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    Smell from kitchen sink

    Could someone give me some advice please? Smell from kitchen sink but only when tap is running. No smell from under the sink. Have a p trap installed. Have cleaned it all out but makes no diff. Have checked there is water in the trap. The p trap connects directly to the sink waste, it does not...
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    Problem with cold water header tank

    I wonder if someone can help me please. We have had no problems with drips from the overflow and no sign of any other problem. A couple of days ago without warning we could hear water running into the tank and then water started pouring out of the overflow pipe. Unfortunately the...
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    • cold cold water header header tank overflow problem tank valve water
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    Metal tank for hot water overflow in loft?

    Hello, we just moved to a new house and have a boiler and a solid fuel burner that feed a hot water cylinder with a Dunsley heat exchanger. There is water tank in the loft in case there is too much hot water. My plumber said this plastic tank should be replaced with a metal tank in case the...
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    Slimline bath overflow needed..

    Hi, can anyone recommend a bath overflow that doesnt project out very far from the back of the bath? I've fitted a bath yesterday with a 5 hole tap arrangement and the central filler has a 33mm wide body that fouls both of the overflows i tried last night. Hoping for something like you would...
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    Overflow gushing water when mains turned on!

    Hi there. Any help appreciated with this one. I've had no hot water coming from the kitchen mixer tap, so I adjusted the cylinder mechanism in the tap so that hot water flowed OK. However, when I turned the mains water back on, the overflow pipe outside began to gush water. Looking at the...
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    Leaky porcelain sink

    I've a porcelain bathroom sink in my house, think it's a B&Q one, anyway on the right hand side on the bottom lip there's a hole. This hole is leaking water when ever I empty the basin. The main drain itself is all fine and watertight, I'm not sure if there should of been a bung in this extra...
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    Overflow head scratcher !

    Hi, been to a customers house tonight . Overflow running from domestic tank , took a ball tap - thought I already knew the problem! Ball tap tap is working fine , submersed under water ran some hot water off , level in tank dropped . Bent arm arm down on ball tap , it shut off around 3"...
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    Help! How water cyclinder open vent pipe

    I have an issue where the HWC (Hot Water Cyclinder) open vent pipe is dripping occasionally into the CWSC (Cold Water Storage Cistern) in the loft. Which is causing the overflow from the CWSC to drip. The HWC Stat temp was sent to 55 degrees. I have turned down the temp for the heating...
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    Water leaked from tank in the attic

    I've had a job done in 2009 I knew the plumber well as he was a customer in my London print business, we had several conversations and we had great exchanges over 8 years. When our old boiler needed replacing I asked him to do the work. When he finished, I had to call him back because of pipe...
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    Overflow help

    Hi. Outside my property, looking up towards the roof. There are 2 little white pipes sticking out. 1 is leaking water. Not just a trickle. Its quite fast!! Its coming from the cold water tank in the loft! I have emptied the tank by turning off the stopcock and running the hot water tap...
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    Pumped shower and overflow problem

    I was called to a house that reported the hot water header tank was over flowing, so I expected a passing float valve and visited. The valve operated correctly and the problem was more involved. They have 3 showers running from a Salamander 3 bar pump. The pump and installation seem fine and a...
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    • color noise overflow problem pump pumped pumped shower shower showers water
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    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
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    Need to remove flush to wall toilet...

    HI, I am new here so I hope this is the right place to post. I am an experienced DIYer having done most jobs in my own house over the past 35 years. My nephew has recently moved into a new-to-him house. In the bathroom is a flush to wall toilet and close coupled cistern Picture below. The...
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    Overflow Pipe Issue in flats

    I live in a block of flats, with three flats on my side of the building. Management company have said there is an issue with an over flow pipe and they think it is mine. Looking on the outside I can see a dripping pipe but it seems to be beneath the flat below mine, and can see another pipe...
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    Help Needed

    Hello there, We recently had a new bathroom installed, we think there may be an issue with the overflow pipe underneath the bath. The reason being last night the wife was in the bed and she always fills it nearly right to the top, i heard water flowing in the kitchen thought it was the kitchen...
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    Overflow pipe

    Friends Talking about over flow pipe. The pipe is 20 mm odd. Now then, is it solvent weld or push fit? I'll tell you why after!
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    22mm toilet overflow pipe

    Hi all, Just on the last knockings of my bathroom refurb. I need to extend the 22mm plastic overflow pipe to the toilet. I assumed this was 21.5mm until I tried some solvent weld fittings that were overly tight. Where can I get fittings at 22mm? Are they solvent weld or some kind of push fit...
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    Combo cylinder tank overflowing

    I have a problem with a combo emersion economy 7 overflow leaking from feed tank at top,I reduced water level and replaced part 2 ballvalve, but 4/5 hours later overflow leaking again,cylinder has no makers name and is covered in fake lookalike leather cover,stopcock in kitchen has pressure...
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    Dripping hot water cylinder overflow pipe

    Hi, I have copper hot water cylinder in the loft wrapped with a puffa jacket. Its a very old fashion type of copper cylinder where you can simply lift the top off. I've noticed the cylinder has been leaking lately as water has leaked through the ceiling. When I've been in the loft to inspect...
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    Restricting feed to header tank

    Due to British Gas not adding inhibitor after draining my Boilermate 2000 (it's not their policy!) I partially drained again and added 2 litres of X100. It mentions in the installation instructions "Once the system is finally filled, turn down the servicing valve for the ballvalve in the F & E...
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    drained off water to fit new sink, now no hot water

    Apologies in advance, I am posting on behalf of my partner who did a little plumbing job yesterday, he's only really a novice at these things and now clueless as to what to do.! He drained off the water to fit a new sink, including emptying the full hot water tank. He reconnected the water...
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