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peter the plumber

I think your asking a bit too much of your plumber. We did have the similar problem on a job last year. But we where lucky, the customer asked for the floor to be tiled and was happy for us to raze the bathroom floor by about 4-5 inches to hide the pipe work. We just got our carpenters to put the ne...

peter the plumber

I think all you need is a cheap 500-watt electric panel heater.

I donâ€™t see the need for anything more.

You could go mad and fit something that is duel fuel but I donâ€™t see the point.

peter the plumber

Well you should fit trvâ€™s on the return pipe for the simple reason that hot water pipes could affect the temp sensor on the trv. But I wouldnâ€™t worry about it. The system will be ok and work. I canâ€™t see it causing any problems; your trv may turn off before the right temp, so just turn it up a...

peter the plumber

On a combi boiler you need to have one radiator on all the time, normally the one in the bathroom. This radiator should have a reduced flow, its only there to stop the boiler over heating if all the radiators are turn off. I think this radiator is has its valves open too much, and you need to turn i...

peter the plumber

Get a cheap pair of taps for about Â£15 and pop them on the downstairs sink.

See what thats like.

I think this just a case of an tap jaming up with time.

I am sure its not your water supply.

peter the plumber

I am not every happy with Mira engineers full stop.

Most of them have done a 3-month NVQ 2 plumbing course and call themselves â€œplumbersâ€

peter the plumber

Thank God for building regs !!! I have seen worst, there a estate where they have use black plastic soft piping (about the same thickness and material has roofing felt), for all of the drains that was built at about the same time. Every drain on the estate had to be replaced after they all became â€...

peter the plumber

You donâ€™t need to change the drive level.

Linear drains are basically a 4-6 inch box design; the gradient is not that much depending on the length of your run.

All you need to is find some way of rising the internal drain gradient away from the house.

peter the plumber

Oh God this brings back memories You find 3-inch pipe in use mostly in the Middle East, do remember seeing it being used on a kibbutz in Israel in my hippy days. In the UK you need to replace it, you are never going to get connector to fit it to a new toilet. If you did it would block every five mins.

peter the plumber

It sounds like that nasty white stuff.

Itâ€™s a sod to deal with.

You do find it in older homes, mostly post war.

Flexible fitting is the right way to go.

Cutting this kind of pipe is always a problem due to there crumbling.

Last time I use a concrete saw on one and it work ok.

peter the plumber

I am sure you are over â€œthinking â€œ this problem. If a pump fails or cause problems within the first 72 hours, itâ€™s a manufacturing error. Not an installing error. It doesnâ€™t happen that often, but it does happen. I have done the same myself a few times, spent hours trying to find a fault, wh...

peter the plumber

You just need a new waste, there about Â£10

Take your old one down to a plumbing shop and get a replacement.

peter the plumber

My gut feeling is that itâ€™s a faulty pump unit.

Ring the makers help line and ask them about it.

peter the plumber

Most new build home have an internal soil pipe, there ok and work. There no reason why you canâ€™t box it in, after a flew weeks you will forget it there. Your drains backing up does worry me, you should talk to your water company about this. You should get a full drain survey done before you make a...

peter the plumber

Digging is never cheap, and the quote seems about right. I would have a look at your local trading standards web site and get a few more quotes first. But I have a feeling you can fix this without doing all this work. If the drain is not carrying household waste or sewage, the simple thing to would ...

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