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Thanks Johnny I did another room and over time the floor moved and created a gap one side so I kinda want to limit the gap to prevent this. And if you put the planks into the gap then you have issues clicking them. I might be worrying unnecessarily but in that other room I had to cut the...

Hi I am installing laminate flooring in a bedroom and there is a large gap between the plasterboard and floor. I've removed the skirting as I'm going to replace it and it will hide the expansion gap. I want to fill it somehow so i can use spacers to get the correct expansion gap and be able to...

Well it was leaking so bad I had to do something. I turned off the main stop cock and taps to outside, washing machine and dishwasher. Tried to undo the screw that stops it being unscrewed (also used I've read to push the cartridge off) and it broke off..... So got loads of towels and undid the...

IMG_0070 by Bonedry posted 28 Aug 2015 at 5:13 PMIMG_0069 by Bonedry posted 28 Aug 2015 at 5:13 PMIMG_0068 by Bonedry posted 28 Aug 2015 at 5:13 PM Hi Just got home to a soaked under the sink cupboard and found the combi-guard is leaking at the head where the cartridage goes in. A plumber...

Tony I cannot comment on the plumber he was a friend of my father. Sadly my father passed away in January and I was hoping to get this fixed until we can replace the system with storage radiators. There are three 22m pipes into the boiler flow, return and vent. the vent (I think) has a...

Well I tried it yesterday and could only get a trickle of water flowing through so no luck really. I thought there might be enough pressure from the header tank to flush out the heat exchanger. :cry: I'll try and add some pictures and diagrams later. Cheers John

My parents have had a GEC Nightstor for over 20 years and it has been a good system. Sadly the system was flushed out and after that there was banging from the pipes and it eventually cut out. They paid to have it flushed again and it worked for 11 days then same problem and nothing plumber...

Mick & All Thanks for the helpful replies! Cheers John

Ah thanks for that. So is the pipe under the nut formed into an olive and seals on the inside of the coil mail connector ? Would you use ptfe or hemp and what else on the joint ? Can you get a pushfit on the copper end. I gonna leave it till next weekend so I dont have to rush (which is...

What are cylinder connectors ? - The connector show was supplied to me when I purchased the cyliner. The cylinder also states not to use taper connection. Cheers John