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Hi All, I think i've confused myself (not difficult) I need to change my pump on the heating system. What size pump pliers do you recommend to undo the nuts either side of the pump? Thank you, as always for your advice. Peter x

Hi Boys & Girls, Possibly a basic question, sorry ! I am hoping to replace my toilet and cistern with an Armitage Shanks Sandringham pan and cistern. The line drawing shows a total height of 1010mm to top of cistern. Is it possible to lower the cistern / shorten flush pipe so that I can fit...

Guys and Gals, I come seeking advice / opinion again. Does any of you have experience with LEDLite lamps from TLC? Mainly 2w pygmy LED Coloured 2W GLS LED? 4w Candle LED? Ok, the reason I ask, is I have a combination of these lamps (about 40) in a theatre, to be honest, no major issues, apart...

Hi Chris, thank you for your reply. What I have is about 1mtr of cast iron pipe from the back of the pan, and then into a T piece that goes into the vertical stack. I was hoping to replace the pipe from the back of the pan to the stack and the cast iron pipe will firstly need a bit of a "tweak"...

Hi All, Advice please, if you may. I want to change the toilet pan in my bathroom, I suppose it is the usual arrangement, low level pan, into about 1mtr of cast iron pipe, then into a T piece, into the soil stack in the corner. I would like to change the pan and cistern for just a new standard...

Hi All, Thank you for your help. I decided to dismantle the head (have nothing else to do today) the main valve is fine, very loose. I stripped the head down, motor seems fine, i cleaned the "teeth" on both the motor cog and the actuator as they were gunged up with fluff, maybe dried grease etc...

Hi All, the motorised valve has failed (stuck open), valve ok, motor seized. I see places like screwfix sell "replacement heads" rated as universal. Question. Do I have to buy a new Horstmann head (can get for late next week) or are the heads interchangeable? Sorry for stupid question... if you...

Hi, been following this thread and I had the exact same issue as the OP. popped in the engineer code, replaced battery in control panel (was about 8 years old) left engineer mode all working ok again.

Hi All, Odd one, can any one tell me what size screw is likely to have been used in besa boxes possibly going back to the '60's They certainly are not M4, M4 is too small.. Any ideas? I am guessing an imperial size, but not sure what? Thanks as always P xx

hello all, Just after some advice please? Cold water tank in loft has started to leak, it is a metal tank, the old galvanised metal type.. It only seems to provide water to the hot water cylinder. I feel quite capable of replacing the tank myself. The tank of course has the 15mm cold feed, the...

Hi Boys and Girls, I am after some advice please regarding LED tubes. I've got an outdoor enclosed sign, it is a sign box with just the front illuminated. It currently has 2 x 70w and 2 x 58w fluorescent tubes in it on switch start gear (about 15yrs old). The gear for the 2 x 70w tubes has...

Yes they do, it has been there a few years, i don't have a problem with it, we were talking about it last week and i suggested painting it, it's a favour for a favour, they have my rubbish bin on there ground and i have their gas pipe etc next to me. Thank you for all your replies... it is...

it's on my wall, it comes out of the exterior gas meter box and rises up the wall into the club.

Thanks for you help ! It is a pipe about 6mtrs long going along side a nightclub.

both of the red wires will be the input, if there are no other markings then i does not really matter which one you use for L or N As mentioned before you can get a complete HF light fitting from TLC for about £12 Let us know how you get on....