Recent content by verdigris

Thanks for that. Perhaps I can get BGas to renew the water in the system and do the capping then. The Fernox or whatever they use has been in the system about six years. How often should it be renewed? I mentioned it at the last service and got a 'not necessary' answer.

Thanks for that. That does seem to be the sensible way to do it. I am on a Combi boiler and a 10 mm system. I was hoping not to have to drain the system. If I shut down all radiators at both ends, so no pressure from them. Would it be possible to cut the pipe and quickly put the stop end on...

I need to remove a radiator but leave pipework (10mm copper) sealed off under the floorboards. What is the best way to do this? I have ordered two brass 10mm compresssion cap ends.

I have unfastened the two nuts below that hold the metal plate down on top of the seal but everything still seems stuck in place. Can anyone advise what the problem is please.

Thanks Felix. It developed; as these problems do. On further examination I discovered every connection but one had a cracked or broken female end, about seven in total, between the house and the manhole. I replaced the lot with plastic and used a rubber sleeve to connect to the pot at the...

I had a blocked toilet which led to finding a broken section of pipe. This is a two foot, 5 inch (glazed?) pot pipe damaged by pressure from a concrete footpath laid inches above the pipe and an additional two feet of flag. The pressure from these two has forced the pipe down fracturing the...

The word shed now has a new meaning for me. Is this where 'ban all sheds comes from' ? A 'nip' means tighten it up ? Tried that. Binning means starting again. Will try the tape and the paste first.

Thanks for all that. I'm only a diy'er but have used yorkshire fittings and compression fittings successfully for a long time. The compression fittings without any tape or paste and I have only had problems since my last purchase. The pipe and the fittings came from a large diy outlet. The...

I have struggled twice recently with leaking compression fittings. Are these fittings now of poor quality? The merchants always say, use ptfe tape, which is not always that simple when you are up against a brick wall and behind a soil pipe. My last fix was to buy some Boss jointing paste. I...

No not twin entry. Your thoughts on removing and flushing sounds sense. Don't know if they would go for that. For £440 I would expect it to be fully cleaned out. I have a septic tank and do wonder what the chemicals will do to that. We have rain water soakaways so could use those I suppose

He may have thought he was saving us some money. With hindsight it was a wrong move. The question now is, are the flushes effective? They say they are and give a three year guarantee. Does the powerflush remove all the debris? I understand it will take all day to flush out the system.

I have inherited a system that i think has been flushed twice before. It was not thought necessary to flush again when a new condensing boiler was fitted. It is a microbore system with 9 radiators no problems since fitting new boiler. Decorating bathroom meant removing rad. it was full of...

I inherited this pc from my son who was then studying to be an architect. There is a lot of stuff on here that i never use and should get rid of but am not competent to know how to without causing problems . I will get him to do a clean up when he comes.

having read all 7 pages. I decided to try once more before looking in the registry. There was a record tab in properties with something about copying to drive c (not d!) and it copied immediately. The computer had been switched off at the socket for a day. I can't believe that had anything...

Thanks for that Igorian. I am printing the two items you said. Will read and come back later. I think indigestion seems possible but will cope. :o