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There's a little bit more to it than what I've said in this post, I haven't explained it all as I was initially asking specifically about the solder/air separator issue I had. Having moved in a couple of months ago it seems there are a number of issues with the system: I'm making once change at...

that was going to be my next step after putting in a vent

Cureently yes. One of the issues is when a number of the rads have turned off (all but one have thermostatic valves) the pipes ar often clunking. Having talked to a number of plumbers the next thing to try was adding a seperate vent pipe. If this does make things worse then the system can be...

There was expected pressure build ups in the pipes, several plumbers have suggested that it needs a seperate vent pipe to alleviate this

hmm, ok. My understanding was that they needed to be a maximum of 150mm apart?

thanks. They'll be about 90mm between the feed and vent, yes the r/h is the vent.

thanks. My experience isn't huge but I've done a number of standard pipe joins which have been fine. I'm 99% sure there isn't still water in the system, it's been drained from a downstairs radiator, 3 way valve is manually open and I've checked the bleed point on the pump which was dry. I think...

I'm battling trying to get an air separator (one of these) soldered successfully. The issue I think is that I just can't get it hot enough. I'd initially connected it via solder ring connections however wasn't convinced they'd joined correctly. Sure enough both leaked when the system was...

I'd tried a fingernail without any success, but soaking it is a good idea. If that fails i'll try the wallpaper paste. Thanks for the suggestions!

Has anyone got any tricks for this? Bought a pair of sunglasses the other day thing it was a sticky label but it's not. Looks/feels like it's painting on the lens as you can feel it over the top of the lens. A quick google suggest nail polish but I don't like what it might do to the actual...

cheers. I'll definately be keeping a close eye on it when it's all in. Now to try and work out how to fit it behind all the existing cupboards...

I'm probably looking at a drop of 10-15cm along a total of 3meters of pipe. Does that sound like it will be ok?

lovely, thanks. I will be sloping the pipe down to the T piece (sorry, didn't mention this first time round). Steve./

shutting down is easy: either a policy from the servers (say within group policy if you have a domian), or simply a scheduled task using Windows' built in shutdown executable. At a command line type "shutdown /?" and this will list the various parameters you can use with it. Make a batch file...

Hi, I'm looking at installing a dishwasher into our kitchen. However, the only place I can fit it is a fair way from the sink. I'm thinking of fitting a waste pipe round the back of the cabinets to the sink and just putting a T piece in above the trap to connect it into. Does this sound like...