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Oh dear, Well, after posting this on 'rated people' thre times, and each time the job expired without any interest from a single gas man. I've rung around everyone 'Gas Safe' in my local area and still found nobody willing to take on the job... The only interested party are the local...

Thanks very much for all the responses. Since one or two people mentioned dimensions, the flue is 90mm x 325mm. I've posted a job up on the 'RatedPeople' website for someone to come and inspect it to determine fit for use or not (we're in Bristol, should any of you be nearby!)... I'm...

I see.......why did housing developers bother to install them if they are good as worthless? How much should I be looking at to install a balanced flue gas fire (ground floor), assuming I expand the gap as necessary and fit the hearth/surround myself? Cheers for the input, Tom

Hi :D I've recently moved into a new house, and an doing some renovations. We're trying to get a gas ire put into the lounge. There was no fire there originally, but, having found a capped-off gas pipe on the wall, explored a bit to find a pre-cast flue hidden behind the plasterboard. The...

They can't be that rare - they're sold on Victoira plumb too! What's likely to go wrong with it?

Hi, yep the female side has a small taper on the outer edge, I presume you mean a rubber washer? I'll try and buy some tomorrow, thnx v much for the replies.

P.S Neither the valve nor the 3/4" fittings came with any O-rings. Shoud I try and source 4 of those?

Hi :) I'm doing an upstairs bathroom and have just fitted one of the lovely 'Bathstore' triple shower valves (hot in, cold in, bath filler out, shower out). The threads mounted inside the valve seemed unusual so I called bathstore and asked how to connect to them. They advised using...

Hi, Thanks thats been really helpful much appreciated! I notice that the pump power rating will be going up a bit, from 480w to 650w....I guess i'll need to calculate the total load on the circuit now (but shouldnt the breaker be rated at 1.5x the total load and be able to cope?)? Cheers...

Hi :) I'm replacing two upstairs bathrooms at the same time. They share a common wall (stud & p/board) which I am expanding slightly to accommodate routing of waste & water pipes. I've now stripped out both rooms with the exception of the shower cubicle. For interest, but not vital to this...

John, I think you cracked it there - soldered joints within 6" of 'burn'. Cheers, surprised I didn't figure that one out myself!! Cheers, Tom

Hi, Just a quick one - I've currently renovating my bathroom. In lifting some floorboards to move pipework, I noticed that one of the radiator pipes (15mm copper) has, unlike the other pipes, no got a proper earth strap. Instead, the earth wire core is just wrapped around this pipe, maybe ten...

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Fess up indeed - I won't go back to Screwfix (as much as I would LOVE my £49.99 back) because I've gone and broken the spindle for the 3-way valve, so I guess I'll still have to change the valve body to give my system back control over ch/hw Thanks button pressed

OH MY LORD You were right - pressed the button and it sparked up straight away Just got back from Screwfix with a new 3-way valve, which now i'll have to fit - DOH!!! Thank you very much, I m now off to beat my head against a wall, shocked that it was that easy!

Hi :) Ok - I have a two storey house with a gravity fed vented system. The boiler is a 21y/o 'Prima' unit. I drained down the system to move two radiators upstairs. I did one, refilled to check for leaks, and all was good, hot and cold. After the second, and refilling again, I've been unable...

Hi Danny, Cheers - happy with the idea of plywood inside the void. Yep I'm going to fit an access panel in 'bathroom 2' between the toilet and shower. Fortunately the Mrs has got a 2nd hand mirror that is literally 2m high and 1m across, perfect to hide a large access panel, although i'll...

Hi, I'm currently DIY'ing my bathrooms - the ensuite and main bathroom in my house sit back to back. Much of the plumbing will run 'between' the two rooms so I'm planning to a 25cm cavity stud wall between the two which will hide the waste pipes etc. See my diagram below. I've done a main...

Hi I'm new to DIY plastering - Before I've only plastered a small ceiling in a cloakroom and jointed some new plasterboard before tiling. The pics below are my bathroom after I've stripped everything out. As you can see, removal of the previous tiles has left all the adhesive on the walls...

Hi all, I've recently (3 weeks ago) bought a new house. It's a 1993 build, that had a conservatory extension a few years later, '97 I think. Anyway, down one side of the house/conservatory, I've noticed that the paving slabs have sunked a little (perhaps about 2" at the 'deepest' point)...