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Anyone help. Please.

Hi. There is a manual bleed point. There is two. Bleed them and its gone from cold to luke warm. Its strange as all the pipes coming from the tank and the boiler are very hot. But they are not feeding going to the taps.

How can it be the stat. Would it effected it when the water was drained out.

Hi. Hope someone can tell me what i have done wrong or missing. I can only get the hot water to very luke warm. I installed a new rad. for somone. Pipe work was already there, so it was just a matter or draining the system and installing pipe work and Rad. I turned off boiler...

Thanks for the advice. Most tilers are charging about £25 sq meter. So i am going with that but drop a little due to the size. Tony

i am the right person for the job Its just its my first commercial job. So just wanted some advice and help. Fitting is no problem. Just wanted to know if pricing is different for these kind of jobs.

Hi. Hope someone can help. I have just gone to price up a floor tiling job for a post office and newsagents. The guy wants new tiles layed over the old ones. They are in good condition. So i can use it as i good base. I just dont know what to quote. Its 130 sq. mtrs. It will involve...

Thanks for the advice. tried to find a rota-zip. Cant find them anywhere on the web. Anyone know where to get one from. I know i can get a dremel but a rota would do more jobs and it more use for more cutting jobs. If not. How long does the diamond cutters last for the dremel. Thanks

How do people cut holes in tiles. I am looking to the best way to cut squares out of them to go over the socket points. Lots of time you can cut 2 tiles to go round the socket, but sometimes one tiles covers the whole socket. What do people use to cut these square holes out. Thnaks

Thanks for your advice guys. I think i will support with a battern and then mask the bottom row once the rest are set. That way i am only supporting the 1 single row behind in the cooker. Thanks

I am tiling a kitchen that has a arga stove in it. I want to tile behind this. How do you support the bottom row of tiles behind the stove. There is a gap and want tile a row behind it. But if it not supported. The tiles will start dropping with the weight of the other rows on top. is it just a...