Plumbing Advice

Any plumbers on here in West London? Discussion Thread

Hi, looking for a plumber to do about a day's worth of work on my house in West London (Harrow area) - changing a basin and some taps, if anyone's interested. Thanks!

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Stopcock Advice Discussion Thread

Hi Everyone - I'm after some advice. Hope someone out there can help. The stopcock in my flat is located in my kitchen. When I turn it the cold water immediately stops running from my taps but the hot water continues to flow. Is there a reason for this? Does the hot water perhaps need to drain before the flow stops? Not sure if you need this information but I have a Viessmann Vitodens 100 boiler and Kingspan 1050 x 400 water tank.

Thanks

GMH1966...

 

Solvent or push-fit? Discussion Thread

Can anyone explain why we have two different sizes of waste pipe for solvent weld and push-fit connectors? Why didn’t they just make the push fit connectors a bit bigger so they would push on a solvent weld pipe rather than have the confusion of needing a different size pipe and compression fittings to switch between them? It would make sense for the manufacturers and stockists too in almost halving the inventory they have to carry.

Solvent...

 

Fitting ABS pipe Discussion Thread

Anyone worked with this plastic pressurised pipe much? This week was my first and i thought after my years of experience that these stressful days were mostly behind me...alas they are not.

Ordered up the stuff in preparation for the job, informed the entire building that the water would be off for 24hrs to allow the glue to cure and then proceeded to drain down and cut out the old stuff yesterday, only to find that the stuff that was in was...

 

What manufacturer makes the best quality fittings for multilayer pipes? Discussion Thread

What manufacturer makes the best quality fittings for multilayer pipes?

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Smart Radiator Thermostats Discussion Thread

Can anyone recommend the best smart radiator thermostats for me? I have a total of 6 radiators in the house.

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Why so many Popup Ads Discussion Thread

I've been prompted to write a thread as I have not posted in a while but find most of the web page covered in popup ads.

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Have you ever / would you ever; Work for a Plumbing Supplier / Plumbing Wholesaler Discussion Thread

Have you ever / would you ever; Work for a Plumbing Supplier / Electrical Wholesaler - POLLTIME!

PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH FRIENDS VIA FACEBOOK, WHATSAPP, FACEBOOK GROUPS, OTHER FORUMS ETC WE WILL BE PUSHING THIS HARD FOR A FEW MONTHS. ​

Please join in and help make the thread have lots of long decent posts in them. It'll really help the forum out.

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Heat Group Magnaclean copy. Parts of it are excellent. Discussion Thread

I was tidying up the boiler pipework on a bungalow I bought and plan to move into. Being a cheapskate, I considered keeping the Heat Group magnetic filter. It was like the old Magnacleans with offset plastic tails and I knew it would be messy and fiddly to fit, but although it seemed a bit pants, it did seem to work to some degree and wasn't leaking.

Today I got the pipework as tidy as humanly possible...

 

Pan connector to soil, not sure what needed Discussion Thread

Hi all,

Need to change this pan con and am not sure what I'm looking at where the pan con and the soil meet? I'm guessing it's not just a regular one needed?

The piece of solid plastic pipe immediately after the flexible section ends looks a smaller bore than the soil sticking out from the tiles. And then there is a double lip between the two, presumably with a seal inside for push fit?

So I'm thinking the current pan...