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Ok, thx everyone, will take a look. An unvented cylinder can be placed on any floor, and hooked with pump ? (the ground floor has most space)

Nothing wrong with it, but need to remove the cold water tank from the attic, so I assume it won’t be usable ? Is that valid assumption? Also it’s 26kw, not sure if that would be sufficient going forward

if I stick to cylinder with shower pumps won’t that mean keeping the cold water tank in the loft?

Hi all, I’m looking to get a dormer loft conversion in my 3bed semi. There will be one bedroom and shower room in the loft, and 13 rads in total . My current Viessmann 200w system boiler, H/W cylinder and cold water attic tank will be coming out. I’ve got used to the low pressure / avg flow...

thanks all, I had tried pulling it up with my Garden weeding tool which I was able to pass through the grill, then I connected it up with the main 5ft handle. It still wouldn't shift. I'll try soaking the edges with WD40 oil and leave overnight. Will have to be wait till next weekend now...

Hi, The surface drain at the front of the house is clogged up with soil. I tried to remove the cast iron grill it in order to clear the soil but it wouldn't budge. I tried loosening it using gentle hammer taps and a screw driver but that only chipped away bits of corroded iron. I could simply...

thanks chaps for the replies: ree: what do you mean by back flashing ? Currently, there's no flashing, neither any canopy drainage into a gutter (all the houses in my neighbourhood are designed that way) catlad: Would you recommend adding some flashing or just should run the lead...

does this help ? Looking rightways from the corner you can just make out where the zinc has spit and fallen off[/img]

Hi folks, the zinc sheet on my front door flat canopy has cracked around one side and fallen off. The underlying timbers are exposed to the elements and there's some brown staining visible on the underside of the canopy. I've asked a few guys to take a look but none of them turned up...

thx merlin50, when you say concrete blocks you mean the type used in construction such as : http://www.diy.com/nav/build/building-materials/materials/bricks___blocks/-specificproducttype-dense_concrete_blocks/Dense-Standard-7-Newton-Concrete-Block-Grey-100mm-9273668 Also, can these go...

Hi, I want to create a shed base for 8 x 6 ft shiplap shed using dry sand/cement and paving slab method. All guides I've seen on the internet recommend digging a trench for the base. The area where I intend to work on is quite uneven. I've evened it out fairly well but it has meant...

Hi all, have a few questions about hardie board preparation and installation sheet that can be picked up from topps tiles . Shop assistants didn't know much about the process himself. The boards are going on top off floorboards, then porcelain tiles Firstly, it says existing floor that must...

tictic, just to clarify, after doing the ply (25mm or otherwise) : do you screed over both solid floor and plywood to an even level and leave 5mm gap OR do you screed over the solid floor to the level of the ply , leaving a 5mm gap between the two edges ?

Hi all, I want to put 10 mm polished porcelain tiles in my kitchen floor but it is two thirds floorboard (on 4x2"joists) and one third quarry tiles. Following other advice posted on this site I should be plying over floorboard with 12 mm plywood. Should I ply over the quarry tiles ? Would...

cheer mickyg, I'll see what comes out of the quotation process now. Do you know what the main difff. is between the 100-W system boiler and the 200-W system boiler? I can see the latter is bigger and heavier and broader KW outputs, and probably costs are bit more. Website also states "extended...

i think so, as plumbnuts said, the system boiler has the pump and expansion vessel inside it, so the radiator circuit must not have a feed into the F&E tank. That's simple capping off job surely ? If I went down this system route, Is the S / Y Plan alteration reqd ? Going back to my...

makes sense now, had assumed the heat only boiler was for gas central heating only, and hot water came via electric immersion. Will get quotes for both heat only and system Cheers all

Plumbnuts, bit confused now; Viessmann 100-W is available as combi or system according to their web site. Then there is Viessman 100-W Compact which is heat only. The installation .pdf only has diagram showing only 4 pipes: heating flow, heating return, condensate and gas. How would a heat...

Cheers darren17, it's definitely single coil. There's alot of cream crusty discharge around the lower stopcock thing below the rad pump. I guess the washer/seals have had it. What am I looking for when doing the magnet test? A build of iron particles which get harder to drag over the...

Darren17: how can I tell if cylinder is single or dual coil ? I would assume it is single plumbnuts: I was Reading some website that said gravity and conventional semi gravity systems like mine are no longer allowed by building regs. The hot water cicrcuit has to be pumped. So I assumed I...