hi all,
couple of things on plumbing... ive never done any before and have managed
throught reading posts here and the trusty collins book to plumb in a new
sink unit and change the taps on the bath! however....... while doing this i
noticed that the pipework is all over the place in this house, with layers
of old piping left everywhere capped off etc, even older metal piping
embedded in the rendering etc etc (the house is circa 1890) and all this
will eventually have to go when i have the confidence to redo and upgrade
all the plumbing,,, but for now -
* the connections i made are all good, but when i press my ear to the rising
main(which is helpfully placed in the middle of the wall in the landing and
will have to be eventually resited!!) i can hear a hissing noise, very
faint..does this mean i have a leak somewhere?
* the wrench i bought for the jobs was a universal basin wrench -allegedly
fits bath and sink nuts - but the one i have would only do the 15ml
connections,and is too small for the nuts on the bath taps and the 22ml mini
valve thingys i fitted. and it was hell doing that bloody bath -did i get
the wrong tool or did i just get a duff one?

thanks in advance

tom