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Are Pipe Heaters Safe? Discussion Thread

I have an ouside garden tap that freezes every winter, while I am away and the heating is down to 10C, despite a protective insulating cover over the tap on the house wall. Is it safe to wrap the pipe (inside the outer house wall) with a pipe heater wire - one that wraps around the copper pipe? These devices seem to heat up to 70C which seems very high. If so, is it best to maybe just switch it on at night with a timeswitch?

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Mains Cold Water Supply - Think I had a cowboy plumber at my house ! Discussion Thread

Hi Guys,

I have had various plumbing issues in my house after having a few plumbers in and I cant seem to find one who knows what they are doing or how to fix issues so I have decided to investigate them one by one and fix them myself or tell the plumber what to do.

Roughly a year agoI had a leak in the mains cold water supply tap/stopcock under the kitchen sink - this got worse and worse and...

 

Downstairs Bathroom - Sewage smell Discussion Thread

Hello,

We have had a bad sewage smell coming from the downstairs toilet for the last few years. We had a new suite put in back in 2019 which didn't resolve the issue. The smell seems to be coming from the sink side of the room. I have removed the sink unit now and can see that the waste pipe just seems to fit in a hole in the ground. The pipe in the ground also seems to be damaged. Is this likely to be the cause of the issue...

 

Choice of pipe for hot water secondary/recirculating system Discussion Thread

What plastic based / barrier pipe can you use in a hot water secondary/recirculating system. I note Hep20 and Polypipe make it clear in their specs it must not be used. Other than copper what do you use.

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Plumbers Talk Group on Facebook; need helpers and moderators etc Discussion Thread

Usually end up on good terms with suppliers who we allow to join.

WWW.FACE BOOK.COM/GROUPS/PLUMBERSTALKCOUK/

Join and PM me on here with your FB name and I'll make you contributors if you want.

Been growing it in background for a while we have 10k users.

ONLY IF YOU ALREADY USE FB IT IS STILL FULL OF TRASH MOSTLY

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Trainline Ticket Discounts - Plan early save up to 61% Discussion Thread

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Radiator change Discussion Thread

Hi. I'm trying to change a radiator but I've took off the trv to replace with a new one and there is a reducing olive on the pipe. If I get this off can I replace it with a new reducer with a bit of scoring, dent on the pipe or is it best to cut off the top of the pipe

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Vaillant echTEC Plus 838H over pressurising Discussion Thread

Hello.

Not to long ago I took off a radiator to paint behind, since I put it on for about 2 weeks the pressure kept dropping to zero, I topped it up when I noticed it had happened, then 1 day it over pressurised and went to max, I then released some water out of the radiator, this happened a few times until I got it serviced and the prv replaced, and the expansion vessel replaced, it is still doing it but not going to max...

 

Salus mag filter Discussion Thread

Hi my boiler is fitted with a salus filter, the boiler devolped a noise. The heating engineer found blockage in the heat exchanger plate. Does some sludge still get passed mag filters. The system was flushed out a earlier this year and sentinal x100 added. Is salus a poor make of filter. The bolier is 10 years old so is this to be expected. Serviced every year.

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Issue replacing 22mm pipe on central heating Discussion Thread

Hi all

I was hoping to make good this corner of my central heating (22mm) (where the old magnet was) and fit a new Adey Pro 2 just above but on cutting the pipe at the lower end its really difficult to get a coupler on. I tried chamfering the pipe as much as I can but its a struggle to get the coupler on and I know with flux it will probably be worse. I'm guessing this is because its coming off a bend and it may have...