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Thanks for those two. I am a bit confused about glueing the tongues or not. The woodyard has said that this product is not suitable to lay as a floating floor, therefore do not glue the tongues. However every website I have visited (eg www.wood4floors.co.uk) has said to glue tongues all around...

I have bought 32 sq metres of solid oak floor, however I am having trouble finding someone to fit it this side of Xmas, so I am considering fitting it myself. (I would class myself as a competent DIYer). Half will be over a wooden suspended floor and half on an ashphalted solid floor. I...

I replumbed with 15mm pipe all the way to and from the new rad. Problem solved. No need for a new pump.

thanks for the advice. I'll replumb it next weekend and post the outcome.

I've never fitted a pump before. Is it something a DIYer can do with only basic plumbing skills. And what sort of cost are we looking at. Part of the pipework is under a suspended floor and only about 2m on top of a concrete floor. Would changing the small bore pipe to 15mm for under the...

and yes both valves are fully open

it is big - a double 1600mm x 600mm.

But every other radiator in the house is as hot as ever and all heat up pretty rapidly when the system is turned on, which I would have thought would be signs of a healthy pump. I have a feeling the problem is my fault for being a skinflint and not buying 10mm pipe just because I already had...

I have just had a conservatory built. To allow this I had to remove an old radiator which was connected with 10mm microbore pipes and was working fine. After the conservatory was built I entended the pipes with 8mm pipe which I already had to the brand new radiator about 7m further away. However...