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We have an awesome sloping garden. The previous owners had a huge deck (including pond) which had become a 'little' worse for wear. Anyway we're going to try and terrace the thing. First section up is where the pond used to be. I started digging a trench for foundations for the retaining...

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try and warp the door into place by screwing a block down. Really appreciate your time and advice.

The house renovations are ongoing...yesterday I removed a failing sliding door and glass brick combination and replaced with a couple of cheap ebay louvred doors. I built a frame out of stud work and used 65mm butt hinges. Everything is square and vertical, according to my spirit level, but...

What has been your experience and what would you recommend? (The reviews seem good on screwfix's own site)

Right I've decided to fit a chrome compression elbow to the bottom of the radiator valves. Then a bit of 15mm chrome pipe into the wall. A 15mm push fit elbow to a plastic reducer via a bit of plastic pipe. No sweating (or sweeting) or bending.

or a reducer 90 degree elbow in the wall. Then I would only have to make one bend. (I plan to learn how to sweet joints when the house is closer to being done/less of a building site!)

Valves horizontally? ...with the TRV pointing into the room. Think my wife would kill me. I guess I could use two 60 (or even 45) degree angles...I'm going from vertical pipe in the wall to a vertical valve so the angles are irrelevant. The less the angle the longer the pipe between the bends...

The only thing that worries me is whether I'll be able to get 2 right angle bends in the pipe so close to each other (the first bend to bring the pipe out of the wall horizontally and the second bend to connect to the valves vertically). Will be buying a pipe bender from...

Price mainly. Screwfix do a 15mm TRV and locknot thingy for a fiver. Also I'm struggling to find any 10mm chrome plated copper pipes.

Not sure how to use the Tee as there looks to be an in and out flow side for each radiator. Was going to go 10-15mm straighter reducer (hidden in the wall) then two tight bends in 15mm chrome plated copper pipe to the radiator valves. Thanks

Thanks. I was going to use the reducers to go from the pipe to the TRVs. I guess if I get a pipe bender, I can get a tighter elbow.

I'm sorting out our new house and next on the job list is change a few of the radiators...they are a bit nasty and rusty with a whole range of different valves. Anyway, the piping is 10mm copper hidden behind skirting and comes out of the wall at a weird angle. WP_20151008_001 by GlenJ...

Wonky pipes