plumbing

Morning all, I'm looking to replace my close-coupled toilet during the bathroom remodel with a wall hung toilet, using the Geberit Duofix element for wall-hung WC, 98 cm. I had a plumber around to quote who reckoned you would not be able to fit it to the existing soil pipe and it would need...

Hi there, we had an emergency plumber come round as flooring guy cut a pipe by mistake when laying flooring. During this time the emergency plumber mentioned our unvented water tank doesn't conform to building regs. He said the pipe coming from the water tank to the drain was a plastic one and...

Hi, I want to replace my kitchen tap as there is some severe limescale damage to the hot/cold taps causing leakage and I want to put in a new unit. As you can see from the picture the arrangement is the hot and cold inlet connect to flexible hoses, which then connect to an isolation valve...

Hi thought I'd try here for help my sisters moved into there new place and has sent me this video, she thinks changing the tap will help but... Any ideas it does this in the kitchen or when the washing machine or toilet is flushed. Tap buzz

hi, what options do i have to stop water flowing? i am trying to remove a shower, and this is the feed to it, the stop valve on the bottom pipe wont turn so need to know what I can do here please

I fitted an upstairs bathroom last year and a new downstairs bathroom fitted a few years before that. Recently when I flushed the downstairs toilet the kitchen tap would drip and the pipes would make a droning sound (like a chair being dragged across the floor). The noise would only stop if I...

My cold is mains fed and I'm looking to install a single impeller on hw (tank fed). I've already raised the tank to ensure I have the minium ltr/min feed but what I'm wondering is, if at the bath/shower I start mixing the cold and hot then isn't that going to affect the hw ltr/min feed and...

So the other day, I needed to remove the bleeding vent from my bathroom towel rail so I could pour in the system cleaning chemicals to it, having just isolated both valves at the bottom and then drained the water from it. First issue was the hive TRV valve decided to open up when the the...

I’m trying to remove my toilet in preparation for tiling, but I’m struggling to loosen the nut on the water supply line. I’ve already applied WD-40, but when I attempt to loosen the nut, the entire thread rotates along with it. Does anyone have advice on how to get the nut loose so I can remove...

hello all can I have some advice / experiences please. if a radiator is cold/colder than the others on the system would I be looking to open the return lockshield valve more, or less? all rads have thermostat valve (TRV's) on which is turned up to highest (5) and radiators all bled so its no...

Are there any decent radiator deals for Black Friday? I'm looking for an 1900w or 1800w x 600h double panel radiator for the guest room (existing is single panel 1900w) and a 400w x 600h single panel radiator for the tiny downstairs WC (it is a minuscule room so a radiator should not be bigger...

I have a dripping noise when I flush my toilet. It’s a new toilet so there is no crack etc to the actual toilet. The noise come from under the floor boards. Any ideas what this could be???

Hi all. I have recently moved into a mid terrace property and am experiencing water hammer. Some is the usual type when the washer demands water and the toilet is flushed etc. I am also experiencing random periods of banging when nothing is being used. This can be at random times of the day or...

Hello, My boiler leaks from underneath the boiler once I put on shower/hot tap or heating. Then it will lose pressure completly. What could this be?

I’m hoping to move my sink hot cold pipes into an exterior wall. They’re currently coming up through the floor but we’d like a floating vanity so the pipes need to be routed into the wall. Is putting these pipes through an exterior wall a bad idea? I’m using plastic pipes.

Hello I am having some work done on my property, it is a ground floor flat converted in the 80's from a house. The electrical supply and consumer unit runs into my flat under the stairs to the first floor flat. To the left of the electrics are three existing pipes, a gas pipe which supplies...

Hi all, so have an issue where the waste main down-pipe that runs through the centre of the house can often give off bad smell. We think we’ve sourced the problem (see image). What I’m not sure about, is if I cut and remove the copper pipe (we know this isn’t connected to anything) what kind...

I'm looking at replacing a normal rad with a towel radiator. The pipes (15mm copper) come horizontally out of the wall and are 580mm apart (centre to centre). Putting in 500mm towel radiator (450mm to 470mm pipe separation) looks easy (90 degree elbow horizontal to angled rad valve). One i...

Plumber fitted water connections for washing machine (top connection) and dishwasher (bottom connection).... dishwasher showing water inlet error, which makes me think the valve (on the bottom) is in the wrong position. Is this because the direction of water flow is actually horizontal on this...

Hi all, Recently moved into a new-ish 2016 property, and the loft smells leading me to think the durgo valve is faulty (this also happened in our old house). Looking at the valve, I can see straight down into the pipe and the smell is, to politely say, strong. It looks different to those I’ve...