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Can anyone recommend a supplier of brackets for round poles suitable for a climbing frame / swing etc. All the ones I've seen so far are really expensive. eg: http://www.blacksheepplay.co.uk/climbing-frame-components-hardware/126-swing-corner-bracket-right-round-100mm-100mm.html...

We have a sofabed which has been stored and the springs which tension the bed base have gone rusty. They're on three sides of the bed base - see image below. I want to replace them. Any idea where I can buy some more? They're very strong, about 75mm long, and I need 34 of them.

That's my understanding. I can see that PTFE / Loctite 55 may work, but I don't think it works by design. So, going with the washer approach (apologies to all the PTFE promoters for now - I may be back with you when the washer leaks!) what sort of washer or seal do I want? I've seen a few...

I thought PTFE is for tapered threads, not parallel ones. OK, I could bung it up with PTFE, but is that really the proper way to do it?

I have a radiator with BSP parallel threads. I want to fit BSP-male to 15mm couplers and use a shaped piece of 15mm pipe to connect to the radiator valves rather than using standard tails. I've bought some straight couplers from Screwfix (item 67110). I expected these to some with rubber or...

Does anyone know whether the threads in ProRad radiators are BSP tapered or BSP straight with a flange seal? The ProRad spec just says 1/2" BSP.

I've made a bit of progress. The good news is that I've found a supplier of rads with small wall to pipe centre distances! Prorad make a type 11 which is 33 or 55mm from wall to pipe centres, and a type 21 which is 56 or 78mm. The type 11 is fine. The old rad was a type 11 at 1080mm wide...

The problem is getting new radiators "thin" enough. I cannot find a single panel that is 35mm or less from centres to wall. And really we want a type 21 (2 panels, single set of fins) for the 55mm centre to wall distance. I can't find one of those either. I could put a single panel...

I need to find two new radiators to fit onto existing pipes which are fixed in a tiled / concrete floor. There's very little pipe movement available - a few mm at most. I don't want to force them to move too much, as damaging them in the floor would be a disaster! One is 35mm from pipe...

I want to replace two radiators in our kitchen with a couple of bog-standard replacements, but cannot seem to find the same sizes. Height is fine. The old ones are 1350mm and 1085mm wide. The closest I can seem to buy are 1300 or 1400, 1000 or 1100. If I go for the under-size options, How do...

The water is black, yes. It's been drained down several times in the last 3 years, and always had inhibitor put back in it. At one point I added a flushing agent for a few weeks first. That radiator is about to come off and be replaced with a smaller one. It's the 2nd one in the circuit...

So why only one radiator? And how do I stop it happening?

We have an old fashioned CH setup - heater tank in the loft, not a high pressure or sealed system. For some reason one radiator keeps collecting air. There's no water leaks. Where is the air coming from? Ant