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Kitchen sink waste spout for dishwashers
Nickfromwales replied to WWilts's topic in General Plumbing
If you like gurgles, then agreed with top pipe T. -
Plumbing UVC with Condensing Boiler, How to....
Nickfromwales replied to Gone West's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
Yup, yup…..and thrice, yup. -
Plumbing UVC with Condensing Boiler, How to....
Nickfromwales replied to Gone West's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
Dead simple. Telford TS, 28mm DHW coil, no other coils. Oil > TS primary water. 22 or 28mm circs, depending on size of boiler, 21-26 will be fine on 22mm circs. Set the stat and boiler flow temps to suit and away we go 👍🏴 You’ll want high and low stat pockets in the cylinder to be able to better reference / respond, vs the one cyl stat. Will give you guest mode then, more stored ( heated ) primary water for sporadic higher usage. A bit like the old “basin / bath” setups on the old E7 / E10 cylinders of yesteryear. -
Has someone stood in the utility whilst the WC is flushed to listen for pipes ‘burping’ out stench from the foul system?
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You cannot have EPS in contact with PVC electrical cables.
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Trickle vents (yes, this discussion again)
Nickfromwales replied to HughF's topic in Windows & Glazing
https://myhouseandstuff.wordpress.com/2016/04/03/how-to-install-window-ventilation-on-upvc-windows/ -
Trickle vents (yes, this discussion again)
Nickfromwales replied to HughF's topic in Windows & Glazing
Yup. You don’t need a router, most are done in the factory by a gibbon with a drill and they simply do a series of holes, then ream them out to make a ‘slot’. Few minutes work max in PVC. -
Where is the toilet? Ground floor or first?
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Trickle vents (yes, this discussion again)
Nickfromwales replied to HughF's topic in Windows & Glazing
Also chat with your window supplier, as trickle vents should be a retro fit option afaik. -
Trickle vents (yes, this discussion again)
Nickfromwales replied to HughF's topic in Windows & Glazing
Defo one for “less haste, more speed” -
Plumbing UVC with Condensing Boiler, How to....
Nickfromwales replied to Gone West's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
Gives pretty much constant, instant hot water production. Oil + TS is a very good solution for DHW. Same with gas, but gas starts to throttle down as it nears the set temp, oil doesn’t. -
Trickle vents (yes, this discussion again)
Nickfromwales replied to HughF's topic in Windows & Glazing
Another which needs to be put to your BCO, as they will have to agree this with you before you order anything. -
110mm soil pipe going through raft foundation help please
Nickfromwales replied to Martin17's topic in Waste & Sewerage
We can advise, but you absolutely MUST get this answered by your BCO!! If you don’t, on your head be it. Your paying for the privilege, so use that to your advantage, and ask all these questions directly, noting the answers. Saves doing things twice, at 4 times the price. Consider where these rise, as sticking them in the corners is what we did 30 years ago. I design the slabs for my clients and out the rising foul water pipes where I want them, deleting long horizontal runs and certainly zero boxing in etc. Don’t rush this, take some time and give it some thought. Do you want a sunken shower tray / wet room former on the ground floor? If so, you’ll need a shuttered out section of slab, and a dedicated FW riser, sunken, to take the waste from it. Measure 3 or 4 times, cut once. 👍 -
Plumbing UVC with Condensing Boiler, How to....
Nickfromwales replied to Gone West's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
Sorry, higher surface area coil ( same as a high recovery coil in an UVC ). I specify a 28mm DHW coil to get far better flow rates and connect to a 28mm TMV, then reduce to 22mm pipe work to go to distribution manifolds etc. For the TS, you do not have a coil between the TS and the oil boiler, which allows you to dump the huge amount of heat it produces per burn, directly to that internal volume of brine ( primary ) water, by going at that directly. -
First thing to check. Turn the system off, let it go 'cold' and then switch on at max. See which of the flow and return pipes get hot first to eliminate reversed flow to one of the two manifolds. Opening the TMV's should increase flow on both, so something strange going on there.
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They do, sometimes surprisingly, say yes. Always ask
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English Brothers have not bowled my current clients over, but there are no perfect TF companies ( given all that I’ve seen ). MBC TF seem quite steady, with ups and downs to boot, but each instance yields the best final results I’ve seen to date. I’ve worked on both of their passive offerings a number of times ( PIR + wool and Warm-cell blown frames ) and am very impressed with both. The Warm-cell blown frames win hands-down imho. Graveyard silent ( resilience to outside noise ) and huge thermal time constant with excellent decrement delay. PIR filled frames and roofs do not compare very well at all, again imho.
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Hot and Cold Water Manifold System - Overkill?
Nickfromwales replied to Mn92's topic in General Plumbing
Hi. Your drawing uses the same CAD package as I’ve been using for the last 20 years…… Crayon Aided Design 👍😎 I assume it’s a combi boiler you have as you don’t show a cylinder? -
Kitchen sink waste spout for dishwashers
Nickfromwales replied to WWilts's topic in General Plumbing
Combination ‘appliance’ traps are horrible gurgley noisy things. Can you get a washing machine up stand in there to take both discharges? Link You simply fit a compression T into this and create 2x up stands for both discharge hoses to ‘poke’ into. You can go ‘posh’ and fit one of these; Link on top of that single up stand to be completely silent ( very close to ) during discharge. A client of mine has recently employed a 2nd fix plumber, and he’s connected their washing machine to a combination waste and it’s noisy as feck. 👎. A good reminder to never do that. -
For completeness, you will not, I repeat NOT, be putting in the gulley pots that the fannys have recommended. 👊.
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Nope. We use a waterless trap for connecting things which don’t discharge daily / weekly. https://www.toolstation.com/mcalpine-macvalve-1-self-closing-valve/p26058?store=JT&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&mkwid=_dm&pcrid=&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=CjwKCAiApvebBhAvEiwAe7mHSFZxKSNNne-U_rdi4E9jpOrsCTjoaEruvU6gpyuCuMDJ7XT1oiycNRoC8kgQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#full-desc Commonly known as a ‘fanny’ trap….. ( your M&E guys should be familiar with that phrase ).
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non standard DIY ICF build
Nickfromwales replied to Glen's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Woodcrete is not sufficient for screwing things like kitchen units to. You can install strips of plywood, and put lots of screws through that, into the woodcrete and over a much bigger footprint, but not directly afaic. It has pockets where there is great purchase for fixings, and then voids with naff all, same as the Velox build I’m on atm.
