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hi i'm fitting a shower pump in my airing cupboard and i'm just figuring out the routing of the pipes from the pump to the bathroom. will i have any issues if i take the pumped hot and cold back up into the loft and then back down into the bathroom (which will be a lot easier than going under...

after paying out to have it repaired i'm going to keep it for a few years now, it's a good boiler. i think i'll still do the cylinder stat and 2 port valve as suggeted. as far as fitting a combi most people i've spoken to tell me to steer clear of them in a bigish house.

we already have a radiator in the bathroom that works off the hot water in some way, i'll investigate further to see how it's plumbed in.

thanks yes i would need to keep it simple. that looks fairly straight forward. can i just ask a couple of questions: so the 28mm two port valve fits to the pipe from the cylinder back to the boiler not from the boiler to the cylinder? and does this need to be fitted at the cylinder end or the...

thanks john, well knowing its doable is a start. i'll have a look into it, i'm competent at wiring, as far as plumbing i did my kitchen, bathroom and changed all the radiators but have never got involved in my heating system before. so it's possible that i can do it, i'll do a bit of research...

hi i just had a new gas valve and pcb fitted to my potterton kingfisher mf rs70 boiler after it packed up recently. so after the expensive of that we'ew going to keep the boiler for a few more years. it's gravity hot water and pumped central heating. my question is can i fit a hot water...

hi a wall on the outside of my garage has been painted with synthaprufe or some type of bitumen and then rendered on top by someone a long time ago. the render is starting to fall off now and i would prefer to take it back to the original brickwork rather than re-rendering it again. some...

you do have a point

thanks for the reply, i could tile the whole floor first but it just seemed like a bit of a waste of time and money when they're not going to ever be seen. thanks again

hi kev thanks for the answer, i don't have a problem with cutting down the plinths, i just wasn't sure if that was usual practice. thanks again

hi i'm ripping out my really old kitchen and fitting a new one. i'm going to be tiling the floor, i'm going to be fitting a plinth all the way round the bottom with the tiles just past this as opposed to wasting tiles and tiling the whole floor. should i tile the floor after fitting the...