Recent content by Calomax

Since posting I've found that it's Genova, I think it's American.

My heating system is piped in adhesive plastic pipe and I have a leaking pipe. I purchased some pushfit connections and cut the pipe only to find they don't fit. Apparantly the old pipes are 16.5mm instead of 15mm. I live in Guernsey and nowhere is that size of pipe stocked. I need to get...

I'm trying to replace two 1/2" basin taps but can't undo the backnuts with a basin spanner. They're very tight and I can't put a lot of pressure on the spanner because it starts to turn on the nuts. I thought of trying a hacksaw but I can't get it up to the nut because of the recess in the...

I'm fitting a pump in a house built around 1970 and I presume at that age my pipes could be ither metric or imperial. I want to get all I need before I start. Is there and easy way to tell if my pipes are 22mm or 3/4 inch. I know that compression fittings for one don't fit the other. Am...

Thank you Ron

Our old power shower is about to give up the ghost and the taps in the rest of the house have poor pressure so I would like to fit a pump near the hot water cylinder to supply the shower and to improve the pressure through the rest of the house. I am a bit worried about all the advice to use...