Recent content by mjgreen81

Hi all, I moved into a 25 year old house a couple of years ago and am thinking about future improvements I can make. The house originally had an integrated double garage. This has been converted to a single garage,and a dining room (which we rarely use in the winter for reasons that will...

Hi all, I have a shower bar which i am finding is getting quite stiff to turn the left hand knob which turns the shower on (up for rainfall, down for hose). The right hand knob that controls the temperature moves freely although the little knob that you push down to reach the higher...

Will grab a photo later when I can get in the room, but essentially I have a 3/4 male thread on the valve and want to attach the 15mm radiator tail.

Hi all, I need to reignite this thread as today I removed the radiator, armed with a few options and am a little stumped. I cant see that any of the suggestions previously mentioned would work. Situation is as follows.... Radiator valve is exposed with a 3/4 male thread. 1/2 to 15mm...

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Hi all, I am going to replace a ceiling pendent for a new light/fan. The instructions included are not the best as they appear to be for a slightly different model with a different base so don't show me what I should do with the earth. The bracket and light are both metal. The bracket that...

Hello all, I plan to hang a new radiator on a dot and dab wall using M6 rigifix anchors. The 4 x brackets are quite small which means the two slots for the fixings are quite close together. I am a bit concerned that drilling two 12mm holes in thermalite blocks so close together for the plugs...

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Hi all, I am soon going to hang a new radiator in my house. It's the first time I will have hung a radiator in this house so I am looking for a bit of advice. The house was built late 90s and the walls are plasterboard with an approx 25mm cavity and then breeze block. What would people...

How can the engineers get this out if all rads have been bled and pump auto-vents? The engineer cancelled on me last night and is due tonight so he hasn't looked yet.

Hi all, Here is my setup.... Ideal Classic FF250 Brand new Gledhill 250L unvented cylinder and associated pump, zone valves etc (installed 2 weeks ago) Nest Gen 3 Thermostat (installed 2 weeks ago) All radiators have been bled As mentioned above I had a new HW cylinder and Nest programmer...

Would this help me? https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KS2ZYLJ?ref_=cm_sw_r_apann_dp_0FDK4ZZ93FHZEY3VYWWZ&language=en-GB

Thank you, but I really want to avoid draining down the system and changing the valves at this point. Do you have an example of the reducing insert you suggest?

Thank you, that's helpful. Do you know if there is an option to cut down an extension to my requirements?