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  1. J

    Advice on drain layout - single storey French property

    Hi all, grateful for your expertise on the following. DIYer, not pro. Rural property in France Single storey. Septic tank. Late 80s construction with concrete slab subfloor. All of the waste pipes run in the concrete, and exit the property at the chamber as pictured, just outside the building...
  2. M

    Leaking single handle bathroom faucet

    Hi, I’m looking for guidance to access the cartridge of a leaking single handle bathroom faucet. It has no visible markings on it to determine manufacturer. I see how to remove the handle but question the 2 metal rings which are part of the faucet. Do these need to be removed to access the...
  3. O

    Single lever tap not turning to hot

    Hi I bought a basin tap single lever. It lifts up & to the right but won’t turn to the left for hot I haven installed it yet I’ve only put it on my worktop.
  4. W

    Can I have single zone central heating when pipe installed for 2 zone?

    A bit of clarification - I have extended a 3 bedroom semi detached and at the time central heating pipes were going in I told the plumber could I have 2 zones - one for bedrooms upstairs and another for the living areas downstairs. Now the plastering has been finished and I am costing the combi...
  5. K

    Converting single to two pipe system

    Hi All I have a single pipe central heating system which was extended 20 years ago when we had an extension. The heating upstairs has never been great particularly in the extended part with only a few of the original radiators getting very hot. We replaced the downstairs radiators with UFH...
  6. J

    Single pipe systems - can I reverse the flow

    I have a single pipe system retrofitted to a 1930's house. It is powered by a condensing gas boiler. As expected, the radiators get cooler the further they are from the boiler. It occurred to me that if I fitted a "crossover switch" between the punp and the radiators I could send the water...
  7. M

    Single outlet shower valve on two outlets???

    Ok so, I supplied a shower valve, overhead shower and riser to a customer that was having it installed by a plumber. Hands up I made a mistake when I ordered the valve and supplied a single outlet instead of twin. If the plumber had called me at time of install I could have swapped it for him...
  8. F

    Dripping single lever basin tap only when shower mixer is turned off

    Hi everyone, I recently had a Hansgrohe wall mounted single lever basin tap and a Hansgrohe thermostatic concealed bath/shower valve installed (full bathroom renovation). The basin tap started dripping a few days after installation. But it stops dripping only when shower is turned on. Any...
  9. Jonnyh88

    Heating engineer that understands single pipe systems, Birmingham UK

    I have inherited a single pipe central heating system in a large old victorian house, powered by a Worcster Greenstar 8000 and controlled by Honeywell Total Connect. The installer will not return my calls, and the system is not working efficiently. I need someone that can come and help sort it...
  10. A

    Can u bung cold tank 2 create a vacuum on single pipe heating system

    Need to adjust some pipework for new radiator but both the branches for old radiator came off the same pipe. Will this create a vacuum for me to move the tees further apart then rejoin up?
  11. J

    Single handle shower leaking from handle

    Have a one handle shower pouring water from handle, probably vintage 1964 or 1965. Tile enclosure, built up over what appears to be industrial-strength chicken wire covered in plaster. No way to turn water off, except at the main, so wondering what or even if there's a time-efficient way to...
  12. M

    Drayton Wiser Single Zone Wet UFH

    I can't see why this wouldn't work but thought best to ask encase anyone has tried it before or is using it and would care to comment. So the plan is to install wet UFH in a soon to be built kitchen extension. The ufh will be installed in the whole kitchen area which will be of block and beam...
  13. A

    Single Zone UFH Help in bathroom, so many questions

    Done a fair bit of reading and spoke to numerous plumbers/heating engineers and I get so many different answers to my question. By nature I'm a pretty inquisitive bloke and like to know how things work and if its the best way to do things. So my first question is does a single zone UFH setup...
  14. D

    Single Zone UFH addition to main system wiring

    Advice needed please: I have an UFH installation as part of my main CH system. The UFH will never be required in isolation to HW or main CH, therefore keen to wire it completely independently of boiler and main wiring. All I want to achieve is the following: A new Room stat (in the location...
  15. C

    Evohome multiple HR92 in single zone

    Hi I want to set multiple HR92 on a single zone on my Evohome system but the documation leaves a lot to be desired so I would appreciate some help. This is especially true as the information I have found relating to multiroom says that the Heating type should be set to "zone valve" rather than...
  16. O

    How to fix sulphur smell from single hot tap

    We have a really awful smell coming from a single hot tap in our house. All the other taps hot and cold are fine. It's just this one tap that has the really bad rotten egg sulphur smell. It empties into a hopper rather than the drain so I really don't think it's the drains. Research suggests...
  17. K

    Energy monitoring from single apartments

    Hi, I am not native english speaker - please kindly have understanding. And also have not deep understanding on gas/heating installation issues. There is a building consisting of 3 floors and 6 apartments. The building uses natural gas for centralized heating. I need to monitor energy...
  18. P

    Vertical radiator on single stud?

    Hi, I have an internal, decorated plasterboard wall with poor studding: from left to right, there is a 22mm wide (i.e., horizontally parallel to the wall) stud, then a 38mm stud (the two studs are spaced 60cm), then the jack stud of the door. I need to hang a ~2500 BTUs radiator (I have gas...
  19. B

    Single taps and hotel water query

    Hi everyone, I would like to know if the basin in the bathroom has single taps and the hot tap always delivers warm water (not scorching hot) regardless of how high the DHW is set at what would be the reason for that? Also do hotels and gyms have the hot water set at a specific setting if so...
  20. R

    single rad is cold following change of water in the system

    Hi I'll much appreciate opinions on the following. gravity system, two floors noise in the pipes best heard in the airing cupboard in the morning. Noisiest on hot water cycle. All rads working fine. attempted to remedy using sentinel noise reducer. drained water from the system, added the...
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