Recent content by Forlopp

Hi Rachel, If you take out the soap/conditioner drawer and put water into it, check that you can get water to run thru the conditioner hole. Sometimes this tiny hole can get clogged up with limescale and old detergent and you need to get a small screwdriver into it to clear

:idea: Dia Dhuit! Why u break up the nice floor? Can u not chisel out channel in wall (with angle grinder or something and run it round behind the skirting boards? Might save you digging up nice floor again in the future if you were to have a leaky joint??????? :lol:

I got around this by tapping a small socket connection into the valve. Did the job.

Hi, I got a fairly old system with fairly old microbore piping and radiators which are prone to leaks. I plan to tear out the lot and replace when the weather's a bit warmer. Somebody suggested to me that I could run the piping behind the skirting boards. I plan to screw the new...

tnx kevplumb :!:

Hi, I want to tile over old floorboards in kitchen. They're solid enough and don't creak. Don't want to tile directly onto floorboards because it won't take too good and the bounce (although limited) will cause the tiles to crack over time. Anybody got any advice on what to put down on...

A Chara Madhatter, I managed to get some oddball parts in EuroHeat on the Greenhills Road. It's just behind the Plumb Centre after the Walkinstown Roundabout. They're pretty helpful and a lot cheaper than the Woodies/B&Q boys for stuff. Le meas, Forlopp.

Completely agree with you BAB. The only reason I haven't pulled out the downstairs radiator is because I'd prefer to tackle this over the weekend. I reckon previous owners had downstairs rads changed to high output and workman forgot to include drain tap. Thanks for all your help just the same.

All suggestions welcome, thanks Meldrew. System is open.

Thanks for that. Have been reading up on this. Going to buy a decent wrench and try this at the weekend. As soon as I have it out, I'm going to install a drain tap on this one and flush out the whole system.

OK, got plastic housing completely off this evening. This definitely isn't the drain tap so it's back to removing the radiator I think. Thanks for all your help!

Thanks Steady, Better to be certain! Will take picture when I get home this evening and post it up. Many thanks!

Thanks Slugbabydotcom, Was just a bit nervous about taking out the radiator when there was still a fair bit of water running around. However, I hit the jackpot earlier on today. There's a vertical plastic covering about 9" long at the side of the house. It sits just under the gate post. I...

Thanks guys, Checked outside and removed panels at back of cupboard to no avail....so it's either under the floor boards or non-existant. Going to pull up floor boards next. Really appreciate your help! Happy New Year.

Guys, you should come across the water...impossible to get a plumber to do anything over here! That's why I've become such a fan of this website, gotta do it myself