Recent content by matt5791

I am going to be building an extension to the rear of our property - because of the way the ground slopes, gently, front to rear of the property, the ground floor level is quite high at the rear (3-4ft) I want to avoid having to "make up" a lot of ground in the extension in order to bring the...

Can anyone point me in the direction of a good drawing for roof eaves design - cross section is ideal. I have been hunting around the internet and not really found anything that great. I am looking for a drawing of a "cottage eaves" design with a new build cavity wall - this is where the...

Thanks - I thought about this, as I had it happen on another system. Will be checking it now. If anyone has any other potential ideas, be very grateful to hear yuor thoughts. Matt

I notice that Kevplumb is from the US - and infact that is the way it is in the States. They have the constitution and that says what you can do. Here in the UK, you can do anything, unless the law says you can't.

Hi - it's a traditional vented system, Thanks, Matt

Scenario: 4 bedroom detached house with oil fired standard central heating system, well maintained. Recent events: - Boiler serviced about 2 weeks ago - first floor radiators drained to enable repair to rad. valve, 1 week ago. Since the draining a week ago it seems to be almost...

Thanks for that - Ill look out for Sentinel X400 and the Magnaclean. Does the chemical simply get poured into the header tank? Matt

Thanks very much for the helpful replies - I loosed the joint where the feed pipe joins into the main system (yes, near the pump) and the was a pause, followed by gurgling and then the water started to rush out - once reconnected it seems to be fine now. I'll consider the clean out. Many...

Drained most of my central heating system to repair a leak on a radiator and insert a new and additional drain valve (more convenient location). The system is a normal vented system. Turned on the water to refill, header starts to fill and I realise the new tap is not properly closed. So...

Thanks very muchf or that! I'll have a look at the HepVO trap - sounds like I can use this as a substitute for the exitsing trap....

Hi, I have a ground floor bathroom with a 110mm soil waste in the floor, with a converter on the top to 40mm. It is located under a new shower and I have fed into this waste from the basin and the shower. The waste from the basin goes under the shower tray where the waste from the...