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    Bath waste pipe install?

    I’ve removed a shower tray & have installed a bath. I’ve got the trap ready to go on but how do I go about connecting pipework up to this? Obviously I will unscrew that old shower waste off.
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    Shower waste hole not quite big enough for 90mm shower trap

    I attended a customers house to fix a reported leak from their shower waste. Turns out there was a split in the trap. Straight forward I thought and got a standard 90mm trap from the van. Turns out the hole in the shower base isn't big enough to fit the top section by the width of the thread on...
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    How to join washer waste onto another existing horizontal waste

    Hello, I have a question that is essentially how best do I join a washer waste onto an existing horizontal waste? I have attached a drawing which hopefully shows better than I can explain!? The location is a garage where the washer and tumble dryer will be relocated to. The existing horizontal...
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    waste water diverter valves

    Is there such a thing as a 45mm waste water pipe diverter please? Looking to split a 45mm waste PVC external pipe to pass water to a container for watering the garden.
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    50mm waste run to soil stack

    Hi, When running 50mm waste to the stack, how do I get it so the 50mm does not have to be so far from the wall? As the offset at the stack dictated by the boss on the soil pipe. Hopefully this makes sense! Please see my picture which hopefully helps. I bought a 135 deg bend thinking I could...
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    Advice re shower waste

    Although not really my line of work, I have a full bathroom refurb to do where the bath with overhead shower is to be replaced with a low-level shower and I'm a bit worried about potential issues with the existing low flow-rate of wastewater which puddles for short periods by about 3cm in the...
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    Combined waste to stack query

    Hi. I wish to combine the wastes from my bath and shower (Both 40mm) at the point they go out through the wall, then a 1.5 - 2 meter run externally across to the soil stack, with the 32mm sink waste dropping in about 250mm from soil pipe. Do I have to use 50mm waste externally for this? Not may...
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    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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    Washing Machine Waste

    About twenty years ago, we had an extension built with a utility room for washing machine and tumble dryer. We've been through four or five washing machines since then and I have simply pushed the washing machine drain onto a tapered nozzle which screws on the end of the trap. Recently, Mrs...
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    Different fittings and length on Kitchen sink waste strainer

    Had to replace my kitchen sink waste strainer and have struggled to find a direct replacement. The old fitting is plastic with a screw on top to tighten to the sink. The length is 60mm with a 45mm thread diameter which screws into existing pipework. I shopped around and managed to source a new...
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    Shower JT90 Concealed Waste Not Draining

    I have installed 3 JT shower trays with the compatible JT90mm concealed wastes. I'm at the end of my tether the wastes always need plunging every few weeks and the trays fill up with water quickly. The showers are standard with 200mm diameter size rainheads, so don't emit excess water. I just...
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    Just Trays Brand JT90mm Concealed Waste Not Draining Please Help!

    Hi I have installed three Just Trays shower trays in the house with the tray compatible JT90mm concealed wastes. Just Trays website says a 90mm rapid waste outlet that allows 48 litres of water to be carried away each minute. Not for me i'm at the end of my tether the wastes always need...
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    Twist pop up waste leak

    Evening all. Need to fix a twist pop up waste which is leaking where the cable from the twist overflow which operates the pop up waste connects into a square box on the side of the waste. Is this just an o'ring or something? To change the overflow (whole waste contraption) I would need to have...
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    Not enough angle on Waste

    Evening All, Looking for some advice. Doing a bathroom refit at the moment where there is an internal cast iron soil stack. Bathroom waste inlet to that soil stack sit quite higher. I am already pushing the height of the bath to high in my opinion (560mm), and I am barely getting any slope...
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    Can a waste cap be unscrewed?

    Can anyone advise - can this type of cap be unscrewed? (one end of a kitchen waste pipe) If so, is there a tool to unscrew or should it be able to be unscrewed by hand? Similar to the following...
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    Bathroom renovation - waste pipes

    Been researching as much as I can and think have a good gist about recommended waste pipe sizes, types of bends etc so now just looking to fit the most efficient system (but also looking to minimise drilling through stone work). Essentially the old setup had the shower and bath running...
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    5" to 4" Waste Reducer?

    Hi, Does anyone please know if there is a 5" to 4" reducer? The old toilet in this first floor connects to a 5" internal plastic stack. It was leaking as a standard pan connector and a few tubs of plumbers mait were used. It needs to sit inside the existing 5" Elbow as I'm restricted by depth...
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    Neighbour's Waste Pipe Runs Under my Backyard

    Sorry this is a bit long but I need to explain the scenario. My neighbour's soil pipe runs underneath the backyard of my house (where my son, his wife and his 6 year-old daughter now live). It then joins our soil pipe and goes on to the main sewer. They are both 3-storey 5-bedroomed terraced...
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    Notching joists for 1” 1/2 waste bath/shower

    Guys I have read the labc advice on notching and I’m all ok, I have calculated a max 38mm notch allowed but that isn’t going to allow for my 1” 1/2 pvc.. what an earth do I do? Notch really needs to be 42mm deep Thanks!
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    Shower waste fall advice

    Help guys, on with the waste first fix and going to sol weld everything, clean up existing etc and go from there. The lhs boss I am going to use for a bath but I need two showers to go into the one facing us. Can I do this? Do I need to add any anti siphon bits in? Also shower 1 is only a 80cm...

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