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I thought neoprene was a closed cell and would not allow moisture through. I know the current gaskets are not entirely waterproof as the internals around the glass unit is damp.

Hi, I have a couple of old UPVC units with a white external fir tree style seal. The seal has shrunk over time and discoloured, so I'd like to replace. White ones are not that readily available, but a local company, who replaced a blown unit, told me they sometimes use neoprene strips, with...

I started to go down the heatpump rabbit hole last month and on my journey in the warren I came across this website www.heatpunk.co.uk. Woopee I thought this is right up my street, measuring my house layout, window sizes and what not. I got it all done and felt very pleased with myself. Then I...

Thanks John for your comments. Unfortunatley, the wall is half tiled where the rad pipes come out, so that makes the rad replacement that more tricky. I was thinking to box in the fan heater, above the joists, so that it could only draw air in from the room. It could be either electric or CH...

That’s an interesting product. The boiler is in the loft space right above the bathroom, so theoretically it could plumb straight into he CH pipes. In reality all the bathroom needs is a top up.

As I mentioned above, 750mm wide and 710 pipe centres is a very odd size, only Reina make that size and that’s what is fitted.

I would hope the fan heater would circulate warm air in the room. I was thinking to fit it at one end above the sink, so the user should get a nice warm blast of air as they do their whatever!

Thanks for all the comments! Never thought it would get this much… To answer the question about the existing rad, it’s already quite tall and although Reina do make a taller rad at 750mm wide, the location of the pipes would mean the top ends up out of reach! TBH I don’t see why a plinth heater...

When I had my bathroom refitted I made the fatal error of not fitting a towel rail with enough output, so bathroom (two outside walls!) gets a bit baltic in the winter months. I did think to fit a bigger rad, but that's another mistake I made, I fitted a 750mm wide rad and that makes finding a...

All done and thanks for the advice everyone. Zero breakout as well!

Does the tooth count on the saw blade make much difference to break-out?

I have solid wood doors throughout and a couple need additional trimming after the carpets went in. Already painted, so I don't want to cause any edge breakage. I have a good circular saw and also a planer. Saw would be quickest, so how to knock off 5mm without damaging the painted edge? Masking...

In the end I bought a small bag of Ideal 3 way connectors and used them. I did strip back more of the outer sheaf to make less bulk. I was genuinely surprised how easy it was with the push fit connectors. In the end all four connectors fitted inside the metal rose.

Thanks for the advice. In my situation what is best solution? This Is a metal light fitting and the rose has limited space inside. I’m not sure that four x three way Waco blocks will fit inside.

Right at the start of the pandemic, I said someone in Gov would be doing a cost/benefit analysis looking at how much pension payouts could be saved by letting old folk get covid.