List of DIY Plumbing articles

• Ball valves (as fitted to WC cisterns and water tanks):
  • Slide and Diaphragm ball valves explained.
  • Slider type ball valve washer replacement - an illustrated step by step guide.
    
    
• Baths:
  • Connecting ½ and ¾ inch taps for baths.
  • Fitting ½ and ¾ inch taps to baths.
  • Removing an old bath in an orderly manner will make the job easier
  • Waste fittings - an illustrated guide to the various types of waste fitted for baths.
    
    
• Clearing blocked waste pipes from sink, basin, bath or shower.
  
  
• Books on Plumbing
  
  
• Cold water tank explained.
  
  
• Condensing boilers explained - combi, conventional and systems boilers.
  
  
• Glossary of Plumbing terms.
  
  
• Hard and soft water and how to avoid limescale.
  
  
• Lavatories:
  • Cistern - modern direct action (syphon) lavatory cistern
  • Cistern - modern flap flush valve lavatory cistern - how they work
  • Cistern - old style Burlington Bell type lavatory cistern
  • Common problems with lavatory cisterns
  • Replacing a diaphragm in a direct action syphon cistern
  
  
• Service valves in gravity feed plumbing systems
  
  
• Shower Enclosures - Choosing and fitting shower enclosures
  
  
• Taps:
  • Connecting ½ and ¾ inch taps for baths, hand basins and sinks.
  • Fitting an outside tap and connecting it to the cold water supply.
  • Fitting ½ and ¾ inch taps to baths, hand basins and sinks.
  • Fitting Mono-block (single hole) mixer taps - an illustrated, step by step guide.
    
    
• Toilet - new or replacement, the aspects to considering when choosing a new or replacement toilet/cistern.
  
  
• Waste disposal units explained
  
  
• Waste water fittings for:
  • Baths - an illustrated guide to the various types of waste fitted for baths.
    
  • Hand basins - an illustrated guide to fitting waste outlets for hand basins.
    
  • Sinks - an illustrated guide to fitting waste outlets for sinks.
    
    
• Waste water traps - different types of waste water traps explained and illustrated.
  
  
• Water hammer noise and some possible remedies.
  
  
• Water noises - the noises which come from the pipes and their causes.
  
  
• Water supplies explained:
  • Cold water tank explained.
  • Cold water tank installation - fitting a new or replacement tank.
  • Direct water system - no tank in the attic.
  • Indirect water system - a tank in the attic.