Installing new wirquin shower trap
Bathroom Fitting
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I have a new wirquin shower trap and water sits in the first chamber up to the top . Is this normal ? I want to get this correct because once I have bedded in the shower tray there’s no going back, Although the trap is brand new and designed …
How to investiage damp issue?
Plumbing
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We have a short 15mm copper pipe, with 90 bends each side, which passes through a brick partition wall to feed a radiator. We had the pipe replaced because the wall was damp around it. The damp is now much worse but confined to about about a foot to one …
Damp proofing shed base built on a slope
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I want to build a large well insulated shed (to house a tortoise). It will be a self build because of the unusual shape to fit where I need it to go. The base will be concrete with an air gap, then insulation, then air gap with a wooden floor …
Toilet Cistern
Bathroom Fitting
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I have a concealed water connection to my toilet cistern with a fibre washer which in time will wear and cause a leak, is there a foolproof alternative please. For your information it is a wall hung toilet, to access this connection I had to remove a shelf above the …
Intermittent cold water to kitchen tap
Plumbing
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I live in a ground floor flat of a 4 storey building (built 2007) and have a mixer tap in my kitchen but more often than not recently I have no cold water coming out of the tap or sometimes just a little or very very occasionally there might be …
Bidet fitting
Bathroom Fitting
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Hi, I have bought a bidet which is quite easy to fit, however I can’t access the fitting under the cistern to add the T valve.... is there an extension I can buy so that the fitting is lower and accessible?
New wall hung toilet leak?
Plumbing
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We are having a cloakroom fitted and a new Nuie wall hung toilet. The first basin was fitted but leaked. The fitters suggested it could be a small drip of glaze on the outlet pipe which was not allowing a good seal. Ordered a new toilet, same model, tried again …
Cause of rattling pipes at night?
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We've been having a problem with pipes rattling in the middle of the night (typically around 1-2am). We're mostly asleep at this time (with the noise waking me up), and no one is using anything in the flat (this noise has never occurred when using washing machine, shower or taps). …
Black mould problem
Building
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I have an old property with solid walls. Black mould is coming through to the inside from the rendered gable end. I have had a lot of contradictory advice. I want to know if I can use a waterproofing solution on the outside wall or something else. Many thanks for …
Pressure in bath tap and shower
Plumbing
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I installed a hot water pump pressure everywhere is fine but my bath tap and shower drop in pressure after a few minutes like it was before the pump