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Hot water problem
Plumbing  •  233 views  •  2 answers

Low water temperature in bathroom unless really slow water feed hot enough if the tap is only on a little

Air source heat pump not heating after new cylinder installed
Heating & Gas  •  233 views  •  0 answers

Hello, I’m really hoping someone can help. I moved into a flat a year ago that has air source heat pump instead of a boiler. I had a crack in my indirect water cylinder. Have had it replaced like for like, yet now the air source just is not heating …

Toilet options with floor soil pipe?
Plumbing  •  233 views  •  0 answers

Just taken our old toilet but the floor soil pipe means fewer choices . Are there any toilets that would fit without a boxing in or 500 unit behind ?? I have 20 cms from wall to end of soil pipe , soil pipe is 11 cms . I’d really …

How to deal with suspected leak
Plumbing  •  232 views  •  2 answers

I live in a flat and have a water meter outside the property on the pavement, about 10m from my front door. My flat is upstairs. I went online and found my last bill was about 19 times what previous bills were. I suspect a leak. I queried the bill …

How to fix wobbly tap?
Plumbing  •  232 views  •  1 answer

Hole in wooden kitchen sink surround has been drilled too big so tap is loose fit. What can I do?

Cold feed to Triton “silent” shower unit gravity fed?
Plumbing  •  231 views  •  0 answers

Does the cold feed to this unit have to be gravity fed if so what head is needed?

I want bath removed and immersion heater removed.
Bathroom Fitting  •  229 views  •  3 answers

Hi, I have a studio flat with a small bathroom that has a shower over the bath. The bath and sink gets hot water from the immersion heater (which is very old and gives low pressure). I want to refit the bathroom by removing the bath and making it into …

Plumbing :balance return valve position?
Plumbing  •  229 views  •  1 answer

My kid was playing in the water storage area and turned the return balance valve at the bottom of my water tank. Is there a certain position this valve should be in?

Boiler sounds on when not asked for
Heating & Gas  •  229 views  •  0 answers

We've just recently moved house and we have a Ideal Logic+ system boiler. Every now and again the boiler sounds on but we've not asked for it to be in and the indication on the panel indicates the letter C which in the manual say "the boiler has called for …

Installing a false wall in the bathroom
Bathroom Fitting  •  229 views  •  0 answers

Can I get a false wall installed in front of a horizontal large waste pipe to encase it thus moving a toilet forwards in order for closed back toilet? At the minute, the toilet and the pipes are in a "nook" in the bathroom between a wall partition (which contains …

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