Recent content by silverhornet

Many thanks for the comments. I had trouble understanding the reasoning in the first place, but the old dear planted a seed of doubt which thankfully you've removed. Cheers

I have a query as to whether I can re-hang my kitchen door on the opposite side of the frame - the door used to open into a kitchen from a small hallway. To free some space up in the kitchen I now want it to open into the hallway. I was all ready to do this however my neighbour informed me...

A big thank you to everyone. Well the current mixer is now redundant and a new one is on its way. the hot water is now a trickle and thankfully the supplier is sending a direct replacement - so although the first mixer seems to be at fault after trying every conceivable connecting and...

Having checked there are indeed casting on the valve and thankfully I had the hot and cold the right way round and I had not fitted the restrictors to either inlet. I spoke to Saggittarius and they will be sending me replacement valve inserts (plastic gubbings which act like a single check...

good point and no with regards to the ports. How do you tell whih is hot and which is cold? I worked on cold - right, hot left? bit of a pain if wrong - will contact the supplier to check which way the ports go. However, (he said) although no instruction whatsoever, there were two small...

Hmmm. Connected the hot pipe and unless I practically close the cold lever valve the cold pressure seems to be preventing the hot from flowing. Not good. Any suggestions as to how I can get at least some cold and more hot as I need to have the temp on hotest and the lever valve on the cold is...

I contacted the supplier/manufacturer of the mixer and they told me it didn't come with a check valve (although having said that, I had to explain what they were) - however there are small plastic fittings in each inlet which looked like valves - white nylon cup around a spherical insert. Now...

I am about to connect the pipework to a new thermostatically controlled 3 way mixer - with 2 showers and 1 bath filler. The inlets for the hot and cold are both 15mm as is all the pipework in the flat - the flow rate is 18L/min for cold (mains fed) and 9L/min for the hot from the combi boiler...

Unfortunately removing the whole cast pipe is not an option. I have cut the cast iron pipe back to remove the collar and pushed the rubber grommet and flexi pipe back in and it seems to be ok (for the moment). However, I would be happier if I could get a tighter fit - I will look into fitting...

Hello again - well I've finally had the new pan etc delivered and so about to tackle cutting the castiron soil pipe. I have a new connector with a rubber seal - the question I have is as this is a wall hung pan with the cistern concealed behind some plaster board - how can I make the seal as...

Ok, not had the mixer delivered yet but I've spoken to the supplier and they've assured me it doesn't have one so I'll just fit them as necessary.

Thanks Brist, just what I was looking for.

I've blocked up an old doorway with a stud wall and square edged plasterboard and I'm looking at finishing it off. a) What sort of plaster do I put on to it (board finish, multifinish etc) b) Do I need to prepare the boards i.e. prime/put a base coat on (if so, what sort of plaster?) c)...

Having nearly finished my kitchen, in true DIY style I've started on the bathroom and although I can see and have read a lot of threads here on fitting showers, I just want to make sure I have all the bases covered. In essence - I have: 15mm pipework throughout Boiler (Veissmann Vitroden 100...

I broke my pan the other day, walked into it with a 9lb sledge hammer by mistake. So I took all the measurements and went to B&Q to pick one up (it was 7pm on a Sat night). Could I find one - no! So I bought a close fit, flexible coupler and proceeded to fit the WC. The problem is that the...