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by EyeTry
Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:10 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Push-button toilet flush.
Replies: 1
Views: 4296

If your push-buttons are on top of the cistern then you seem to have the type where the bits plug together via plastic rods. Pushing the button triggers a lever to then lift up a 2"(?) wide tube off it`s seating. That action allows the cistern water to rush down the outlet and flush the loo. As...
by EyeTry
Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:49 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Toilet Overflow Pipe!
Replies: 2
Views: 13574

Check the run of the overflow pipe inside and outside to ensure it is one and the same. (I have two suites / overflows - one has a t-piece to break the air flow coming into that cistern, the end of the other is screened by soil stack) If you have the Drop-Valve type of flush in the cistern then Yes,...
by EyeTry
Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:22 am
Forum: DIY Computers Forum
Topic: OUTLOOK EXPRESS WON'T SEND OR RECEIVE EMAILS ALL OF A SUDDEN
Replies: 1
Views: 5077

You have a home address and your relatives have home addresses. If you send a letter to one of them but muddle a part of the address then it may be returned as "Address not known". When you sent an e-mail your ISP (the mail sorting office) said something was wrong and bounced it back to yo...
by EyeTry
Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:57 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: low hot water pressure
Replies: 4
Views: 2874

Hi Chris, I got Grohe`s tel no. and that useful video clip after a google search and included them in previous response but it seems this site has to filter such details out (impartiality etc). Regards EyeTry
by EyeTry
Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:29 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: low hot water pressure
Replies: 4
Views: 2874

I must have mentioned possible airlocks to three other enquirers but didn`t to yours.... aghh. Never mind you got there yourself, well done. Grohe do a manual or a thermostatic system so I wonder if the hot supply is insufficient - a bit like a fireman using his hose on a fire but there`s just a gar...
by EyeTry
Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:42 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Head of Water
Replies: 7
Views: 3165

Water has volume (quantity) and, thank`s to the Earth`s gravity it has weight. Water will also find it`s own level - hence the success of water in toilet u-bends or basin traps - or in ditches that the Ancient Egyptians used to set their levels around sites or more recently the lengths of tubing wit...
by EyeTry
Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:08 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: REPLACING THE PLASTIC FEET UNDER THE TOILET SEAT
Replies: 1
Views: 6000

Buy a couple of rubbers (erasers) and use a contact adhesive to stick them to the underside of the seat. WH Smiths or Staples etc sell them in white or various shades.... Re B&Q. Goods are supposed to be "fit for purpose" and Jo Public wouldn`t expect to have such an issue so soon afte...
by EyeTry
Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:56 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Cold Water Storage Tank very slow to fill
Replies: 2
Views: 24997

The start of your cold water supply is the water company`s stop cock / water meter at the boundary of your property. The next check point is the stop cock (usually in kitchen) so turn your kitchen cold tap on gradually and see how much pressure there is - i.e. would fill the sink eventually or it hi...
by EyeTry
Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:02 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Power shower - really bad smell from water
Replies: 3
Views: 3510

Just a thought - do you twist the jet nozzles to different positions / angles to ensure the cleansing agents get to those parts? There is a fair old pressure being pumped to the jacuzzi nozzles so have you checked to make sure there is no seepage from any joints in the circuitry - especially behind ...
by EyeTry
Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:05 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: power flushing
Replies: 6
Views: 3354

Radiators have two valves - one to control the actual flow through the radiator (and will be set slightly different to the next radiator on that pipe circuit - and that with the next etc) - and the other valve will usually be a thermostatic one so you can set the room temperature. A proper temperatu...
by EyeTry
Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:24 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: low hot water pressure
Replies: 4
Views: 2874

You say you fitted a new hot water tank the same size as the old - so the only change would appear to be the fitting of a pumped shower... . If you were installing an electric shower you would have the choice of several power ratings - at the lower end your demand for hot shower water would mean the...
by EyeTry
Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:21 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Back to wall pan problem
Replies: 3
Views: 3202

Don`t confuse the silicone lubricant (that allows one part to slide through the rubber grommet / seal / joint) with silicone sealant (mastic) that you can run around the joint.... . And don`t get them on the same place, they don`t work together. BTW - Did you give the assembly a little "wiggle&...
by EyeTry
Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:35 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Pan Connector Conundrum
Replies: 6
Views: 6507

Not sure if I`ve pictured the problem correctly but having an Osma Soil products catalogue to hand I see it mentions pipe sizes of 82mm, 110 mm, and 160mm. Also different rubber gaskets for pan spigot sizes of 3.75 in to 4.0 in OR 4.0 in to 4.25 in OR 4.25 in to 4.5 in and also WC connectors that ar...
by EyeTry
Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:21 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Dripping tap
Replies: 3
Views: 3298

You must have turned the hot & cold water supplies off in order to change the washer and I`m sure the DIY Doctor site will tell you about trying a re-seating tool.... take the valve assemblies out as before then look inside the tap opening at the brass seat for each valve assembly. If you see cr...
by EyeTry
Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:33 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: tOILET WON'T FLUSH PROPERLY
Replies: 2
Views: 13105

When the loo in my wife`s bathroom stopped flushing I found the plastic diaphragm had perished but instead of replacing the "twist handle / syphon" system with the same model I bought the "drop valve" type via Screwfix. It fits the same hole in bottom of cistern and the beauty is...
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