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Very good point, yes..

Many thanks, both. All set for the start of operations on Monday, but I may well check back here from time to time with more questions. Looking forward to it now :0)

Just one more thing ( as Columbo might have said). Pondering the best way to work out where to drill the holes in the shower board for the shower outlets. I'm thinking "cut the board to size, offer up to the wall, push slightly against the outlets ( perhaps with some tape on the inside surface)...

Many thanks for the responses, much appreciated. I've decided to go for copper for two reasons: 1)Although I'm sure plastic is very easy to work with, I'm used to copper. 2) I've an (admittedly illogical) antipathy towards plastic because of an incident that happened a few years ago when...

Morning all Just about to start my bathroom refurb. The rip-out commences a week tomorrow, though I'm doing it in stages: bath out, fit a shower tray and thermostatic shower with shower panels, and at a later date, replace the sink and WC. Question is about what kind of pipework to use under...

The very first gas combi boiler we ever had fitted was a Worcester Heatslave, back in 1988. Brilliant boiler that lasted without issues until we moved again in 1996. We then inherited an Ocean FF, which was described by a gas engineer as "the Lada of boilers", and after nine years of that poor...

Thanks for that. I should have clarified and said that on previous occasions it was a Worcester Greenstar system that I was draining/ filling, but we're now using a Logic combi fitted in 2022 and I've just drained and refilled to install a heated towel rail. So maybe it'll have the function you...

Morning all Just a question about refilling a sealed CH system (Ideal Logic combi) after draining to work on radiators. I've done this a few times over the years and always proceeded as follows: drain the system, work on the pipework or rads, refill/ repressurise using the loop, drain air...

I had a similar problem with a towel rail. We inherited it when we moved here in 2022, and I didn’t try to close the valves till about 3 weeks ago, after deciding to drain the rather scruffy rail and replace it. The valves were very stiff to close and both developed a leak when I managed to turn...

All I can tell you about the wire is that it enters the wall behind the pipe. An EICR was completed by a qualified spark in 2022 and the installation was given a clean bill of health. Nobody has touched the bonding since—until today, that is. I’m struggling to remember—hence my OP— but I think...

Thanks for the responses. The stopcock is on the incoming main from below ground and the pipework is all copper. The pipe that goes out of sight top left is the feed for the toilet cistern, nothing else.

Afternoon all I've just adjusted some pipework in the bathroom after the water board removed an internal water meter. The pic below ( which is on its side) shows the bonding partially reinstated, but unfortunately I didn't take a picture before removing it to replace the pipes. Should the pipe...

I guess that solves it, then. The blocks were put there in 1965 to support a cast iron or maybe steel bath. I can therefore take them out without the house falling down.

They do, but as far as I can tell there a gap between blocks and bath, which makes it look as if whatever was originally supported by the blocks is now long gone. Were they still fitting cast iron baths in the 1960s?

Just about to remove the bath in our bathroom, ready to replace it with a shower cubicle and thermostatic shower. Underneath the shower end of the bath ( the bath taps are at the other end, on the inside of an outside wall) I discovered the arrangement in the picture. Its a low wall, two courses...

Thanks for your reply and yes, I am concerned for safety. My daughter bought a house a few years back and we discovered that the previous occupier had removed an electric shower and left the live cable hanging down in the corner of a bedroom. No way do I intend to replicate that kind of...

Again thanks for your input, but there’s already lighting in the loft.

Interesting idea, though I doubt whether I'd ever use it.

Righto, thanks. I'll make enquiries as to the cost thereof.

Understood, thanks. I'm assuming that removing cables at a CU is something only a qualified professional should be entrusted with?