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Looks like some kid has hurled some old handlebars over my yard and theyve hit the back door step and put a big hole in it. The whole unit has only been in 12 months so im ****ed off. How would I go about replacing the upvc doorstep section, can it be removed + replaced without having to...

Is it ok to put self levelling compound on an asphalt floor in my hallway, or do I need to put pva or similar on the asphalt first. also any tips on prepping, mixing, applying are welcome. sikalevel 25kg bags from b and q! thanks

Have just taken up floortiles from my hallway but have got a gap between the ashphalt floor and the inside of my upvc back door frame. Whats the best way to fill it to get it ready for self levelling/screeding then I can put vinyl down? Thanks.

Ive had a plumber friend in to move one of my rads and to fit trv's on them. Hes fitted the trv's on the return side and when I questioned him he said they can go on any side. Ive read similar on this and other forums but just wanted to ask myself if its really ok to have trv's on the return...

Quick n simple question... I want my hallway rad moving from directly under the stairs where the heat off it doesnt seem to spread so well, to on the hallway wall behind the backdoor where im hoping the heat will spread better in the hallway and up the stairs. The existing rad under the stairs...

Is it not just a case of the house isnt getting to the 25° thats on the room thermostat, therefore the boilers running constantly?

On the rad with the later fitted lockshield which is on the inlet side I have 2 different valves. Theres the lockshield on the inlet side, just like the picture posted above..white plastic cap sat on top of a narrow rectangular metal adjuster. The outlet side has a bigger plastic cap...

Thanks for the answers, all making good sense. now ive just checked the inlet and outlet of the rads as they came on with the timer and on the 1 rad thats had a lockshield fitted...the lockshield is the inlet and the plastic knob is the outlet! Again, is this ok, and can I still do the...

Sorry to be a pain!....... on closer inspection of my 3 rads,1 has a lockshield as pictured above which has been fitted since the rads were originally installed on one side and a turnable plastic knob which sits secured on a square valve pin by way of a little screw through the top, so on that...

Just for reference, what temp do you have the radiator water heat set too on your boilers at this time of year?....december in the uk! if the rad water temp is set to 70° on my boiler (thats the flow temp?) Will the heat be maintained through the pipework so that the input temp at the rads...