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    Running a second boilerfrom same water supply

    Hello all, new to the site and hoping I can get some help while I do my extension. I'm currently in the process of building an extension on the side of my house (joined to current property) I've built a sort of granny annexe with a kitchen bathroom and livingroom/Bedroom. I'm planning on...
  2. M

    Purging long gas supply

    I have a job where I need to run 30 metres of 28 mm and 10 metres of 22mm copper tube. Now there is no gas hob in the place so I need to light the gas while purging. What right do you guys make up in this scenario. Cheers
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    Boiler leak on supply/return pipe

    Hi Chaps I have a leaky pipe in my boiler, so keep losing pressure on the central heating loop. The 22mm pipe has a bend in it so I was wondering if I could replace it with a braided hose but after buying one with 22mm speedfit connectors at each end I noticed that the actual internal hose was...
    • Vonsprockett
    • Thread
    • boiler leak pipe return supply
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum
  4. W

    Best WC inlet valve for low pressure tank fed supply?

    Fluidmaster are normally by go-to but noticed they can struggle on gravity feeds. Is there anything decent that performs better?
  5. N

    Permanent outdoor water supply to end of garden

    I'm having some major landscaping work done to the garden and I want to take the opportunity to put in a permanent water supply to a polytunnel (for growing veg), which will be installed at the end of the garden. The garden is about 30m long, with a slight uphill gradient away from the house...
  6. T

    Relocate mais water supply(herne bay kent)

    Evening all Im after a plumber (obviously i know)! Previously posted under general advice see URL I live in herne bay in kent Cheers
  7. T

    Relocate mains water supply

    Evening all, Fresh to the forum so hello first! Well right to it. I am currently mid flow with a new kitchen design but need to establish something before we go any further. My mains water supply comes in directly under where the sink is currently located as normal. But if tou check the...
  8. S

    Options for new cold supply to washing machine

    Hi Chaps, I'll shortly be fitting a new washing machine in the kitchen - the current one being inconveniently situated in the garage:( The only practicable location is as shown in the following (poorly drawn!) sketch: A solid fuel Aga used to live in the chimney breast, but it was ripped out...
    • S80
    • Thread
    • cold machine supply washing washing machine
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
  9. M

    15mm cold supply feeding two bath rooms

    On a house that is plumbed up in 15mm pipe for the cold mains. Feeding a bathroom and an ensuit next to each other. Would the shower in the ensuite not likely struggle when some one is using the bath in the bathroom next door. Are both feed of the same 15mm pipe.
  10. L

    Unable to turn off hot water supply to change taps

    We live in a flat spilt level flat, cold water has stopcock on each floor, water is heated by gas boiler then stored in immersion tank in airing cupboard. We have no main stopcock. We cannot determine where to turn off hot water. There is no valve at boiler. Pipes go into panelling from...
    • Lad&dad
    • Thread
    • hot water supply taps water
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  11. S

    Yellow 25mm MDPE to supply garden grotto building - what connectors ?

    Hello CORGI plumbers, Prancer & I want to feed natural gas into the garden grotto outbuilding, from the external underground yellow MDPE 25mm external diameter (20.5 I.D.?) pipe. But we don't know what connector(s), isolators, box, wall plate etc is required to transition from plastic to...
  12. M

    Gas supply reconnection

    Hi, Got a job to do installing a combi boiler, Gas supply pipe is in a cupboard in the kitchen which has been capped off just wondering if there is a reconnection fee and is it the customers job to arrange to get a meter installed What is the usual process? All the other jobs ive done have had...
  13. J

    Plastic PEX pipe for domestic water supply

    Hi, Please be gentle with me... first time posting here. Can any of you knowledgeable plumbers answer this question..... would you personally use PEX pipe for your OWN domestic drinking water supply? Have you had any problems with taste, or leaching? I'm having a new kitchen installed, and...
    • jennyboneidle
    • Thread
    • pipe plastic supply water
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  14. U

    Fridge freezer help - connecting to water supply

    I wondered if anyone can help me please. I recently bought a fridge second hand and I am having trouble attaching it to the water mains. I have included pictures below (If the link works!). I think it is an american fridge. Brand: RCA Model: RCG20IERFBB I have tried looking for a...
    • Unregistered
    • Thread
    • supply water
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  15. L

    Upgrading mains supply - will it make any difference?

    Hi All, I'm looking into ways of increasing the supply flow rate, so that my shower doesn't reduce to a trickle when other outlets are used at the same time. The mains supply is in 15mm (what I can see of it anyway). My question is - will getting the provider to upgrade this to a bigger pipe...
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    cold water supply to bathroom and toilet

    Hi all, The water flow to the taps in my bathroom is too low. Water is supplied from the tank in the loft. To improve the flow in the bathroom, I intend to connect the pipe leading to the bathroom directly to the pipe (main) that supply the Tank in the loft, but also keeping the supply from the...
    • 4me1956
    • Thread
    • bathroom cold supply toilet water
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum
  17. S

    Shared hot and cold supply to sink and shower in ensuite

    I am preparing my new en-suite pipework for connection to hot and cold tanks by my plumber (at the same time that he fits a new boiler). Does Building Regulations allow me to "T" off the shower hot and cold supplies to the sink? It is just that the ensuite is tiny and there is no way that me...
  18. R

    Policy on supply and fit vs labour only

    Crofts "Brick Wall" thread led me spent half an hour on something I had been thinking about for a while. We all know the problems with customer supplying stuff that they found on ebay, or bought from DodgierPlumb.com but it isn't always easy to marshal the arguments and remember all the issues...
  19. U

    Thermal stores and private water supply

    Hi, we want to install a thermal store to link a Rayburn 355, conventional oil boiler (as backup) and solar. Our main hurdle is all the thermal stores we have found require mains cold water supply for dhw. Whilst there is reasonable pressure from the pumped water supply, it is unlikely to be...
    • Unregistered
    • Thread
    • supply thermal water
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  20. U

    Disconnecting domestic gas supply - what qualification will i need?

    Hi - A friend of mine has bought a franchise installing heat pumps. One rquirement of an install reqires a Gas Registed person to disconnect domestic gas supply - we basically rip out the old gas central heating system, disconnect the supply and then replace the system with a heat pump...

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