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• Pipe repair
  ...to be used dry. Choice is yours, fwiw I find they're more reliable on old pipes with putty. There are plumbing specific sealants, and any sealant used on p For copper pipes you can't move at all you'll need either a flexible connector as shown, or
  4 KB (732 words) - 01:09, 30 November 2014
• The Dream class of monobloc heat pumps
  The domestic ASHP has inch male BSP threads for water in-out pipes. It needs a dedicated 240 volt supply from a circuit-breaker in your electr
  2 KB (326 words) - 18:21, 6 December 2022
• Andy Hall of Fame
  ...ry thick Armourflex insulation (IIRC I used the 22mm thick stuff). The pipes were then threaded through 150mm soil pipe from end to end with the pipe bu
  4 KB (738 words) - 21:51, 28 April 2010
• Pumps
  * Pipes have resistance to water flow
  3 KB (408 words) - 03:49, 10 January 2018
• Intumescent Materials
  Non setting intumescent [[Putty & Mastic|putty]] fills gaps where [[Plumbing|pipes]] pass through walls. It allows pipe movement, and can be removed and reuse
  3 KB (392 words) - 01:25, 5 December 2014
• Water softeners
  ...ich merely attempt to prevent these chemicals depositing themselves inside pipes, tanks and shower heads. Nor should it be confused with a water FILTER, whi * No scaling of pipes, kettles, tanks, baths, showers etc.
  6 KB (1,104 words) - 10:59, 7 January 2022
• Drain Heat Exchanger
  ...body of water that stores recovered heat so that simultaneous flow in both pipes is not needed to recover and use the heat. [http://www.eere.energy.gov/cons * 4 parallel microbore pipes are wound round the drain pipe in parallel,
  10 KB (1,490 words) - 03:00, 16 November 2014
• Wiring regs history
  ...plastic supply pipes, or metal services connected to plastic installation pipes are excluded from the requirement to be bonded.
  5 KB (753 words) - 12:42, 19 May 2022
• Earth Cooling Tubes
  ..., smooth-walled, rigid or semi-rigid plastic or metal [[:Category:Plumbing|pipes]], buried 6 to 10 feet (1.5 to 3m) underground where the temperature is typ
  4 KB (673 words) - 00:40, 9 December 2010
• Rainwater Harvesting & Use
  ...rs, was reported to lose over 300 billion litres per annum through leaking pipes. That's almost a billion litres a day, and from just one company. [http://w # [[Plumbing|Pipes]] have resistance to water flow
  7 KB (1,141 words) - 13:44, 7 April 2012
• The Self-Uninstalling Gas Water Heater
  ...letely separated. This was followed by cold water coming back into the hot pipes, which reset all the solder joints (not how they were before). It then pick
  3 KB (554 words) - 10:22, 7 January 2022
• Appliance parts
  ...be had cheaper or more conveniently from suppliers to other industries, eg pipes & pipe clips from car accessory shops, aquarium supply shops or industrial
  3 KB (469 words) - 02:25, 4 September 2017
• The tale of the rubbing pipe
  ...s article, perhaps "tale of woe" or "what happens when you rub a couple of pipes together" might cover it.... ...laster ceiling. No holes visible in the roof, so attention switches to the pipes. Above it is the rather innocent looking:
  7 KB (1,224 words) - 03:29, 17 July 2013
• Duct Tape
  * Temporary patching of leaking [[Plumbing|pipes]] at low pressure (ie not [[water]] at mains pressure)
  3 KB (479 words) - 15:42, 12 June 2018
• Patching plasterboard
  ...al#Plasterboard|plasterboard]] for any reason (to gain access to wires and pipes etc), one handy tip is to keep the bit of board you cut out - since it can
  3 KB (572 words) - 21:19, 13 April 2018
• Electrical Testing
  ...ou boxed in any such strips so they can't be seen? If you covered the ugly pipes then you need to unscrew enough for a visual inspection. Or maybe find a pr
  6 KB (1,076 words) - 18:50, 26 October 2022
• Wall chaser
  Quickly cuts chases (i.e. slots) in solid walls, so that cables and pipes may be buried and hidden from view. This is a job that was traditionally do ...get much warning when you chop through a live wire or your central heating pipes!
  11 KB (1,985 words) - 17:30, 10 May 2017
• Compression fitting
  * Can be used on wet and dripping pipes The pipe needs to be cut square and cleanly, with any burrs removed. Pipes cut with a pipe cutter are much easier to use than those cut with a saw. Th
  14 KB (2,426 words) - 16:36, 25 February 2024
• Flooding
  Lagging pipes exposed to freezing conditions can reduce the chance of a freeze burst.
  4 KB (627 words) - 14:40, 7 September 2012
• Central Heating maintenance without draining down
  ...sure in the system - static pressure from the total "head" of water in the pipes, and elastic pressure provided by the expansion vessel. ...t of conical rubber bungs from a plumbers merchant designed to block these pipes. One you stuff up the vent pipe, the other to reach into the tank of water
  11 KB (1,971 words) - 11:37, 14 July 2022

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