Recent content by littlelegs

Hugh, system not drained down yet as I want to bond/prime the new plaster and then paint before I put the rads back. I think I will do away with the isolation valves seeing as I can disconnect the rads via the flow and thermostat. Tony, its open vented (and the liquid in the feed and...

turned off the flow and set the heat control to 0 at the Rads and just lifted them off the pipework - all ok and no leaks. The corrosion is odd as we only had all new Rads fitted about two years ago and the Plumber asked if we wanted an inhibitor added and we said yep. Any suggestions as...

thanks for the advice - will have to wait until the morning to drain then. Do I need to replace the olives when I put the rad back or replace the section of pipe and olive?? Too late with the sludge water although but it doesn't seem to have stained :O(

Also the water seeping out of the valves is black !!!!

Got the plasterer coming in the morning so I've just gone to take the rad off the wall. It has a valve each side but I cant turn them off - the middle slot screw just keeps going round and round.... I have the following setup Baxi Solo 2 50PF boiler ACL Lifestyle LP722 Programmer...

there's Klingons on the starboard bow too - the securing bolts are all rusted as well so I may as well just go for it and do a proper job - many thanks for the links to the new kit !!!!!

is it worth installing a fluidmaster 400 uk bottom inlet float valve as well? I mean - it's only a tenner........

is this just a like for like replacement or do I need additional bits? Handle connects to the chain link?

dats what I'm talkin about - !!!!!

not the answer I required but you got me pointed in the right direction , many many thanks !!!!!! Searched the Microsoft site and located the answer ...... I have to resolve my son of the blame as we removed Google Chrome and it left some registry keys with the Chrome tag ..... Ran regedit...

hoping someone can assist - my son has done something in Outlook and now we can no longer connect to a web link in an email .......

hmmm , the diagram I have shows a siphon and inside are a "flap valve" that sits on top of perforated plate - perhaps the description of the parts is wrong

got a three wave valve and a plumber to fit - all sorted Many thanks for the info .......

If all else fails RTFM - I have a close coupled system with a Siphon, ballcock and flap valve - all nicely coated with crust. I would like to replace it with "modern , efficient" alternative. Fitting a flat push button might be problematic as the current handle sits on a curve of the...

That might even be the wrong question!!!! The mechanism inside the existing cistern is almost solid with limescale and it takes several goes to flush so I want to replace the internals .......