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    Thermostatic Bar Shower Attachment

    Hi, can anybody advise on this? Do these attachments work by regulating the amount of cold water flowing in? Reason I ask is that I have mains pressure on hot and cold and a combi boiler. Currently use a manual bath shower mixer tap arrangement and regulate the temperature by turning the hot...
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    Replacement 9 Litre Exposed Cistern

    Hi, don't know if anybody can help with this. Had a look around the Web without too much success. Am looking for a plastic or ceramic replacement exposed cistern that can flush up to 9 Litres. Complication is that I want one which has the flush button on the top of the cistern rather than a...
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    Flexible Tap Connectors 'Half Life'

    Hi, have a flexible, braided tap connector on the hot supply to a kitchen mixer running from a combi, so at mains pressure. Have noticed that there is a little bit of corrosion on a part of the steel braid and a couple of strands are standing proud. (Happened because the was water ingress under...
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    Replacing Bath Mixer Tap Unit

    Hi. Have a mixer tap unit fitted onto a steel bath. Plumber did not manage to fit it 'square', ie, parallel to the wall, so looks awful. Also suspect that the rubber gasket has been damaged owing to the use of 'Dettox' to keep on top of black mould. Intend to refit the unit probably using flexi...
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    Installing a Wall Hung Bathroom Basin

    Thinking of installing an IKEA wall hung bathroom basin. http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20223716/ This weighs 16kg and is held onto the wall using two bolts! Concerned about obtaining a sound fixing without overtightening the bolts and damaging the basin. Thinking of putting a...
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    Tap Block Gasket

    The gasket beneath the bath taps block has been rotting, quite possibly owing to Dettox fungus remover having been used. Wish to replace this gasket. Would it be possible/effective to remove the taps block and the gasket and then smear silicone bath sealant on the underside of the block such...
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    Flexible Tap Connectors temp limit

    Want to use flexible tap connectors (maybe John Guest). Note that these can cope with up to a water temp of around 65 degs C. With the combi boiler I have, if the CH is running, the water from a hot tap may initially run much hotter than the temp set for hot water on the boiler (Worcester Bosch)...
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