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    Small rental portfolio advice please. plumbing advice

    Small rental portfolio advice please. With the up and coming Renters Charter, its probably time to start thinking about increasing the efficiency of our small portfolio. 4-small houses. Two of our four 1990's properties have heat only systems with non-condensing boilers. One on the garage wall...
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    Baxi 105e pump head removal plumbing advice

    Baxi 105e pump head removal Hope you confirm something’s for me, boiler calls for how and ch but am not sure if pump is rotating, have checked if it’s stuck via inspection cap on pump which is ok. 240v at pump and on pcb so that’s ok. Can someone tell me how I check if it’s rotating, if not it...
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    Advice on replacing with a new riello burner plumbing advice

    Advice on replacing with a new riello burner im looking to replace this burner but is this easily done with a new modern riello burner or would you recommend replace with like to like? I hate these shutter manual fan.. I would prefer to replace with the new riello burner if possible but the...
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    Smart thermostat causing boiler to short cycle or something else? plumbing advice

    Smart thermostat causing boiler to short cycle or something else? Hi all, When I use my hive thermostat in the way I think your supposed to. I.e. set it to a desired temperature then don't touch it. The combi boiler seems to cycle on/off in short succession as can be seen in the attached image...
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    Grundfos Alpha1 L 26-65 replacement plumbing advice

    Grundfos Alpha1 L 26-65 replacement Just had a call out to no central heating and the pump needs replacing tomorrow. It looks like the Alpha1 L has been discontinued as its not listed on Grundfos website and it looks incredibly difficult to get hold of one. Typically their technical help is out...
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    Low pressure light coming on. plumbing advice

    Low pressure light coming on. My Ariston Eurocombi A23 low pressure light has started to come on. When the kitchen HW tap is on the boiler ignites and then immediately goes off, then about 5 seconds later it comes back on. The kitchen HW runs okay. When the bathroom HW tap is turned on the...
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    Combi boiler - heating not working plumbing advice

    Combi boiler - heating not working Hello The heating side of my Ariston Combi A23 has stopped working since a new 3 way valve has been installed. It's been a hugely reliable boiler up until now with regular servicing. When the heating is turned on the boiler ignites and looks to start up but...
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    Anti vermin outlet. plumbing advice

    Anti vermin outlet. Feel a bit sorry for one of my neighbours, youngish family that have been flooded twice with flooring ruined both times because rat(s) got in through the washing machine outlet and burrowed through pipe to get to the ktichen. I got involved and despite my experience the...
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    Air Source Heat Pumps plumbing advice

    Air Source Heat Pumps I have been thinking of going on this course but my only reservation with it is reaching out to the right clientele, has anyone made this transition and started fitting these units? And if so, was it worth doing the course for the amount of work gained afterward? Air...
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    New Boiler Being Fitted; heat only or combi boiler? plumbing advice

    New Boiler Being Fitted; heat only or combi boiler? I am having a new gas boiler fitted for central heating only. The pump needs to be part of and contained within the boiler. What boiler do I need? Heat only or Combinaton boiler ..... or? New Boiler Being Fitted; heat only or combi boiler...
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    Help joining waste pipe to shower waste please plumbing advice

    Help joining waste pipe to shower waste please Hi, just a quick question about the standard way you connect 40mm waste pipe to the outlet of this waste I have. The waste outlet is too big compared to the tube to be solvent welded (it's more like 43mm internal diam) and there are no threads to...
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    Isolating valve plumbing advice

    Isolating valve Is it good practice what I'm planning to do. I want to drain the central heating and then put 2 isolating valves on the flow and return in readiness for when I purchase another radiator and that way after doing a little bit of pipework I can just top the system up. I want to...
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    4” pipe lagging query?? plumbing advice

    4” pipe lagging query?? Hi folks I don’t normally do much pipe lagging but I need to lag some rain water pipe work. Thing is I’m struggling with lagging the branches properly. Any advice that could be useful?? I’m using foil faced rockwool. Cheers 4” pipe lagging query?? to read more on the...
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    weeping solvent weld joint plumbing advice

    weeping solvent weld joint Hi, I have a weeping solvent weld joint on my bathroom sink. What's the best way to seal it please? weeping solvent weld joint to read more on the original thread at Plumbing Advice See also UK Plumbing Advice for all UK plumbing advice needs.
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    £750 Aquataps or £2000 Quooker Tap £1000 Verana Tap What's Best? plumbing advice

    £750 Aquataps or £2000 Quooker Tap £1000 Verana Tap What's Best? £750 Aquataps or £2000 Quooker Tap £1000 Verana Tap - Which is best? Been looking online, and see adverts on TV, for a Boiling Water Tap. Aquataps do them, Quooker Taps are probably the first to do them, and then there is a...
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    Any plumbers on here in West London? plumbing advice

    Any plumbers on here in West London? Hi, looking for a plumber to do about a day's worth of work on my house in West London (Harrow area) - changing a basin and some taps, if anyone's interested. Thanks! Any plumbers on here in West London? to read more on the original thread at Plumbing Advice...
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    Stopcock Advice plumbing advice

    Stopcock Advice Hi Everyone - I'm after some advice. Hope someone out there can help. The stopcock in my flat is located in my kitchen. When I turn it the cold water immediately stops running from my taps but the hot water continues to flow. Is there a reason for this? Does the hot water perhaps...
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    Solvent or push-fit? plumbing advice

    Solvent or push-fit? Can anyone explain why we have two different sizes of waste pipe for solvent weld and push-fit connectors? Why didn’t they just make the push fit connectors a bit bigger so they would push on a solvent weld pipe rather than have the confusion of needing a different size pipe...
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    Emmeti manifold to new radiators. plumbing advice

    Emmeti manifold to new radiators. Hi I'm I've just joined and hope to gain some well needed knowledge! I'm replacing the old 1 pipe heating system in my house as its very old and full of leaks! We're putting down a solid wood floor so I don't want any joints under it that might fail! I'm...
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    Fitting ABS pipe plumbing advice

    Fitting ABS pipe Anyone worked with this plastic pressurised pipe much? This week was my first and i thought after my years of experience that these stressful days were mostly behind me...alas they are not. Ordered up the stuff in preparation for the job, informed the entire building that the...
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