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Hi, We've just had our soffits, facias and gutters replaced. Previously, the overflow/warning pipes for the central heating header tank and cold water tank for hot water in the loft came out of holes in the facia below the gutter. But for this installation, the installer decided it would look...

Before we bought our new place we were renting. We had asked the landlord permission to drill above the fireplace to hang a mirror; it was his old house and we were on good terms with him so no problem. Well, that's what I thought. Measured up where we needed to put the two screws. It was a...

Could anyone give me an idea what this pipe might be? It's sticking out of the ground about 0.5m from the back wall of my house. It seems to be capped off with a wired-shut cap or something. I'm hoping it's not gas - but I'm not sure. The problem is that I've come to lay a new lawn where a...

I have to join two pieces of 63mm MDPE, the coupler came with plastic inserts. I always thought they were to help avoid crushing the pipe. The MDPE pipe is so thick i wouldnt think i could crush it if i tried, therefore why is it supplied? The pipe is having pumped grey water through it and i...

Can i put a step in a drain run? Down obviously not up, i would assume it needs to be rod-able from both directions but would it work? I have a reinforced ground beam to get over. The invert of the drain is the same height at the middle of the ground beam so i was proposing 110mm pipe over the...

Hi, can anyone help. Our kitchen sink pipes have been leaking for a week, we've isolated the leak to the right side. There is a pipe without what I'd image should be a screwed on end piece ? (I will attach a picture), we've placed a bucket under the leak temporarily. FYI, I'm not much of a diy...

Hi everyone I'm currently doing up my bathroom and I need some help please. :( Gate valve. I've currently replaced gate valves on the cold and hot pipes coming into the bathroom so this can isolated whilst the rest of u the house has water but the problem is the cold pipe gate valve is...

I'm plumbing in the pipework for our bathroom, all 15mm copper for a standard bathroom (toilet, basin, bath & shower, all fed from mains / combi boiler). For the last part, connecting the bathroom pipework up to the hot & cold feed, I was thinking of using this...

Hi, I appreciate there are several posts relating to foundations but each case is different so was hoping for some advice. I'm trying to build over a 900m diameter sewer with invert level 2.7m below ground level in Harrow, Middlesex. The max distance that I have from edge of the sewer to the...

How do I connect a 15mm pipe to a 1" diameter male "O" ring type fitting? See photo. I am replacing an Imperial radiator in a single pipe system with a metric one which is quite a bit shorter. I have bought a 1/2" Danfoss Randall RA-G Single Pipe TRV Body which comes with a chrome fitting...

Hi, I'm pretty useless at this but I have a cast iron rain water pipe as per the pic which has the bend part at the bottom. I wanted to connect this to a upvc pipe (as per the brown pic) and I wasn't sure what sort of connector I would need. Both pipes are 68mm and I can only seem to find...

Planning a new bathroom, can anyone see any issues with this waste water design? I plan on using 50mm solvent weld pipe and can achieve the correct fall from each appliance to the soil pipe. I already purchased the basin that came with a waste trap, I am not sure if it is anti-vac or not so...

Hi all. I just wanted some advice. We currently have a small mouse problem at our house at the moment and they seem to be coming into the room from the holes around the boiler pipe work on the floor. I have used coarse steel wool to plug these holes as I hear it useful to stop mice. What I...

We are having the entire plumbing replaced, and the plumber is using polypipe (Polyplumb) for the central heating pipes. I don't have a problem with plastic pipes being used in place of copper pipes (we will have copper tails). But I am finding that many 'corners' are being cut. For example...

I'm currently trying to complete bringing water into my garage and cant seem to find an answer as to what is best practice. Bringing 20mm MDPE up the ouside of my garage wall, is it best to use a 90bend bringing the MDPE through the wall and then use a reducer to change over to 15mm copper pipe...

Hi all, New on here but looking for some advice. We have a leaking overflow pipe outside our flat. We have checked our toilet, water tank etc and they appear fine (we have a cold tank with a hot water tank on an economy 7 electric timer underneath in the airing cupboard).We were also away on...

Hi guys, just after some experienced opinions if you don't mind? We're doing our bathroom at the moment and we've had to move the toilet, so in doing so the waste pipe has had to be moved. I'm just not sure there's enough of an angle for it not to cause blockages in the future. What do you guys...

Hi, Six years ago we had a new central heating system installed in our home. We have a Vaillant 831 combi boiler feeding 10 radiators in our 3 bed/2 reception semi-detached. Recently, we've had some more work done that will ultimately require the boiler to be moved. When the builder who is...

Hi all, New to the forum, but I have joined as I have no idea what is going on here. I'm looking to open up a hope between my kitchen and living room, we live in a 1940's council block, the kind with the sash windows and walkway. Obviously want to get permission from the council, and today I...

Hi, My upstairs floorboards creak a lot, so I want to screw them down. However, I don't want to burst any central heating pipes, so I'd like to know where they are. I figured there might be people on this subforum with experience of thermal imaging cameras. Would these cameras be able to...