Recent content by eck1

thanks, looks like flexible connectors are the way forward.

I have just replaced the tap connector under my bathroom sink to fix this sort of problem on the cold tap, but I had to buy a 15mm - 10mm connector. It doesn't have a washer in it, but the old one I took off had a rubber washer in it. Should a buy a washer to put in it or will the olive do...

thanks. I've just gone out and bought some compression fittings so I should be ok. Is there a chance that the 2 pipes would need to be connected to each other to allow the rest of the heating system to work?

Haven't looked again to find out what the first switch was. I'll try to have a look again tonight if I have time after removing radiators!

I am about to remove a radiator and a couple of metres of pipe permamently (I'm knocking down the wall that it's on). What should I do with the open ends of pipe that feed the radiator? Also, when removing the rad, should I be unscrewing the nut between the pipe and the valve, or the nut...

Sorry, I was being dim. I looked a bit harder and found the master switch, which works ok!

thanks. I'll have a look again tonight to double check I'm not just being dim!

I was about to remove some sockets the other day and instead of having to work out which fuse was the correct one to remove, I just switched off the master switch - nothing happened! All the lights stayed on. I can remove individual fuses but it strikes me as a bit odd (and possibly dangerous)...