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Ahh, I did not think you could ever do that, mounting brackets, welds, paintwork etc Thanks!

Sorry I do not understand this. All vertical rads I have looked at have "input" at bottom right and "output" at bottom left. One only has interchangeable input and output, both at bottom and top. So if my flow pipe happens to be on the left I will not be able to use most of these vertical...

Not a plumber, and am learning as I go, but if the flow is boiling hot and the return is just warm, and no radiators are even hot, then something is using up all that heat, where is it going? The hot water cylinder perhaps? Or, what if the pump is real slow and the flow does not reach remote...

Thanks for the quick reply. Since I posted my message I checked the links below and now I see quite a few issues with flow in these radiators and heat reaching the top. So it seems we definitely want one that has the block fitted already, and we should also obey the indicated direction of...

Hi guys, quick question, I am thinking of buying vertical column radiators, and it seems some require input on the left and output on the right, whereas some others it shows you can plumb them in almost any possible way (input at the bottom left or right or at the top left or right ). They all...

OK, my latest calculation shows 28kW (heatadviser) without losses on pipes and without hot water cylinder. I suppose the 35kW would be OK. One more question if I may, is it possible that flow does not reach some remote radiators because it loses pressure at the previous ones? Or is it a case of...

When selecting a gas boiler the gas people (who have been to quote) calculate how many radiators, how many watts each, and the hot water cylinder, and they come up with a required boiler wattage. They have, all, so far, settled on the Bosch 35kW boiler. I did some counting and I have 24...

Trying to find a reliable radiator sizing calculator, many of them seem to be copies of each other, and some produce wide ranging values, do you know of a good one ?

That is exactly what I was looking for, simple and easy to just press the button and go take a shower.

Could you please suggest a timed switch for the towel rails in the bathrooms, and would like them to be in the region of hours, so an ideal "switch" might be just two buttons, one does 1 hour and the other does 2 hours. Those I have found go up to 12 minutes I think which is not enough.

I have a whole lot of these, Marmox boards they are called. I originally got them to tile over shower areas upstairs.

Exactly right! After every stage there is another to fix the problems created by the previous guys. Always the same story.

I have 37.5mm insulated plasterboard I could use, but I am worried about the fixing, it is just foam (rigid but still) and paper at the back. I want something sturdier.

There is a steel beam/lintel above my patio doors and above the front door. This mass of steel will transfer heat above the doors to the outside, so I will likely get condensation over the doors. Typically the exposed part of that steel lintel would be covered by 12.5mm plasterboard, which I'd...

In my current room, ceilings are low (2.3m), and you got to be directly under a spot light to discern details, plus there are areas with no spots above. It is a terrible design, and as I am getting older, eyes are failing, I need a lot of light to be able to discern details. For my new house I...

Hi guys, I am trying to choose the right downlights for kitchen and the living room, I see there are two main choices, one choice is GU10 compatible, so you can buy and replace, if needed, your own lamps, or, all in one LED downlights, where I presume you replace the whole unit if it goes...

There is a lot of condensation in the loft. It is a cold roof, with tiles on battens on membrane over rafters. Insulation in between and under rafters. Water condenses on the inside surface of the membrane. The membrane is Tyvek Supro and is 100% water proof. And costs a bomb. This happens on...

Yes and only 2 rooms have developed the cracks. I am terrified now and keep checking everytime I visit for new cracks but none so far. Touch wood. If it transpires that the cracks remain constant, then I will simply fill them in. The issue is that they are hairline almost, and impossible to...

There are plenty of noggins and steel beams there is absolutely no movement anywhere. Plasterboards are placed across the plywood and the joints do not coincide The cracks have only appeared where plasterboards join and nowhere else. On a lot of plasterboards. Will fill in all the cracks...

I ordered a low aluminium threshold for my very large and very heavy patio doors. This threshold is 135mm wide, and made of almost nothing. The doors being extremely heavy need good base support. I could not have the threshold hanging over the cavity, so I placed a 10mm thick steel plate over...