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  1. R

    Unusual plumbing and water supply question

    Hi All, I have an unusual situation, and am not sure where to look for advice. Hopefully someone can direct me to the most appropriate forum or an answer. My father has a small fresh water lake-side house. There is no mains water supply. We do have mains electricity. The present water supply...
  2. M

    Gas Supply and Gas Meter Issue When Running 2 Boilers

    Hi, I wonder if someone can help answer some questions please. In our house we have two boilers : a 37kw and a 30kw. The max flow rate required for the two is 4.1 and 3.24 cu m/h (7.34 cu m/h) this exceeds the meters limit of 6 cu m/h. What options do I have resolve? I have been told that a...
  3. M

    Water supply question

    Hi Just joined this forum so hello to all. This question is really bugging me and i can't find an answer so i wonder if anyone here could help. We have a new property and we have a water supply which is useless pressure wise. 750m away we have access to a 50mm main with 6 bar pressure, between...
  4. W

    Help identifying component on gas supply pipe

    I have been surveying an empty house for an insurance company. The gas supply was isolated at a quarter turn ball valve upstream of the meter, but there was also a component upstream of that valve that I didn't recognise. Attached to it was a Southern Gas Networks label that had a tick at the...
  5. T

    Water supply to outhouse

    Hi, im after some advice on how to supply water to a washing machine in our out house. There is a outside tap near by can I T off that or do I need to come off the mains supply with mdpe and use a stopcock where it enters the outhouse etc. Any help is appreciated
  6. gingalig

    Parts supply for oil boilers

    Hope some one can help , I’ve recently passed my OFTEC and I’m looking for the best online supplier of parts , I use BES and local merchant for my Gas stuff and wondered if there are any specific oil boiler parts suppliers as I would like to build up my rolling stock. Thanks in advance
  7. J

    New water supply pipe what size feed into boiler?

    Hi guys, Need a little help here and very new to all of this. We have a Victorian house and are struggling with low water flow, although pressure is ok. We want to have a decent thermostatic shower. Currently it is on a common supply pipe and we are house number 5 and it has a combi boiler...
  8. P

    Distance from main supply pipe or bolier most importnat for balancing

    Im going to balance my radiators because some are struggling, but I would like to understand the calc better. I have a central 22m supply and return pipe running from far left of house to far right of house through first floor joists, Boiler is at far left, pump is near boiler on supply pipe. I...
  9. jaydebruyne

    Commercial or domestic gas supply

    hey, So am due to do some work at a domestic property above a restaurant. The domestic property has been run from the commercial gas supply. This isn’t right, surely? The domestic property has been fitted with an AECV. I need to upgrade pipe size to water heater. Gas safe reckon they need...
  10. C

    Water supply pipe joint fixing

    We recently had a leak in the water supple pipe between an external water meter and the where the pipe enters the building. The leak occurred where the pipe ran underneath the entrance walkway (about 600-700mm deep). Once we excavated and found the leak, we found it was at a joint in the pipe...
  11. F

    Question about a shared water supply pipe

    My semi-detached house is on a shared water supply with the neighbour and to fix the leaking stopcock on my side I dug part of it up and at the same time figured out the route it takes to next door. It's a lead pipe and a metre deep as you'd expect. It runs about 8m from the road and T's off...
  12. Scott_D

    Built over gas supply

    I haven't come across thus before so may be a daft question Quoted for a new boiler today, they have just moved in and the back boiler was condemned. The gas meter is next to the front door and a porch has be built around it. I couldn't tell what the incoming supply was made of. Do I need to...
  13. D

    Water Supply problems

    I have recently had an en-suite installed in the loft/second floor of a Victorian terrace by a bathroom fitter who has gone awol. Now the en-suite is seemed to be working fine at first, but we’ve now come to realise that when the main bathroom taps (1st floor) are switched on the water flow to...
  14. M

    Identifying cold water supply pipes

    Hello ladies and gents - I have a very easy question that I need help with and had no idea where to ask so thought this would be as good a place as any. I need to find out which pipe is the cold water supply in the upstairs of my house. I can easily tell which one it is downstairs because I...
  15. B

    Boiler change needed for loft conversion - problem with gas supply for combi boiler

    We're hoping to have a loft conversion done soon, in what is currently a three bed mid-terraced house - we are adding a new bedroom in the loft with en-suite shower and toilet. Currently we have a traditional heating system with boiler in the kitchen, fed by gas pipes under the house, hot water...
  16. G

    New DIY "Plumber" needs advise for loft water tank supply nut and olive?!?

    Hey guys I've "repaired" my mums loft water tank from leaking but I'm unsure if I've done it correctly so thought I'd join this great forum and ask some advice from some people much smarter than me. Basically my Mum was worried that her overflow from the loft kept running water so I went...
  17. D

    How to determine the size needed of an electric unvented water heater to supply two ensuites

    I have a Glow worm betacom 30c combi boiler that is not connected to any water tank/cylinder in a 4 bedroom 1 bathroom house. I am adding two en-suite bathrooms which will include a shower, basin and toilet in each (saniflo systems in each). I need to identify how to determine what size unvented...
  18. S

    Water filter tap from Mains or from kitchen Tap supply?

    Is it better to go directly from the mains for a water filter tap or from the cold water running into kitchen tap. Is it cleaner from the mains line and ready to drink quicker? The water line runs from the main to the tank upstairs and back again for the rest of the house. Also splitting from...
  19. M

    Gas consumption for new supply

    Hi all. We are doing a large renovation with one 40 kw boiler which will run a 5 bed house and one 30kw boiler that runs a b&b annexe with 4 bedrooms and en suites. One range cooker and one fire also. My customer is trying to fill out the new application form for a new supply and they want...
  20. S

    Pipe work for cold supply to shed

    Hi all could do with bit of advice I'm quoting on a cold water supply. to shed from house the customer wants plastic pipe I'm quoting mdpe 20mm is this suitable if so what depth does it need to be laid and does it need insulating and finally where it comes up from ground outside house wall is it...

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