipework Fittings

    I went out to a gas hob installation today and when carrying out a tightness test the gas meter pipework fittings were all done with solder ring fittings, I've never seen gas pipework done with solder ring yorkshire fittings before, is this allowed? I've never come across this when I was doing...
    • 1-gas
    • Thread
    • fittings gas engineer pipework
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Gas Engineers Forum
  19. jaydebruyne

    New Pipework and Tightness Test

    So I overheard a conversation today at a plumb centre and I wanted to know if it was true or not - it doesn't seem feasible to me but I'm new so what the hell do I know! Lol So the guy was saying, when you TT after you've amended or extended any domestic gas pipework, if the pipework is still...
  20. P

    Help! steel to copper pipework join

    Help! I've posted a picture to help explain my issue. I had a leak in a pipe. A corroded pipe to the right of join C, there was a hole in it. The leak was not at the join, rather about an inch or so to the right of join C. That pipe has been replaced. Prior to the pipe being replaced the 3 way...

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