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by Browndoff
Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:37 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: Needing Help With Installing a Dishwasher and Connecting it up
Replies: 1
Views: 1663

Re: Needing Help With Installing a Dishwasher and Connecting it up

Leave the drain-cock alone - you may well need it sometime. You'll need to add a T-junction on the cold-water-feed to match the input-hose to the dishwasher and a drain to remove the dirty water. This is usually an open U-pipe [35mm plastic-pipe attached to the sink-drain] into which you can stick t...
by Browndoff
Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:14 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: 3 Downstairs Radiators not Heating up and Feed Pipe Goes Cold
Replies: 2
Views: 3533

Re: 3 Downstairs Radiators not Heating up and Feed Pipe Goes Cold

Ericmark may well be correct - but if the system was well set up and the valves were well-tuned - it could STILL happen! Maybe you have 'hard-water' in your district - i.e. the water comes from a ground-source passing through limestone and picks up calcium carbonate - which comes out of solution and...
by Browndoff
Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:53 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: How to Deal With Mold in the Bedroom Located in Alcove
Replies: 5
Views: 4159

Re: How to Deal With Mold in the Bedroom Located in Alcove

The Americans are to blame for you insulting our Welsh friend - they always spell it MOLD! Mould is a form of FUNGUS - all of which thrive in cold and damp environments with minimal oxygen [that's why they're damaged by improved ventilation]. Condensation forms from warm damp air wherever there's a ...
by Browndoff
Sat Jan 12, 2019 3:35 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Dodgy Rads After Boiler Issues and Power Flushing
Replies: 2
Views: 2000

Re: Dodgy Rads After Boiler Issues and Power Flushing

Ericmark might well be correct but another possible explanation does exist. Apart from sludge [which is soft and relatively easily flushed-out], there can be hard limescale in the rads and/or the pipes between them. When the flushing was done, you mentioned the removal of the rads and individual flu...
by Browndoff
Sat Jan 12, 2019 3:22 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Can you Install a Combination Boiler if There is a Pump Action Power Shower?
Replies: 4
Views: 2255

Re: Can you Install a Combination Boiler if There is a Pump Action Power Shower?

I'd like to add just a general point to re-assure others who may have a Power-Shower AND a Combi-Boiler. It's NOT inherently dangerous NOR against the necessary plumbing regulations - it depends on HOW the Shower is connected to the water-supply. My house has an older-type OPEN heating-system [maybe...
by Browndoff
Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:37 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Can I Make one tap into two taps
Replies: 1
Views: 2802

Re: Can I Make one tap into two taps

It should not be too difficult. First, trace the pipes back to source to find where you can BLOCK the water-flow [so that you can dismantle the existing connections without being drowned!]. Then, find yourself some pipe-fittings to match the size of pipes already in place and, of course, enough pipe...
by Browndoff
Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:39 pm
Forum: Flooring and Floor Coverings Forum
Topic: 2400mm Chipboard to Fix Holes in Bathroom Floor
Replies: 5
Views: 2255

Re: 2400mm Chipboard to Fix Holes in Bathroom Floor

Actually, whatever the original material in your bathroom floor, I would advise STRONGLY against using chipboard in any area where it might get wet. I'd use only marine [is made with water-proof adhesives] or good, old-fashioned, tongue&groove floorboards. As for the patches you suggest in the h...
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