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How to undo the tap to access possible defective washers?
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I have a white handled dual lever mixer tap and I cannot workout how to undo the tap to access possible defective washers. I 've taken off the small plastic cover cap on the side and unscrewed the white handle but inside appears to be neither a Allen key or …

Toilet waste pipe
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I have a huge lump of either some sort of metal or concrete above my waste pipe that’s been painted over several times (not by me) it has got some signs of rust.I wanted to install a modern toilet and I’ve no idea on how to remove it any ideas?

Can you extend or replace (with longer) flusher cable?
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Hi, hoping you can help! My new flusher cable (flomasta) is too short to fit and then lift the enclosed casing over the cistern (closed system) with it connected. Is it possible to either replace with a longer cable or extend existing one?

Over expansion continuous flow on HWT
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Hot water is flowing continuously from the over expansion 7 bar valve on the HWT. There are 2 cold water inlets off the meter into the house, one which serves hot water regulated at 3 bar and the other entering the house separately to serve cold taps which is unregulated. …

What part do I need
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I've got a water filter with an outlet in 3/8" pipe. I want to connect it to a kitchen tap that I have bought, the connection on the inlet is about 1.8cm female. I already have a 3/8" x 1/2" BSP push fit adaptor for the filter outlet. What part …

Turning off water to oil boiler
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Need help with turning the water off on an oil boiler? We've turned the water off at the stop cock to drain the radiator system, but need to know how to cap the water to the rads in order to turn the main water back on?

Ghost chemical flush
Plumbing  •  136 views  •  1 answer

The radiators in my living room, and another in my bedroom (both furthest from the combi boiler) stopped working a while ago. I got a plumber in to service the boiler and asked him if he could fix them. He said the radiators needed flushing and that chemicals were needed. …

Ceramic cartridge for a mixer tap
Plumbing  •  136 views  •  0 answers

What is the difference between a click or non click ceramic cartridge

Sink waste size
Plumbing  •  136 views  •  0 answers

What size sink waste/plug do you need for a 50mm hole?

Blocked PVC header overflow pipe
Plumbing  •  135 views  •  0 answers

Hi All, any advice on how I can unblock a 1 inch PVC header overflow pipe? The pipe is not draining and I have cut it as low as I can before it disappears into a boxed of channel that runs downstairs to the drain. Hoping there might be some …

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