Plumbing Advice & Guides
This section covers a wide range of plumbing jobs. From cutting, bending and fixing copper pipe to solder and compression joints as well as dealing with air locks, blocked toilets and other plumbing emergencies. There is practical advice on choosing and fitting baths, basins and showers plus taps and mixers. Whether you want to carry out a temporary leak repair or install a new kitchen sink with all new waste pipes you’ll find hints tips and advice to help
Sanitary ware
- How to plumb in a sink
- How to plumb in a bath
- How to fix a leaking tap
- Removing a bath
- Choosing a bath
- Fitting taps
- Removing limescale from a tap
- How to plumb in a basin
- Replacing a tap washer
- Adjusting a ball valve
Drainage
Pipework
- Top 10 plumbing tips
- Push fit joints for waste pipes
- Types of waste pipe
- Installing a water exchange
- Solvent weld joins for waste pipes
- Repair a leaking stopcock
- Water supply to the home
- Water supply valves
- Stopcock and gate valve repairs
- Water softeners and water conditioners
- Draining down the water system
- Ceramic disc cartridge replacement for tap
- Tap valve seat repair
- Fixing and supporting copper pipes
- Installing a filtered water tap
- Thawing a frozen pipe
- Connecting or capping a lead pipe
- Temporary repair of a leak
- Repairing a hole in a pipe
- Replacing or moving the stopcock
- Turning off the water
- Plumbing in a washing machine or dishwasher
- Cold water storage
- Repair or replace a leaking service valve
- Pushfit plumbing
- How to repair leaking water pipe joints
- Backflow in plumbing
- Kitchen plumbing
- Water pressure and flow
- How to clear an air lock in pipework
- Insulating plumbing
- Bending copper pipe
- Connecting copper pipes
- Connecting copper pipes – compression fittings
- Copper pipes and fittings
- Cutting copper pipe
- Water supply
- Fitting an outside tap