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Cheers for that information. I had read about using alloy nails and galvanised for different jobs on the roof. Thought it strange that just galvanised aren't used for everything.. I will take your advise and start with a smaller area and see how it goes. THanks again....

Thanks for the reply. Yes want to save some money and yes I'm a very good DIY'er. Have pretty much done most things from complete rewires, new kitchens, bathrooms, full plumbing, central heating. I generally know my limits which is why I was going to start with the part of the roof easiest to...

I have a 1930's bungalow (I would never go on the roof of a taller house) which has never been re-roofed. I need to replace about a third of the roof although I may do the rest if I find the job straight forward and easy enough :-) . It is covered with Redland 10" X 6.5" tiles (or what ever...

On removing the radiator I think I found out why it takes so long to warm up. The bottom pipe (about an inch and runs straight through) connects to the virtical columns (also about an inch diam) via holes of about 5mm. Would I be right in thinking that this would drastically reduce the amount...

Tried to balance all the radiators and then in the end just had a couple running to force the water through the rad. It does take a long time to warm up, the main tube along the bottom gets hot fast and eventually the rest after about an hour. Very strange as the original worked so well. I'm...

The radiator was quite slow to heat up, I put that down to the amount of water it holds. If it gets hot to the touch can it be down to LSV being open too much? (I'll give it a go though). If chrome is poor as a radiator why is the BTU so high? I thought this was a sign of how much heat would...

The radiator was quite slow to heat up, I put that down to the amount of water it holds. If it gets hot to the touch can it be down to LSV being open too much? (I'll give it a go though). If chrome is poor as a radiator why is the BTU so high? I thought this was a sign of how much heat would...

The radiator is from B&Q "Contemporary Alto Grasso Heater Chrome Effect" (not sure if I'm allowed to post a link?). I did buy a couple of white designer rads as well from B&Q and they really pump out the heat! Different design though. The towel rail is probably a heater, I'm not worried...

I have just replaced a standard radiator with a chrome radiator (from B&Q designer radiator). Problem is that the radiator gets really hot, too hot to hold but it doesn't actually give out any heat. It is supposed to be 3774 BTU which is more powerfull than the old one. Even when half inch from...