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    skylo plastic bottom entry valve not filling - type of connection?

    I am doing a DIY job - fitting a new inlet valve - "Viva Skylo Bottom Entry Fill Valve Plastic Shank" 1/2 inch. The existing pipe to the underside is copper with an olive and nut and fits reasonably well, and is watertight. A dribble of water went in and then stopped. The inlet pipe on the...
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    ADVICE -Best pipe cutter for 40mm plastic?Hi Guys

    Hi Guys, I'm looking to purchase a 40mm PVC/Plastic pipe cutter, i have a ceapy chinese ratchet type one but the ratchet system is broke, plus a 40mm pipe barely fits into it. I will be doing a lot of floplast or polypipe solvent 40mm cuts (not sure which atm, whoever is cheapest and does...
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    COPPER & PLASTIC TOGETHER OK?

    Hi all, Gutted out a 3 bed semi with a good condition Worcester Greenstar 28i Junior already installed. Planning to have 12 rads installed in the house (3 of which will be towel rads), with all new piping to each. Based on previous experience in another property with 1 rad not working because...
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    Can someone tell me what this plastic thing is and does in my airing cupboard?

    There is black plastic thing in my airing cupboard that has hot water going through it. Its been there for years and I have never seen water going through it. Today I had a loud noise in my airing cupboard (like water dripping) and noticed that it had water going through. It doesn't seem...
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    Lead to Plastic bath waste

    I'm trying to fit a new bath in my old house. The waste outlet is a 1 3/4" Lead pipe. Is there a simple way for me a as DIYer to connect lead pipe to the standard 1 1/2" plastic waste trap from the bath ?
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    Bath drain problems plastic snapped

    Hi All, Have accidentally snapped something plastic that the bath drain screws into. Can anyone tell me from the attached images what the y shaped plastic is called and if I can replace it? Or if anything else can be used instead as a replacement? Thanks, Craig
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    Plastic kitchen drain pipe needs to fix into ceramic soil pipe, nr Redruth Cornwall UK

    My kitchen waste pipe discharges into a pipe going to my soakaway. It has now unsurprisingly become blocked (about 6 m from the drain). The soil pipe from the toilet to my septic tank passes underground about 1 m away from the end of the kitchen waste pipe with a good enough slope for the...
  8. J

    Change plastic insert for screw in

    Hi, Is it possible to change this plastic insert for a screw in style fitting or would it require a new tap? I would like to be able to just to change the fitting as it is a rental property so cannot/don't want to change the tap. I would like to change for a screw in fitting so I can have one...
  9. J

    Best plastic/MLCP pipe cutter?

    Evening all, IYHO which is the best plastic / mlcp pipe cutter (not for waste pipe). Cheers Jim
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    Plastic coated 10mm copper tubing - how tight a radius?

    Hi. I'm looking to run a rad supply using 10mm plastic-coated copper pipe and, as it'll be under a laminate floor, to use as few actual fittings as possible. How tight a radius can it be bent without using a pipe bending tool or former - ie hand-bend? This is standard pipe, 0.7mm wall thickness...
  11. TitustheFox

    Copper pipes or plastic pipes?

    Hi! I have to change all the plumbing in my mother's house. She lives in an old building that is approximately 100 years old and there wasn't much done to keep it up to date. My question is: do I use plastic or copper pipes?
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    Where to find >25m, 8mm, plastic sleeved pipe

    I have a tank to install. No static head, about 25m run. Don’t want any joins. Check the books - says I should use 6mm pipe. Cant find a source of 6mm sleeved Copper pipe anywhere. I guess it’ll be 8mm then. Can only find max of 25m rolls of 8mm sleeved. Check distance to tank ...... 26...
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    Plastic for Concealed cistern

    Hi all . I'm a DIY person . Quite competent . My question is : I have a plastic cistern feeding a toilet that I need to replace . I was wondering if a concealed cistern would be just a straight swap as I'm not sure of the sizes of feed pipes going into the back of the toilet . Are they a...
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    Need to join to an old 20mm plastic pipe

    Hi in the process of redecorating the downstairs toilet. I loosend the cistern to pull an old wooden pannel out from behind it. In doing so ive cracked the old plastic 20mm pipe up to the T peice. Is there any way of rectifying this without replacing the whole pipe. Cheers Source URL: Fittings...
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    Plastic Polybutylene Pipes - Polypipe, Flofit, Hep2O, JG Speedfit, Pipelife?

    Plastic Polybutylene Pipes - Polypipe, Flofit, Hep2O, JG Speedfit, Pipelife? Pipes not fittings, are they all much the same, does it just come down to price, do people have preferences and why?
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    Small leak between plastic toilet connector and metal valve

    Have encountered a small leak below toilet and wanted to see if anyone could advise on how I can try resolve i was going to try tighten but first and if fails check the washer. It is the upper metal nut that is leaking as when I turn the valve the leak stops and it is dry above this point...
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    Copper to plastic in confined space.

    Hi. Remodelling my bathroom. It's necessary to join my 22mm plastic to 22mm copper in restricted space in the ceiling just outside the bathroom. Finding it very difficult to get the hand room to be able to properly fit a push fit coupling. Can I use compression? Any particular type? Also, about...
  18. J

    Soil pipe repair plastic to clay

    Hi there, Hopefully someone can help. There is a gap from the plastic pipe to the clay pipe as shown on the image. I was not sure how to seal it / what product to use. There isn’t a leak dripping as such but you can see the dirt between the crack and there is a slight smell of drainage. I did...
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    Plastic Pupe Compatibility

    I have this pipe work running to my existing basin, using the old Osma Gold fittings/pipe. I would like to replace this with JG speedfit and/or copper. I intend to cut it off and reroute it to make it all neat, but am not sure about compatibility. I will have a bare end of old Osma Gold 15mm...
  20. king of pipes

    Plastic Hydroblock grrrrr

    This is why I hate these things a right pita to repair I have stripped it 3 times changed parts and seals just can't stop it leaking ??? Only a small drip but it's there last resort LSK , 9 years old a new Hydroblock hmmmm not worth it . . Kop

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