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    Vaillant 630 weeping cracked plastic manifold

    Hi All - has anyone else had weeping from a hairline crack in the black plastic manifold where the flow comes out of the burner? See pic. Looks like you can replace the whole thing, but can’t find a part number. Can anyone help? Might just be calling it the wrong thing!? Thanks, Andy
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    Plastic to metal fitting

    Hi, I'm installing a water filter which has plastic inlet and outlet fittings like this... The suggested way is to go straight to flexible pipe with fibre washer and a 90 degree bend... ...but the pipes supplied have the wrong size at the far end. I have some other flexible pipes I want to...
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    Wilo gold 50 plastic cover required

    Hi, anyone have a Wilo Gold 50 plastic cover? Thanks, will covers any postage plus costs.
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    A decent plastic toilet seat?

    Hi all, My own toilet seats have started to discolour and the buffers are damaged, but I don’t know which make they are as they came with the house (new build). I’m after some replacements, but don’t want to spend too much. We only fit an Atlantic spa Carrara and matta at work and it’s Rubbish...
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    plastic pipe - o ring replacement

    Hi I want to replace the silicone/rubber o rings on my washing mashine outlet flowpipe arrangment. See pics of the two ring types and what looks like a rubber sleeve Could someone:- 1. Tell me the generic size AND names of the o-ring, wider seal ring and rubber sleeve i need to buy ? 2. If...
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    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...
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    brass olive on plastic pipe (22mm reducer)

    Hi all, had some great advice on this forum and need a bit more... I've used this reducer (pictured) to step down a 22mm lead loc coupler to 15mm. I inserted 15mm plastic pipe (with a pipe insert) with ptfe wrapped round the olive which is brass. Just read online that that's no good as brass...
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    Plastic pipe or copper

    Hi, I want to install a salamander hot water pump to my hot water taps, from my tank in bedroom. I will install a new s flange, my question is can I install this with plastic pipes ie speed fit instead of copper
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    Freezing plastic micro bore 10mm pipe

    Hi, I need to remove a radiator fed by 10mm plastic barrier pipe, in a pressurised central heating system. I can get under the floor to the pipes. Is it OK to freeze the pipe so that it can be capped, so that I don’t have to drain down? Thanks. RB
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    LEAKING NEW FLUIDMASTER 400 BOTTOM ENTRY FROM PLASTIC CISTERN NUT.

    Hi If anyone can give me any advise on how to stop a leak please ? I have just installed a new Fluidmaster 400 float valve bottom entry brass shank. It is now leaking with a drip from the bottom white plastic washer which fits onto the cistern. I made sure the rubber washer was put on cone end...
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    Solution needed for a drain channel poorly fitted to clay drain and previous plastic interface leaks and is broken

    Hi there I am struggling to contain my fury and discontent to find that I have a Drain Channel outside the back of my new house which is leaking but seems to me to have been seriously bodged so need some advice from someone who may know how to fix. I have posted a couple of pictures of the...
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    Black plastic water pipes

    Hi all. Hope I’m posting in the right place! I have a leaking water supply pipe in my house which is an unfamiliar type for me. It is a black plastic pipe with glued joints about 15mm diameter, which supplies our upstairs bathroom. See photo. the house was built around 1971 but there have been...
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    Unvented cylinder discharge into 1980s Marley plastic rainwater hopper and pipe?

    I live in a shared building with a flat above me. My upstairs neighbour has just fitted an unvented hot water cylinder. The plumber has run the 22mm copper discharge pipe into the old plastic Marley hopper and downpipe, which discharges straight into the sewer. This downpipe also carries...
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    Plastic drain pipe screwed access plug removal

    My house (built in the 1980s) has number of solvent welded screwed access plugs to clean the drain pipes in the bathroom, kitchen etc. They are similar to the polypipe one shown below but have a lower profile cross shaped grip which makes them difficult to remove and refit. Is there a special...
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    Trouble connecting water inlet connection to plastic pipe

    Hi, I bought a new sink and it has a 1/2" water inlet pipe but d previous pipework for the kitchen sink is very weird and to be honest I'm not sure exactly what connection I need or what what item I need for to make this work. please could you help me understand what fitting I would need as I...
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    Plastic pipe chasing

    Hi, I have a bungalow with a solid floor. I want to add a radiator under one of the windows, ideally bury the pipes in the wall so they arnt seen. Ill have to do a chase down the side of the window and then another horizontal to the centre of the rad where a radiator outlet plate will be...
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    What is this ... radiator grill side plate lower pipe plastic support ... .need to source new ones

    Hi all, Firstly thanks for letting me join ... I have loads of radiators with grill and side covers - 20 years old mostly. The plastic bit at the base of the side plates are now very brittle and always break when touched. - see picture. I'd like to get a load to replace the ones that are...
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    Corrosion problem in central heating system with standard plastic piping?

    Five years ago I had a new central heating system installed. The pipework for two of the radiators was done in plastic, running under the floorboards. Although the system was dosed with plenty of Sentinel X100 inhibitor, after about 18 months the water suddenly started to go brown, and I had to...
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    Plastic pipes to/from unvented cylinder.

    Good afternoon, We are looking to buy a property but having looked in the loft I noticed that push fit has been used on most of the connections on the unvented cylinder. Mixed views so far on whether this is OK so looking for some advice on whether I need this inspected further before we...
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    Plastic pipe thread id.....

    Having checked my tables I'm having some trouble identifying a thread. It's on a connecting pipe inside an airline regulator in the UK. It's a male thread on a plastic pipe that screws into the metal regulator body. Tpi is 18. OD is 0.835 inches. Fo you agree this this is 1/2 NPT? - it doesn't...

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