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    Metal slivers coming out of all the hot water taps.

    Hi guys any advice much appreciated. We had a new Baxi 630 combi boiler fitted last July. The last few weeks we have had what we thought was sand residue left in the sinks and bath. Thinking it was the water board doing whatever. Now we realise they are magnetic slivers of metal and only coming...
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    Changing taps - can't work out the cold flow set up

    Hi, I am a DIY plumber and was going to change the mixer tap in the utility room (the old kitchen from the 70's) and I am puzzled by the cold flow. On the image starting from the pipes in on the bottom of the cabinet. On the left is hot, on the right is cold. The cold services the tap and the...
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    Stiff Self closing mixer taps?

    I tried to fix stiff self closing taps but could not work it out. I do not have the brand of taps. The very top came off like a lid but the actual head did not seem to come off inside the lid It appeared as like a bleed point like on a radiator. I could also access the cartridge further down and...
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    Dripping taps - easy fix or a more complex issue at play?

    Hi to all, Seeking your advice here - a very long back story to get you well informed: I am a complete DIY and plumbing novice with very little knowledge or aptitude, located in Australia. We have a small two-storey home, with a bathroom on each level. The house is about 80 years old while the...
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    Metal "lugs" on old taps (for square holes maybe)? Any problem with removing them?

    Hi all Some old taps have what I'm describing as metal lugs (but just because I can't think of any other word to use!!) like these: Am I right in saying that these are for when fitting to sinks with square tap holes? If so, besides a hacksaw, are there any ways of making these compatible...
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    Ideal Standard Dualux Bathroom Monobloc Taps

    Back in the 1980's we bought a few of the above which have ceramic disc cartridges. Generally been very reliable although have dripped which I think was caused by tiny pieces of grit scoring surfaces. Our water supply is from a reservoir and when the Water Authority did routine cleaning water...
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    Pegler taps. Need help

    My mother lives in Zimbabwe. She has some old taps that leak like crazy. I bought her some new ones, but the way they have the sink fitted, there is no way to get to them in without ripping a steel frame built to hold the sink. So the old taps need new washers. They are pegler taps. I am in UK...
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    Having trouble finding duel flow kitchen taps

    There seems to be a big shortage of duel flow kitchen taps, I know the trend is towards combis but there is still a lot of flats/bungalows with poor hot water pressure which means you need a duel flow tap. Any one got a good supplier of them? Thanks
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    No water from HW taps after refilling Megaflo

    Hi issue: No water from hot taps being fed from megaflo. Was having HW pressure issues, obvious from no flow in attic but very low flow on ground floor, so decided to drain and recharge megaflo. After draining megaflo from drain cock (as on ground floor),with lower tap open and odd t&p valve...
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    Single taps and hotel water query

    Hi everyone, I would like to know if the basin in the bathroom has single taps and the hot tap always delivers warm water (not scorching hot) regardless of how high the DHW is set at what would be the reason for that? Also do hotels and gyms have the hot water set at a specific setting if so...
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    Hot/cold taps not mixing

    Hi I have mixer taps on my kitchen/bathroom taps and when I put the hot on a then try to cool it with hot then the hit goes off, what could be causing this?
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    Any real difference between taps rated at 0.1 and 0.2 bar?

    Hi, I want to replace kitchen mixer, single lever tap, in rental flat, and not make flow any worse on hot, which is gravity fed with approx only 1m head, or 0.1 bar. I'm not sure of rating of current tap, but flow isn't terrible, but tap has been damaged and is now also stiff. Was going to...
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    Taps Tails / Flexi's - HQ vs cheap

    Hi all, WRAS approved Tap tail's (flexi's) - how do you distinguish the high quality ones from the crap ones. What do you look for? What are the signs? Then - where can I source HQ ones? Good to be back, L.
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    Old taps replacement help

    Hi there, I just moved into my first property and it's a bit of a fixer upper to say the least. I was going to change old cold/ hot water tap in bathroom basin to a modern mixer tap (drill a new hole in the middle of the basin) but the water connection has left me perplexed. I tried to unscrew...
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    Kitchen mixer taps (lifespan/brands/prices/variants)

    My kitchen mixer tap (Franke Zurich) has developed a drip. Presumably the cartridge (hot) has started to wear out. It is one that I replaced about 3 and half yrs ago for the same reason (not sure how old its predecessor was as we inherited it). Doesn't seem a particularly great lifespan, but I'm...
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    Water pressure issue, sometimes results in our taps `sucking`

    We live in a row of 4 terrace houses running perpendicular to a main road, we are the end terrace furthest from the road. We often lose water pressure and sometimes we get no flow of water at all (particularly annoying when showering). When the water stops, the taps sound like they are drawing...
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    Why and how so single taps differ with no TMV

    Hi everyone I have a question about DHW and single taps. I used to live on the 14rth floor of a flat, the kitchen had a gas boiler fixed on the wall , the kitchen sink had a single mixer tap, the bathroom had no bathtub but a thermostatic shower and the basin had two single taps one for cold...
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    These taps have me stumped!

    I need to disassemble this tap to repair the valves. But for the life of me I can't work out how to take off the knob caps! No grub screw, the top can't be prised off, it doesn't unscrew... Anyone got any ideas? Thanks!
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    Can anyone identify these two taps please?

    Any help to identify the Manufacturer and or model would be much appreciated
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    whistling tap on new bath taps

    We have just upgraded the bathroom and all is well except for one issue the bath tap makes a whistling noise on both the hot and cold feed. if we turn the sink tap on the noise will go. Its a brand new tap it also has a diverter valve for a shower which when opened stops the noise. Anyone had...

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