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Hi I have found this unit on the net: http://www.tradeplumbing.co.uk/Electric-Biasi-Capri-Heated-Towel-Rail-1100mm-x-500mm_p_977-5413.html I would like to do the electric only myself. apparently you need antifreeze and the right element. can you tell me where I can get this antifreeze? is...

so are you in a position of contradiction, please explain? get me right here, I did not come here to buy books, fart pink and jump thro 20 million hoops, debate, get all sentimental on a forum, draw this out to 12 pages of cr@p, debate if I put the live wire in my mouth and jumped in the bath...

where is zone 3? Another intresting question, if I have a whirlpool bath, am I correct in saying the correct way to feed this would be: [[[[Consumer board with dedicated RCD & 20 Amp circuit breaker]]]] | | 2.5mm square...

Hi I have a really small bathroom, how far must the heated towel rail "box in the wall" be from any water type things, such as showers and baths? I have seen heated towel rails above the bath, but then not sure if they were electric. thanks & regards Gavin

thanks for your advice

I have a bathroom with floor boards, tongue and groove, what is the acceptable procedure to tile this floor successfully? any help will be truly greatful thanks Gavin

called Jet-Lube V2 plus never said lots of dripping, just said ALL the joints were leaking, maybe one drip per 10min - now they are all bone dry what does OP mean? considering I have now achieved what I set out to do and made some major changes so far I do have some skills. maybe better...

I would almost regard this as a trade secret, This should seriously be made a sticky: USE BOSS sticky guey paste, NO MORE LEAKS - peace has been restored to the palace

every piece of plastic has an insert in it. oddly only where the plastic has an olive does it leak(mating up copper) what do you mean by stress? are you refering to the water pressure? yes they are definitly the 3/4 ones as they are fatter, when I ran out I thought I would go to BQ and get...

apologies for being so unclear :oops: basically I have multiple leaks.............. anyone need extra water? I have stop cock connected to 3/4. This device I assume is metric cause the plumbing merchant gave me special olives to take up the extra space. The joint between this stop cock...

Help, please help, how do you make a decent joint when joining two copper pipes with brass compression joints using olives I have old 3/4 copper but the chap at the merchant gave me special big/fatter olives to use with the brass compression joint as it needs to join plastic on the other side...

the taps are the opposite way around from upstairs and downstairs :roll: so not sure wich ones were right thanks for the advice

thanks for your reply, in this case could you tell me the life expectancy of plastic as apposed to copper? thanks agian for your help Gavin

which side do the hot and cold taps go? thanks Gavin

Hi, asking a complete niave question here. I have some pipes cold and hot water, they are the 15mm variety with plastic pushfit connections. Is it bad practice to chase this into the wall or should I rather be using copper? Another question, what are the pros and conns of using copper and...