Cistern leaking at overflow join
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Our toilet cistern is leaking from where the external overflow leaves the bottom of the cistern. Is this something we/I can fix myself?
Central Hearing Leak
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I’m looking for some expert opinion in a problems with my central heating system. We have a condensing combination boiler which was fitted in 2015. Whenever we have used the boiler we have always had to periodically top up the water to 1bar as it would drop every few weeks. …
water weeping from joint
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what should I do about drips from compression joint that goes into cold water tank?
Fitting new bath / shower mixer
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New mixer has fixing nuts to fit on to 25mm legs, but existing legs measure 30mm across the threads - how do I get round this without removing bath panel etc.
Waste water not draining away
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I recently fitted a new kitchen sink, the sink has a deeper base and so the waste kit goes lower than previously. The main waste pipe that leads to the outside is fairly high and sits just below the bottom of the sink. This means there is a lot of …
Limescale Airing Cupboard on Ceiling
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Three central heating pipes ( one assumes) enters the expansion tank in the loft above from the airing cupboard. A brown condensation stain has developed on the ceiling below the expansion tank with brown limescale crusting. The stain appears to be old ( it is dry now) and the system …
Recommended shower head to increase water pressure?
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Are any of the shower heads that say they increase water pressure actually any good? Can anyone recommend one if so?
Servicing a faulty boiler
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Heating would come on intermittently, morning or evening or not at all. I called a plumber to fix the problem and service the boiler. Heating worked for a few days then stopped again. Plummer called out again and switched it back on, 2 min job. Lasted a couple of days …
Draining water tank
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My plumber has put all the loft tank dirty water and silt down the toilet then we had a blockage in the main pipes outside the bill for this was £295 for a callout on a sunday I'm thinking of taking this off the bill or should I not pay …
Shower pump back pressure?
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I've recently fitted a shower pump in my parents bathroom. It is a positive pressure single impellor 3bar pump in the hot water supply to bath HW tap and shower mixer v/v. Running a bath it works great, with hot and cold taps open the bath fills quickly. However the …