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why has the primary return got a gate valve on it!!??? it's not a manual bypass valve is it?

the boards run the opppsoie way of the length of the bath! i know for a fact as i had them up a little while ago to install a ladder/towel rad. so i will need 2 planks of wood, one uinder the back and 1 under the front legs? any type of wood/thickness acceptable? whats the easiest way to...

Thank you for that information. The bath is plastic - and i am assuming then that brackets will be built into the sides. I'm not sure about cutting a chase into the wall, seems like hard work and a hard thing to do! One DIY source said if the fllorboards underneath it were running in the...

I am installing a new bath on sunday but have some questions. I know how to connect taps and waste outlets and the overflow, but after reading various posts/diy books/etc they all seem to vary.. on how to balance and spread the weight of the bath. My questions to you experts are : Do baths...

ok so really it's not a good idea to have a combi boiler istalled with an indirect water supply to the house is it, as hot will be at a higher pressure, apart from in the kitchen?

Can you have a thermostatic shower run off a combi (mains pressure hot) but cold water from a cistern in the loft. Or ideally, is a direct system needed in the house so cold water is also at mains pressure to balance it out?