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I have a soil pipe that I plan to remove and I really need some advice on how best to cap it off. It's a cast iron pipe, about a meter high from the ground floor with an air admittance vavle attached. I no longer have anything going to this waste so I'd like to cut it to ground level and cap it...

Hi, I discovered some redundant pipes in the loft. They are wrapped in some black wrapping, underneath it there is some brown fabric (1st image) that is showing where the black wrapping has come loose. I was told that there could be asbestos underneath the brown fabric? I have wrapped the...

Hello Forum, I'm thinking of plumbing in a water softener myself (mainly because no local plumbers want to do the job for a sensible price). I've been advised that it should be connected to 22 mm pipes as I have a combination boiler. The existing pipework is 15 mm. I've an idea of how I want...

Hi, My house is a combination of suspended (floorboards) floors and concrete and it currently has no central heating. I've worked out a route for the CH pipework which avoids all of the concrete areas except for one room which is an extension. I have two options as far as I can tell: 1. Dig...

22mm tubes going through a solid 9" brick wall. 30mm holes drilled- strapped a spirit level to the drill & a square to the wall so they're straight and level for a change. Question- is that 4mm gap going to give me annoying rattles and creaks when thermal expansion kicks in (the 2 tubes are feed...

Hi all, Looking for advice regarding an intermittent sewer/drain smell in our kitchen that we can't get rid of please! We have a 12 year old townhouse and over the last few weeks have had an intermittent smell in the kitchen coming from the sink and the part open top back of the kitchen lower...

Which types of pipes, 1/2" BSP threaded fittings, sealants and washers are suitable to carry steam from a 2.8kW steam generator to a steam cabin, a pipe distance of 400mm? Originally I was thinking 15mm copper pipe soldered onto 15mm x 1/2" BSP female tap connectors (the type with the red fibre...

I just found this as I was doing the waste for my bath, it must have been like this for 10 or 20 years, but it doesn't look great to me Would this be something ok to leave as it is, or should it definitely be replaced with a straight coupler by a plumber?

My plumber has completed first fix and left kitchen and bathroom feeds and drain pipe coming out the flooring. Look weird to me as I would have preferred sticking out from the wall. before bring it down again. I would like to understand if this is common practice or my plumber is really ****...

Hi Everyone. I made request to Anglia water to replace my lead pipe with a new polyethylene pipe. They sent me instruction on how the pipe should be laid but I`m struggling to source material at moment. I have attached guide for your reference. They suggest a 25mm pipe. Is this good enough...

Hi folks, So I've got a leaking waste pipe from the rubber seal of my bathroom. The house is only 5yrs old and was built by somebody that didn't seem to care on a lot of detail (bit housing company, I'll skip my rant but it involves faulty heating installations, radiators not plumbed correctly...

We recently moved into an old terraced house (c. 1895) with a small front yard. We've just pruned back a large rosebush to find that the guttering downpipe has rusted away and separated from the section that goes underground. I had actually noticed a bit of rainwater getting in to the crawlspace...

Hi from digging is the grounds to our flats looking for reasons of damp and mould to the flat below the contractors found this pipe broken under ground this has probably been like this for a long time leading to continuous issues in the flat below. Can someone advise me or what sort of pipe this...

Hi all, I have a short external plastic pipe that comes out of my combi boiler. See photo here... https://i.ibb.co/b2MJG40/IMG-5186.jpg When I first moved in about 2 years ago I put a cheap length of pipe insulation on the pipe. It cost me less than a quid from Toolstation as the pipe is under...

I've had a Google and can't seem to find an answer to this one... Is it possible (using a bending spring) to bend a piece of 15mm copper pipe back on itself 180 degrees? In effect I want to create a U-bend for holding a bottle of wine! The angle of the curve doesn't need to be very acute and...

Hi, any advice would be greatly appreciated. I've noticed a soil/waste smell coming from the en-suite for a few months. Most of the time it's quite faint but on occasions it can be quite noticeable. I think I've narrowed it down to an open stack pipe which vents directly into the loft above the...

Wasn't sure if this is a Roofing or a Plumbing question so thought I'd try here first... I have noticed there is a leak from a pipe up in my attic. The pipe in question is a Polypipe 110mm x3.2mm and the leak can be seen at the join in the first picture on the RHS. Does this look like it just...

I know there are tons of questions from people asking whether they can use flexible tap connectors for central heating. To which the answer is always no. The reason why I am looking into flexible hosing is that my pipes knock. That's fine by itself as the noise from the pipes is muffled by the...

We are in the process of replacing an old gas fire and surround (already disconnected and gone) and after pulling the plaster off the chimney stack this is what we uncovered. Gaspipe by carathers posted 31 Aug 2019 at 9:33 PM Plasterers due in next week and this is surely going to get in the...

Started a job today in a very old house and have come across what looks to be K type copper. The inner wall of the copper is extremely thick and nothing will take to it other than a transitional coupling which I cant use because it is on the hot and it cannot be guaranteed that it would hold. I...