Recent content by Dereekoo

Or the bolts failed in shear due to the friction element of the design not coming into play? Perhaps sagged means dropped?

And if that does not work open the stopcock to fully open and see if that stops the drip. If that does not work then undo the top nut, slide the body up the spindle and then either wrap 6 turns of PTFE loosely around the spindle and then retighten the top nut forcing the PTFE down into the...

Why do you think a washer in your stop valve causes water hammer

Will not the settling lead to cracking of the supported wall ?

2m 4m or 8m its all the same really just the logistics of placing the beams a bit more involved , as long as its structurally sound and all the i's are dotted and tee's crossed its going to be a great project

Stevie out of interest 1.2 x 1.2 = 1.44m2 so 2nr = 2.9m2 which is less than 8 x 0.6. Similarly 0.9 x 1.2 x 2 = 2.2 which is less than 8 x 0.45 Since both calcs give a discrepancy factor of 1.6 am I missing something?

Isolate with WC boundary box isolation valve, whip stopcock valve head/handle off and inspect

Just put a large screw driver against the valve with the handle against your ear and you will hear any passing flow

Do you have TRVs and lockshields valves on your radiators? Re pump speed that all depends on how effective the pump in distributing the flows to all radiators and is particular to the system its serving, generally lower the better for a bit of energy saving but start on 1 and progress upwards...

CAD technician (draughtsman)????

No need to completely drain the system, just depressurise it and shut valves at both ends of radiator. Then the bottom nut can be released and if possible (since you cannot drop the feed pipe down) lift the end the radiator up so the olive on the pipe is accessible and then wrap 5 turns of PTFE...

Can't disagree with that

Definition of not to high? Since the OP re pressurised I guess it's at least 1 bar and 1.5 bar when up to heat?

If you haven't any plumbing skills it hard to give you any advice as Herts says keep topping up till Monday and accept/ deal with the spillage. Friday the kids will have gone and you can leave it alone?

No disagreement there, easy enough to work out wind pressure/forces on external walls and resulting overturn in moments and then confirm any buttressing walls/piers provide adequate resistance