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Hi, I would like to know what are the top 10 stuff or tools you like to have always on hand. Are there screws, duct tabe or screwdrivers, you always use. I excluded the Plumber wrench:smile5:, because i think most of you already have 3 arm just for it. Let me know, I looking for an inspiration...

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If chasing a condensate pipe in to the wall, and then exiting the building so needs to be 32mm pipe. Because.the 22mm pipe is in a chase.when it exits the building in to a 32mm elbow. Part of the elbow will be in the wall. I am concerned as you would never know if.it started to leak. Any one got...

I'm buying a property and the AGA and boiler flues go into the chimney. Because both are old I'm being told I'm going to have replace the boiler and AGA before I rent the property out because (i) the current flues are not satisfactory given they go into the chimney, and (ii) the flues can't be...

Hello, i'm a time served plumber working for a nationwide housing association and wasn't planning on messing about with gas, i want to know what it might be before i get one of the gas lads from work to fix it for me. Looking at other threads people are getting advice so why have i been shut down?

Hi guys, Im new to the forum and looking for some help and advice. Basically, all my rads around the house arn't heating up or some are slightly warming up - finding it really wierd. Ive tried; Bleeding all the rads Balancing all the rads Ive manually turned the pumped just in case...

Hi Guys, I'm having a new oil CH system installed from scratch. The installer has fitted the new tank, but has yet to do the boiler and rads. He has fitted the tank filter valve, and sealed off the pipe outlet with a 3/8 BSP blanking plug. He has asked for me to get an initial fill of 500...

It's enormous. Burt-Reynoldsesque. I can't look at it again. I won't. I don't really need the money enough to force myself to deal with it. Enormous, I tells you.

Was searching through a box of my 28mm copper fittings - mix of end feed and Yorkshire and came across a 1" imperial Yorkshire elbow. Never been used and I must have picked it up from somewhere. Quality is amazing - very heavy smooth copper, nice large swept bend, solder ring perfect and not all...

I will be having a new boiler fitted soon, i can find only one access point to go under the house, do the engineers need to get under the house to fit a new boiler only? The one access point i can find only lets you go under half way, there is another but not sure where it is, all the floors...

Hi all , just a quick question for a friend , he has an intermitant fault with his hot water and it would seem its the pin that comes out from diverter valve to make the micro switch , on the heating side same pin comes out with no prob and makes switch every time , is this to do with flow...

Hi We are having a new water main fitted to replace our old line which had poor flow. However the new entry point of where the new main enters the house is in a different location to where the existing stopcock is. The new line is coming up through the wall of the kitchen using a insuduct...

Hi fellow plumbers. I have been trying to find this very unusual pipe bender. It's one my old boss used to have. I have looked for years on eBay and stuff like that on the off chance one would pop up. So far no such luck. It only bends 15mm, it has two parts to it. One part with a fixed bent...

I was fitting a new heating circ pump in my holiday home and both screws rung on me while doing this but managed to get the bottom one back to when it needs to get water flowing though the other side is only 1/4 turned and leaking. While going into the city to get new fittings, I forgot to turn...

How do you find out if someone is on the gas safe register if: a: you dont know their registration number, and havent seen their id card b: they are not listed on the GS website register Is the website a voluntary thing? I dont want to go and ask the guy direct, but his name or...

Hi All, Been reading a lot on here but haven't been able to find the answer so I think I have an unusual toilet design which is causing my problem. Ok, So I bought a toilet on Ebay (second hand) and a new cistern, (re-done whole bathroom so completely new install) Installed the toilet...

Hey everyone, My wife and I moved into our house about a year and a half ago and the kitchen sink has always been quite slow to drain. We believe it's because the waste pipe dips to give a slight uphill for the exiting water. The drain hole is quite high up on the wall for some reason...

I have e residential water pumb with a press control on it. After it I placed a pressure reducing valve. The dimensions of the fittings of the press control and the pipes is 3/4 in. The pressuee reducing valve is 1/2in . Do you see a problem with that? I mean will the pump be stressed because...

i wire up heating systems but wish i had a deeper understanding of how everything works. at the moment i use google searches but that results in a bit by bit process and ofcourse some people explain things better than the other. if i install a frost stat in a new installation, some of the...

Hi all, I'm considering buying a Saniflo Saniaccess unit to replace our existing macerator which is dead. These units appear to be much easier to access in situ with separate panels for the macerator and the float (switch?) which is why I'm leaning towards one. I just wondered if anyone has any...