Can a shower pump be submerged under water?
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My plumber placed a Monsoon 3 Bar pump into a bucket to catch water from a leaking connector. Overnight the bucket filled up and the pump was totally submerged. Now the pump wont work, shorts the electricity in the house. The plumber is unwilling to replace the pump, stating that …
Call out charge for mixer shower not working?
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Daughter called out emergency plumber for mixer shower not working, flow stopped working etc, was charged £200 just for the call out , explained the shower could not be fixed and unable to get parts, and that the pipe work would need replacing to fit the new shower, this wasnt …
How to tell if rising or penetrating damp?
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Hi! We have some decking that is built right up to the house, it extends up against the house and an extension, the problem area is a corner that doesn’t get much sun. There is an area of bricks that don’t dry out when we’ve had a lot of rain, …
Random sewer smells in apartment
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Hi, I live on the top floor of a 3 floor apartment block. Recently, at completely random times, foul sewer smells suddenly come from under the sink. This can happen whether I’ve recently used plumbing or not and has got really bad over the last few weeks. I’ve checked the …
Why do radiators warm up when the hot water is set to on?
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When the hot water is set to on, the radiators also warm up. Two 2-port valve / cylinder/gas boiler system. Seemed possible likely that the valve to the heating was sticking open (partially?). This valve was replaced the problem remains. What could be other possible causes? When the heating is …
Pressure valve seal melted, why!?
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The sealant that holds the Baxi water pressure valve dial has melted! Why would it do this
Low shower pressure through shower diverter valve
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Recently moved into a house with some oddities. There is a bathtub with jacuzzi jets which seems to be working ok. There was no shower facility however so I bought a diverter valve so I could hook up a shower hose to the existing tap The water pressure when I …
Radiators in hot water circuit?
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In this hot weather two radiators keep getting hot. Bathroom and hall. Is it possible that they are plumbed into the hot water circuit?
Pipe spacing
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What is the minimum distance for hot/cold water pipe spacing running in parallel? And which part and section is it on the Building Regs? Thanks Freddy
Cold water supply problem -- bathroom hand basin
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The cold water supply to hand basin in our bathroom comes direct from the header storage tank in the loft above. This has been the case since the house was built in 1947. Over the last 3 years or so the supply to the cold tap has tended to turn …