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    Hot water flowing out of electric water tank through pressure-release/overflow pipe?

    Hi guys, I'll try to describe my issue as best I can but I've attached a video and linked to some images below that might do a better job of explaining. Edit: Just noticed the video didn't upload. I'll try to upload to an external site and pop a link at the bottom when it's done. In the...
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    Toilet overflow pipe

    Hi I imagine this overflow pipe is now doing nothing now but just want reasured. The toilet suite I ripped out wasn’t connected to anything going outside, and the new one I installed has got a overflow within the cistern. I take it this was connected to the original toilet fitted when the house...
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    What is causing water to come from overflow pipe

    Hi everyone, I am new to this site so I hope I am posting on the correct forum. I just bought a house with u8nderfloor heating serviced with a Vaillant Echotec plus boiler. It is a pressurised system (no tanks in the loft) but it has a stainless hot water cylinder so it is not a combi boiler...
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    Water dripping in overflow pipe. How to change float height?

    Hi, i don't know really what i am doing or looking for but water keeps leaking into the overflow pipe i believe it's called and its causing small leaking into the toilet pan. From what I have seen online I have a side entry fill valve but i am not 100%. I believe the leaking is due to the height...
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    Intermittent drip from overflow pipe.

    Hi. I've got an drip that comes and goes from the overflow pipe from the black plastic tank above my boiler, which I think must be the feed/expansion tank. I had a new ball valve fitted by a plumber but still get a drip at times. I don't understand why, if the ball valve is working, there...
  6. C

    Pressure relief valve/ overflow pipe hot water discharge

    Hi all, I’m hoping for a little help with the below problem. What I believe to be the pressure relief valve exiting out the side of my flat has a constant flow of hot water discharging from it. It is located right next to my boiler although it is boxed in. I am having trouble diagnosing (very...
  7. M

    Overflow pipe from Franke sink to...

    Hi all. Had a call from customer who flooded her kitchen after having an insinkerator fitted. Turns out the plumber didn't connect the overflow to the insinkerator waste. Now it is a Franke sink that doesn't come with a flexi overflow. It is rigid. Now I need to run a bit of pipe from this to...
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    Glow worm 24ci overflow pipe

    Hi, My glow worm boiler seems to be working as normal but I am getting a constant pouring of water outside from the overflow pipe, any ideas what I should check?
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    Exterior wall wet around overflow pipe with photo

    Hello, As can be seen in photo, there appears to be leak from the overflow pipe on the wall. As the exterior wall is wet could the water be coming out from a leak before it reaches the end of the overflow pipe? Haven't seen any water coming out when flushing, seems to be happening overnight...
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    water coming out of overflow pipe

    hi. Water has been coming out of my overflow pipe for months. This happens when I've not run the hot water for 4 or 5 hours. I had my ball valve replaced but water was still coming out. I was told by the plumber that it's a hole in the coil in the hot water tank and the copper tank needs...
  11. Eyespy999

    Outdoor insulation for overflow pipe

    evening, I am looking at insulating a plastic overflow pipe 21.5mm? They have some cheap insultion down at wickes but looking at something that will last and not disolve with uv. Any reccomendation please? Cheers!
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    Urgent unvented hot water cylinder help needed.

    I was called by a friend to have a look at his unvented cylinder. The tprv was discharging into the tundish so I went to have a look, found it like this. I know there are a few serious errors and would like someone to help identify them all to confront the installer. The D2...
  13. M

    condensate

    I have a vaillant combi and it has just been moved about a meter as i am converting the attic. the condensate has not been plumbed into the stack yet, put is poking through the wall. I have just realised i could easily plumb it into the soil stack internal as the boiler is sat 1m away from...
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    Yellow/Brown water from hot taps

    I have a large bungalow with a vented indirect system. Boiler is Potterton Suprima serving 2 cylinders, one for living area, one for bathrooms. The bathroom one was served by underfloor flow and return pipes set in concrete until these started leaking. We employed a plumber to reroute the pipes...
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    Frozen Condensate!

    First one since winter! New boiler aswell....Installer has put condensate pipe through cavity (upstairs) to outside then put it up to 1 1/4" on the elbow, down, then another elbow, reduced to overflow pipe again.BACK INTO THE HOUSE (kitchen) and run the condensate into the sink trap. Dogs dinner...
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    43 mm plastic waste pipes

    Hi I need a new 90 deg bend plastic waste pipe. Unfortunately, the pipe appears to be a non-standard make, a chap in one of the plumbing suppliers I asked said he thought it was a continental size. It is about 43 mm outside diameter. It is just too big for the screw threads to fit the standard...
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    overflowing cold water tank

    Can anyone help? Have a cold water tank that overflows in the morning (only). Ball valve works but there is a "top feed" pipe which I havent got a clue why its there and is obvioulsy filling up the cold water tank and causing it to over flow into the roof and into the bathroom - very irritating...
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    Freestanding Bath Taps

    Hi, I'm looking for some advice if possible. I have recently bought a freestanding bath with freestanding pipes which will sit at the side of the bath. The old bath pipes were at the bottom of the bath, now the pipes need moved half way up the bath under the floor boards and up through...
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    Problem with Triton Shower...

    Hello all, I've got a Triton Trance 9.5Kw shower that's about 5 years old. It hasn't been working so well lately and the other day when we turned it on a lot of green particles came out of the overflow pipe and shower head and it stopped working. Do you think this sounds fixable or is it...
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    Chasing pipes for shower

    I'm refitting a bathroom and the client wants the shower on the opposite wall. I want to hide the pipes behind the tiling, but the plaster/render is not thick enough to take pipe and sleeving (overflow pipe) and I'm worried that if I chase into brickwork it will either weaken wall or remove...
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    Brown water marks on side of house from overflow pipe??

    Hi All, This is my first post and I have no idea about boiler/plumbing etc so please excuse any bad terminology.... I recently had my MAINS Combi boiler serviced (Dom&Gen) and the engineer told me that he'd replaced many parts all of which is part of my cover. but since then a brown water stain...
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    hot water leaking into overflow/header tank

    Hi All, I am looking for a solution to a problem i have had with my heating system for a long time. I have an old back boiler downstairs with two pipes leading up from it. i have a cylinder tank in a bedroom and then a header/overflow tank and a large cold water tank in the loft. by the...
  23. R

    overflow pipe dripping

    Hi, we have a combination water tank on our 3rd floor flat (no gas, it's all electric). so the cold water tank is directly over the hot water tank in the cupboard - which is why we have low pressure. There is a slow drip coming from the over flow pipe. However when we looked at it over the...
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    Ariston water heater-erratic water pressure and water running down side of house?

    Hi Newbie posting.I have an Ariston water heater fitted in an upstair bathroom.When the (single) tap is turned on the water comes bursting out at high pressure then fades to a trickle.Also if I flush the toilet no water comes out of the tap for a while. The tap is on the same floor as the house...
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    Condensate drain adaptor is leaking at soil pipe

    We recently had a new combi boiler fitted in our kitchen. The installer used a rubber adapter to fit the condensate pipe directly into a 40mm boss on an adjacent soil pipe (the adaptor is a rubber ring with ridges around the outside and inside). Now, before putting drywall over this area...
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    Friends strange leaking loo

    Hi all. Got a query from a friend and it's got me a little stumped. I'll post her exact words to me. hey hun,have a question for you! so our toilet sprung a bloody leak from the pipe at the plastic knuckle bit (?)that fills up the cistern it dripped pretty constantly and over 24hrs...
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    A fine installation

    It never ceases to amaze me at the garbage that some people install. Take a look at this pressure relief discharge pipe that has been bodged into the condensate drain on a Vaillant that was installed 3 years ago. The other pic is the condensate pipe under the floor. The installers must have ran...
  28. M

    overflow pipe leaking outside from tank in loft

    hi, We have a constant sound of the water tank in the loft refilling and then noticed water coming out of the overflow pipe onto the patio, I had to turn the water off overnight to stop this, does anyone know what this could be caused by? :(
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    overflow

    hi can anybody tell me what i can use to blank an old overflow pipe off inside a cistern, ive cut the old overflow out and fitted a syphon with internal overflow. Cant get blanks from anywhere unless i buy a cistern.
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    condemed boiler

    Hi hope you can help me, i had a heatline combi boiler installed in may 2007 by a corgi registered a firm based in Glasgow. Although i recieved a corgi declaration of safety certificate, i have been advised by a British Gas engineer that my boiler has been installed incorrectly. The British Gas...
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    Flooding from Thermflow Unit

    My Thermflow unit with integral header tank has the 18mm overflow pipe (about 75mm below rim of tank) running horizontally for about 1200mm before dropping about 1200 mm and continuing with fall to outside. The float valve failed and the header tank overflowed flooding the house while we were...
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    header tank overflow pipe into cistern overflow?

    replacing a cold water storage cistern and have found header tank o/f hangs above as an open pipe:eek:. should header over flow it would current freely pour into the cwsc, unless the lid was fitted then it would come through the ceiling! Due to position its going to be tricky getting a new...
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    dripping overflow pipe

    Hi guys, I know this has probably cropped up a million times before but... overflow runs occasionally when heating is on ( vented system ). I changed the ball valve in the F&E tank as is was ancient and in a bad state - also lowered the water level in the tank by a couple of inches but not...
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    Hard water affecting torbeck.

    I fitted a shower pump a year ago. The extra draw of water from the cold tank was churning up some lime scale at the bottom of the tank this at one point (a few months later) stopped the WC torbeck valve from stopping and filled cistern to overflow. Unluckily wasps had made a nest in the...
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    Noken arquitect toilet

    not got a clue how to plumb in with the adapter/isovalve MI are usless.. Any ideas..
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    Done my first saniflo today

    Absolutely made up with it! Was an en-suite for a mate, there was nothing in there before, used to be like a cylinder cupboard so pipes were under the floor or in the next room. Got it done in a day, just nipping back wednesday to do a bit of tiling. What are your experiences with these...
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    Header Tank Overflowing - Not the Ball Valve

    Hi All This is my first post on the forum, and know little about plumbing. But here is my problem. My header tanks keeps overflowing. I have replaced the ball valve and checked this several times for leaks to which there is none. So I can confirm that it is not the Ball valve. The tank...
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    How to organise Fittings/Bits

    just thinking of the best way to organise fittings like 15mm tees/elbows 22mm fittings pipe clips etc. do you use a compartment organiser box to take into properys or somthing like it or just take in a handfull of the bits you need from a bag in the van? ideas/pics?
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    External overflow pipe

    Hi guys, I'm a little naive about these things so after a bit of advice before I get anyone round to quote. Basically, I've been contacted by my flat management company to say that my external overflow pipe is too short and may allow water back into the building. I have checked to make...
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    Blocked overflow

    Hi, Can anyone help me with some advice on an overflow pipe that needs extending. I live in the middle flat over a basement flat in a converted terrace house. The overflow pipe from my toilet cistern and from the cold water tank used to run below my floorboards and straight out at my floor...
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    advice on changing a thermostat please

    Hi Do i have to drain the water from the cylinder when i replace the immersion heater thermostat? Water is flowing out now and again from my friends house top overflow pipe and he has asked for my help, i have only just passed my level 2 so i am still inexperienced to be honest, but i will...
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    Hot Water In Expansion Tank

    Hi All I noticed recently that the water in my expansion tank was warm to the touch and in the last few days water have been dripping out of the overflow pipe as a result of the condensation. The ironic thing is that it only drips in the morning but not in the afternoon. As its summer, only...
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    Where's my black grit coming from?

    I have a condenser bolier and have heard that black grit can accumulate in the condense outlet pipe. The reason I've been looking into this is that the copper pipe into the waste pipe is blocked with grit and I'm guessing it must have been either a reaction with the copper or a product of the...
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    overflow pipe...

    think i remember my boss saying not all overflow pipe is compatible. osma fittings won't go on other types etc... haven't dealt much with overflow pipes. got a job tomorrow, leaking elbow on saniflow waste-pipe. never seen or dealt with one of these before, had a look. waste pipe looks just...
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    Leaking central heating system

    We have a leak in a pressurised c.h. system which runs off a combi boiler. We've checked all the visible parts of the system such as radiator valves, etc., and looked for stains on ceilings but found nothing. So, we assume the leak is occuring underneath the floorboards. Having read in...
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    Cold Water Stroage Tank Mystery

    Last November we had been away for a week and we came home to find half the bedroom ceiling on the floor due to water damage. On inspection - the cold water storage tank had overflowed. Luckily we are insured for this and someone came out and changed the fitting - new ball cock and valve etc -...
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    BS1212 part 1

    Hi, I was reading on some old revision exam papers that that the only place permitted for a BS1212 part 1 valve is in a F and E tank? Is this a glitch, my understanding is part 1 valves are only allowed in a wc off a cws? Please can someone advise? Thanks
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    Condensate pipe fall

    I intend to raise a new shower base on 75mm celcon block and 15mm ply. I will duct for a replacement boiler feed pipe and fire control valve line. Also running the length of the shower (1700mm) I will provide a 22mm condensate pipe for future use. (Present boiler non-condensing). The regs say 3...
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    Leak in tenement flat

    Hi We've been getting leaked on for several months from above – there's a patch of about 2 foot of damp in our new kitchen ceiling. We've had several plumbers out to look at the two flats above and they have not managed to diagnose the problem. Now the council have been out a few times and...
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    External pipework

    I want to put in an outside tap so need to go through the wall under the kitchen sink. When it comes to drilling the hole would anyone recommend a masonry drill bit or a small core drill and for 15mm copper pipework what size hole would you recommend in the wall. I know i should sleeve the 15mm...
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