Recent content by paperboy1984

thanks seco-just bend the wire link with pliers a little bit (as it was a bit longer than the previous obviously)!! and re-fit it into the plunger spindle! it doesn't hit the lid now!! :D

yep i did put a new handle on the cistern a few years back. it is the same one as i had with the last siphon though so that';s why i think it must be the washer thickness thbat makes it hid the lid!! when i try and put the andle lever in the next hole on the plastic link, it gets in the way of...

yep i cut a bit off with a hacksaw at the time, the 1/2" or so before the 1st hole. but the handle cannot go into any other hole !

i know to balance rads you need clip on radiator thermometers. i don't know if you can get these from screwfix etc??

yep it is the plastic level that links the handle to the wire link!! how to i stop it! i am sure the washer at the base of the cistern being thicker is causing it!!!!

i've posted a few today i am sorry if i am annoying you all!! basically though i fitted a new siphon to my toilet about 2 weeks ago. it was a standard 8" one from b & q. i fitted it using waterpump pliers, etc. the prob is when i flush it hard the lever bangs on the cistern lid a bit. i...

oh ok thanks for clearing that up!! i know that the give off more heat and set up better convection currents - just wondered if a panel rad with fins welded to the back/middle were actually convetor rads or if convestor rads were something completely different!!! :oops:

lol yep ok!! :) and maybe you can help me choose a new rad!!!

as my post earlier has helped me - about changing my trv, i would like to ask a question about radiators if i may? i have panel radiators, some double, and all with fins - the double panel rads with the fins in between the panels. WHAT is the difference between a panel rad and a convector...

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this is a random question but as i am online and on a PLUMBING forum!! i thought i'd ask! ... what are the most common things people call a plumber out for?

thank you for this help. it's a good point about the 3 port valve. i suppose if on the other hand you were changing the hot water cylinder you would have to drain the circuit on both manual and automatic!!! ??

yep but surely hot water would still be flowing up to the rad (the pipes that come up through the floor and before the valve!! yep i have just tapped the pin and it is jammed in badly. so i will have to change the valve. should i also change the tail? i know a radiator/allen key is...

Hey guys I was told my TRV on my bedroom rad was faulty-as no heat was going to it, the pipes even felt cold. I don't understand how the pipes being cold makes the TRV faulty - surely they would be hot still!! ANyway I am going to change my TRV-but the one I have is a drayton and it's...