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    Complete novice needs help.

    I think I initially posted this in the wrong place,so I am adding it here. I hope someone can help Hey all I know this kind of post has probs bin posted before, but I am at my wits end...
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    Complete novice needing urgentish advice.

    Hey all I know this kind of post has probs bin posted before, but I am at my wits end. My landlord is abroad, and with Covid I'm trying to sort out something before the expense of a plumber. So I am hoping someone will be kind enough to give me some advice. Basically my kitchen sink has been...
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    Impluse Novice Purchase - Did I Buy The Right/Best Filter?

    Hi All, We have a older Version Worcester Bosch 35CDi Boiler (probably for about 15+ years). We have never had any protection on it & Bosch usually come round every year to either put new parts or service it. Limescale is a major problem for us in NW London & everything scales up pretty badly...
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    Novice Biomass installer..Basic system configuration help???

    Hi. New to the forum and only a keen diy-er but hopefull someone can help. I've done several full domestic heating systems over the years albeit conventional open vented ones. This time i have a non-domestic(workspace) system planned. I'll set it out briefly. 20KW 'Burnit wbs active'...
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    Novice question - how do i tighten this fitting?

    After the recent cold spell I had a link in an out house. The fitting is still leaking (see attached). I'm not familiar with the connection type. I've tightened the top nut but it is still leaking, apparently from the black and white assembly part. Do I need a new connection or am I supposed to...
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    Stupid questions from a novice

    I have a couple of stupid questions. (Actually, more than a couple, it turns out). Firstly, PTFE tape. Is it worth it (a lot of people recommend it; but many say it makes no difference. Who is right)? Is it stable enough to be used on the piping for the default radiator? What about the fittings...
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    Towel Radiator leak - complete plumbing dummy!

    Hi all I have a heated towel rack in my kitchen. I noticed recently that all the paint is peeling off the top and cracking down the length of the radiator. The white surface is stained with dark radiator water and the whole thing looks god awful. I want to repaint it, but am assuming that the...
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    DIY novice! Sink connection advice please.

    Hi all, I feel defeated as cannot find a simple solution to this problem. I have installed a new sink in my kitchen, it is 12 bowl with a 90mm opening in the main sink which has taken a standard strainer waste however the 1/2 bowl has a 45mm opening which will only take a basin waste.The...
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    Total novice in plumbing

    Hi guys, I'm at a point in my life that I need to learn a trade and make a career out of it. I've wasted the past 3 years of my life working but to no avail. I'm 23 and will be joining my local college for a lvl 3 in plumbing. I learn quick and will try and soak up as much knowledge as I can...
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    Attaching a Water Filter - Help with Fittings (Complete novice)

    Hi people, I am trying to do a basic plumbing installation, and would like some pointers, as i have never done any plumbing in my life, and i want to do the job right and as simply as possible, without fuss, and preferrably without calling a plumber out. I want a challenge! I want to use...
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    Novice seeking advice - white deposits in header tank

    Hi all, Ive been a long time reader of this forum - now a first time poster! Of coarse the motivation is a result of a problem. Ive recently moved home and regrettably i didnt fork out for a plumber to survey the heating system and now Im faced with dealing with a few problems. The first in...
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    Total novice seeking help!

    Hoping a kind soul can help me. I've just moved into a house with a Furnray Firefly oil boiler - it's plugged in and there's a red light to indicate that it's operational (I think that's what it's indicating!) but the only control that I can see is a temperature control ranging from 60 to 90...
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    Toilet seat measurements for a novice - have I purchased the wrong one?

    Hi, I am replacing a rounded BTW toilet seat and the measurements on my toilet base are: From centre hole to centre hole=150mm Width=370mm Length=430mm I bought a Ceso Rue Softclose from B&Q. The website mentioned "Fast fix fully adjustable stainless steel hinge" but gave no hole...
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    Complete novice: Baxi Bermuda/Grundfos/No heating after draining down system.

    Hi all, I've just replaced my grundfos pump with a new grundfos ups2 pump which is situated next to an old smc comet 2 controller. Before fitting the pump I had to drain the system down as the shut off valves either side of the pump weren't working correctly. I have now refilled the system...
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    Novice needs help! Oil fired radiator pressures

    Really cannot afford to get someone in as have just moved into house. Its a bungalow with a loft conversion. Heating is from a worcester 50 70 oil boiler. There is no heat reaching upstairs rads at all. Having done basic searches i understand i have to increase pressure in the system...
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    DRAIN Pictures, Novice

    Hi all, We are currently investigating some problems with walls, possibly subsidence with our mid terraced house from 1956. We took some pictures of our drains and wonder if this looks all fine... ?? Thank you so much!! Yours, Alexander.
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    Novice plans to install new central heating system.

    Hi, I am a newbie to the forum, with a question about installing a new central heating system. My background is as a fairly experienced DIY'er and time served electrician. I've just purchased a 1970's bungalow, which needs a full internal refurb. With a limited budget for the refurb, but quite...
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    novice

    hi all..took apart a shower today,for re tiling,used a plastic push on stop end onto a 15 mm copper pipe for the power shower turned the water back on it was leaking.. probably something obvious but would appreciate advice..
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    Can you please help a complete plumbing novice

    Hi everyone, I'm really hoping that you'll be able to help me fix what I think is a really simple and minor issue that nonetheless is really bugging my family and me. The problem is stemming from the shower. It's a mixer type that comes from the wall - almost identical to this one below So...
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    Plumbing help - Novice to say the least

    Hello there i know nothing about plumbing but i have fitted a ariston 10ltr skw under bench water heater and followed the directions etc. I find though that the presure relief valve passes constantly. Any reasons why. ps i dont know the flow rate so may need a reducer valve?. Its the secont...
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