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hi softus if you trawl back to the beginning of this thread youll see that its not the olive on the copper flowpipe from the rad BUT the hexaganel nut thats on the rad where the leak/drip was which screws onto the rad valve anyways upto yet its watertight so hoping its end of biggest...

yeah got em workin looks like the diverta valve is shot (or very nearly) cleaned all the rad valve contact faces and boss whited em so i was told to do was told the thread is only there to effect a seal on the valve faces by means of compression. i'm only a humble blacksmith myself...

WELL i thought i had cured the leak,but its still there ever so slight. so i got me some boss white. it says on tub to use it with boss hemp,well can i use ptfe with it and do i put the ptfe/hemp in the thread first before applying the boss white thanx again for your patience and help with...

well i put the heatng system back on full alf hour ago and been runnin round bleeding all the rads including the valve on top of the hot water tank but as of yet got no warm rads

er wats f and e only a doit youselfer the drain plug is downstairs outside wall and tried to restrict it to the upstairs drain only didnt shut all the rads off tho wen the plumber came to do the same thing a few years back on the last rad downstairs in the run he did the saqme as i did...

no i havent vented the system yet as the rad is still off but theres no air in any of the other rads gonna put it back on tomorro wen i have second paint coated the wall behind the rad i'll vent it then in the mean time ive took your advice and turned the system off as i dont wanna knacker...

well i managed to fix the leak after removing the rad and doing a partiakl draindown when i released the ball cock to top up the system there is now a hum in the tank cupboard and the hot water is on;ly tepid the system is an apollo thorn central heating all in one boiler not a combi could...

so fitz, will boss white do the trick as ive been told ? before i buy sum 2morrow

firstly its water not gas ie a radiator feed pipe secondly ive tried ptfe which didnt work i think the olive has strangled the copper pipe down in diameter a bit and dont really wanna cut it and replace as there aint too much to play with also its the joint under the valve NOT the joint...

hi i seem to have a leaky radiator outlet pipe under the valve it seems that the olive is letting the water drip from it i tried tightening it to no avail could i coat the olive and joint components with boss white to effect a cure

had a look and the only diagram close to ,is one by breezer but its to a junction box,not old rose to new rose and not with its own on off neon pull switch. also would the pull switch have to be inbetween the two roses?in the new circuit the electrical switch supplier also said that if you...

err what do you mean see for reference crafty? new to the forum .went into the how to menu,but no pics on the subject

hi i want to fix some lighting in the attic planning on daisy chaining two light sockets together and fixing them to seperate rafters.im ok on the wiring for that what i want to do is then pick up a cieling light fixing,say the bathroom to get power and then route it down to a 20 amp neon...