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    Replacing Honeywell CM921

    Hi, I need to replace our Honeywell CM921 wireless thermostat. The screen has been failing for the last few years, it's about 13yrs old. I tried removing the screen and heating it over a toaster ala Youtube video I saw but it didn't help :) I'm looking at some second hand/nearly new ones on...
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    Cost of replacing a thermostatic cartridge in a mixer bar shower

    Could someone give me a heads-up as to the cost of a plumber to replace a thermostatic cartridge in a Bristan mixer bar shower. I have the cartridge, so the cost would be labour only. I live in Norfolk, so not London prices. I had a guy come round this morning quoting me £75 - this seems...
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    Advice for replacing down pipe

    Hi I have attached some images of the current pipe which is cast iron and always getting blocked. It serves as the waste pipe for bath and sink, I have tried to flush it out with a jet wash but it failed to break through what ever is stuck. I am happy to go ahead and replace it but would like...
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    Replacing the control system... it's a real mess!

    Hi all, I've previously been helped on here by kind people so I'm tackling my next challenge. We have a GSHP (installed by previous owners) that supplies a buffer tank. That all runs OK. The heating pump and manifold actuators are 'controlled' by three OJ Electronics WLM3s (one master and two...
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    Removing and replacing stopcock

    Advice needed on replacing stopcock. I can’t tell what sort of pipe the mains is or how it’s been connected. The pipe appears to be metal and is almost twice the size as the main pipe work in the kitchen. The stopcock has what looks like a normal compression joint at the top to the copper piping...
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    Replacing leaking yorkshire under floorboards

    Hi everybody, what's the best way of replacing this leaking & corroded yorkshire T under the floorboards ?? Along with many other things in this property it's been leaking for years probably never installed properly in the first place! I am a little worried about using my small GAZ blowlamp...
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    AEG Hot Water Tap - Replacing tap only

    There was an AEG Prosource Hot Water tap (model GYB00418DT) in the kitchen when we bought our house. The 'standard' mixer handle (i.e. not the boiling water handle) has started to leak intermittently - it doesn't switch off and the tap leaks as a result. I can't find a spare tap online...
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    Pipe sizing - Replacing a one pipe system with flow and return

    Hi, I'm a first time poster with a skill set akin to that of a competent DIY'er I guess. I'm planning on replacing a old in efficient one pipe system with a flow and return. This will be done on our recently purchased bungalow which has an oil fired boiler. Whilst I'm confident a 22mm flow and...
  9. dave100

    Advice on replacing solvent weld shower waste pipe into concrete floor

    Hello there! I hope your weekend has started well. TL/DR: Should I replace 90-degree bend with a smaller type to increase the fall from the shower tray? I am replacing a bathtub with a 1500 X 800 Sonas shower tray which I will place on 4-inch blocks, probably with some 18mm marine ply on top...
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    Replacing shower with bath?

    I’m looking to replace this shower tray for a bath with the front of it facing the right side of the picture. What do I need so the bath waste goes into where the shower trays waste currently is now?
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    CH pump leaking even after replacing

    I have a Grundfos pump attached to my UFH manifold. Noticed the floor boards below were warping and that it had been leaking ever so slightly for some time. Removed it, cleaned seals etc, tightened back up, leaked. So bought a replacement (UPS3), with new O rings and it leaked again...
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    Water inlets wrong way round replacing exposed shower valve.

    Hi there, I wonder if someone can help - I'm replacing an exposed shower valve but the hot water is on the right and the cold water on the left, when you look from the front at the existing unit. Looks like all valves are the wrong way round for purchasing a new unit, have I got this right, are...
  13. M

    Help required for replacing union valves.

    Hello, New here. I have some older type single radiators in my home, that I want to keep. The are supplied by 15mm copper pipe, into the valve, that has a 3/4 union type fitting. I want to replace these fittings with TRV's and am having difficulties finding a direct replacement. My floors are...
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    Replacing glands on DUAL-LEVER MONO MIXER KITCHEN TAP

    Hi, there is a leak on the hot side of the taps under the lever but I can't see any screw to take out, how do you take them apart if there isn't a screw. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
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    Wiring Help Needed replacing a Horstmann C27 with Flomasta 7635

    Hello - I'm a relatively new owner of an old house here in France that was updated by the previous owner who lives in the UK. He used one channel of a two channel Horstmann C27 to control turning on and off the electric water heater. Given that I'm from the states, I'm not all that familiar with...
  16. J

    Replacing a Honeywell T40 thermostat with a Honeywell DT90e

    Hi I'm replacing my old dial thermostat with a digital The wires going in from left to right are Earth Blue 2x Black Brown When electrically tested none are live with thermostat off Research on this and other sites suggest 2x Black into B Brown into A Tie off and isolate Green/Yellow and Blue...
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    Replacing old thermostat for Nest

    Hi all, I want to replace my current thermostat with the Nest Thermostat, but wire labels don't match. My boiler is Worcester Greenstar 24i Junior combi boiler, which is on the back of the wall where the thermostat is. Photos here Another Nest Themorstat (3rd gen) question -...
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    Replacing boiler for combi how shower will connect

    We have a traditional hot water tank with pumps in loft , the hot water I assume goes up into the loft from the hot water tank and the pumps pump it out at a decent rate. If we go for a combi how would this work as feb hot water would come from the boiler?
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    Replacing very old mixer tap

    Can an old mixer tap leak uncontrollably? The mixer tap in my kitchen is very old,maybe nearly 20 years. For the last year or so it has been leaking and getting worse. Get it replaced you say. Not as simple as that. The pipes into the house are very old lead pipes and years ago did leak where...
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    Replacing Danfoss lockshield valve

    Replacing a rusty radiator (installed 2000) the brass head of the Danfoss lockshield sheared off as it reached fully closed. I assumed that it was a 10mm with a 1/2" BSP connection to radiator. Offering up the nut (18.6mm across the flats) on the old 10mm insulated microbore it was found to have...

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