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by dinkydunc
Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:25 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: Silicone won't stick to acrylic bath
Replies: 4
Views: 17722

Re: Silicone won't stick to acrylic bath

I hear you on that, but the silicone was leaking even before I replaced it. It was the first ever silicone I'd put on and it was only a year ago. I think the issue might be that I have a shower over the bath and water 'pools' in the joins. Any ideas? Bath trim possibly?
by dinkydunc
Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:13 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: Silicone won't stick to acrylic bath
Replies: 4
Views: 17722

Silicone won't stick to acrylic bath

Hello all. I recently had my bath panel off to do some work and noticed that some water was leaking through the silicone around my bath. I stripped the old silicone out and put new stuff in but along the length, quite a lot of the silicone would not stick to the bath although it stuck to the tiles f...
by dinkydunc
Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:54 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: Leaky shower tray
Replies: 0
Views: 2487

Leaky shower tray

Hello. I moved into an old house with an old bathroom. When the shower conked out I swapped it with a new power shower. I was using this for a while until I noticed water coming through the ceiling of the room below the bathroom. The effect had been hidden in the bathroom due to carpetting. I remove...
by dinkydunc
Sun May 31, 2009 8:48 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Water heating system
Replies: 2
Views: 2806

Water heating system

I'm used to a combi boiler for heating water and have moved into an older property where there is a small square tank mounted above a cylinder in the airing cupboad. The water can be heated by the boiler or an immersion heater. Got two questions -1) why is there both a square tank and cylinder? 2) i...
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