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by peter the plumber
Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:40 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: annoying triton shower
Replies: 4
Views: 3058

If it’s under a year old, its still under guarantee and you should get the person who installed it to replace it.

The work should be free.
by peter the plumber
Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:11 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Clicking noise in pipes
Replies: 6
Views: 23247

What kind of walls do you have?

Are they dry lined?

Is the noise coming from the bottom, middle or the top of the wall?
by peter the plumber
Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:52 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: hot water cylinder
Replies: 2
Views: 3061

That small tank above your hot water cylinder is the feed and expansion tank for the heating system. I you have a close look at it, you will see there is a ball valve. If there no water in this tank and its not filling or filled, you need to turn on the water for it using the isolator that is on the...
by peter the plumber
Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:17 am
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Radiator Bleed Valve stuck
Replies: 8
Views: 63544

Its sounds like you have one of the “cheaperâ€
by peter the plumber
Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:06 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: annoying triton shower
Replies: 4
Views: 3058

Sorry but its gone and you need a replacement.

It sound like its scale up and there nothing you can do.
by peter the plumber
Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:39 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: removing a 1947 toilet
Replies: 2
Views: 2502

They’re only one way to get it off, use a hammer and smash it.

You may have to replace the floorboards after like we do.

Its going to cast iron soil stack, so you will need to cut it back and get a flexible coupling for it so you can add some plastic pipe.

Use solder rings, not push fit.
by peter the plumber
Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:30 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Central heatingw/o boiler
Replies: 5
Views: 2778

I think the site has to removed or remind people that some posts on here are wrong and dangerous.

Some of them worry the hell out of me.

There a reason we have a long and hard testing process for gas and boilers, you get it wrong, you put you and your family in danger.
by peter the plumber
Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:53 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: How to stop extractor vents rattling in the wind?
Replies: 15
Views: 165076

The vents are there for a reason. If you are not using the extractors in your home, you are heading for trouble. Your bathrooms will start to get mouldy without them and damp will be a problem. Turn them on and use them, it will save you money in the long run and you will soon get used to the sound....
by peter the plumber
Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:47 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Radiators not getting warm
Replies: 2
Views: 3948

It sounds like the pump. Is wired wrong or has a power failed.

You need to check the wiring and the fuse for the pump.

Or it could just be a bad pump, or its seized.
by peter the plumber
Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:42 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: No heat and hot tank overflowing....help!!!
Replies: 4
Views: 3204

You need to call someone out for this.

It’s the boiler.

Your pressure expansion unit in the boiler has gone or is cracked.

It’s not the kind of work you can do yourself.
by peter the plumber
Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:15 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Camray 3 Boiler Lock Out
Replies: 1
Views: 7619

You need to get an OFTEC engineer out to look at it, it sounds like a part is failing.
by peter the plumber
Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:12 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Central heatingw/o boiler
Replies: 5
Views: 2778

I normally don’t like posting on this board and this kind of post is the reason why. This is so wrong you wouldn’t be believed. Running radiators off water heating is illegal. Recycling water back into a water heater is illegal I could get into technical reasons why it’s a waste of time, but I...
by peter the plumber
Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:19 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Radiator Size list
Replies: 4
Views: 3231

Not all radiators are the same. If you look at a Stelrad Radiator Compact 600mm High x 1200mm Wide You will fine their 4 models k1 1176 watts k2 2078 watts p + 1614 watts p1 743watts You need to know what you are buying and why. If your just buying just one radiator it don’t matter if you make a m...
by peter the plumber
Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:12 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: What's safe to use to fill in the gaps around a hot pipe?
Replies: 3
Views: 5877

It best if you use a mess, I think its zinc or something and you can get it at a good hardware shop. Then cover with exterior filler. It acts like reinforced concrete and the sods will not get thru it. Last time I had to do it was about 10 years ago and I spent a week looking for and filling holes w...
by peter the plumber
Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:46 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: replacing bathroom rad
Replies: 3
Views: 2446

You better off drain it down.

You need to be careful with this radiator, it could be the by pass one for the heating system.

If it’s on all the time it properly is.

You can’t put trv on it and you need to leave the lock shields open.
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