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does anyone know a supplier whose basin and toilets are bright white?

I'll see if I can do pics dont know if it will show though. I bought these 2 makes knowing they were good - never gave a moments thought to different shades of white! Think I will have to take basin and toilet out and buy some stuff thats whiter. And it was all going so well.... good thing I...

oops, in the process of fitting our bathroom with a Carronite white bath and Ideal Standard White basin and toilet and the bath is sharp white the the other 2 an off white - they look no where near the same white. Surely this is not normal! what I have I done wrong? I got a feeling I 've messed...

thanks John I will take a look at these...

got a quick query on fitting Pura taps to an Ideal Alto basin. Holes in basin are 33mm. body of tap is 42mm, locking nut underneath is 37mm so the lock nut overhangs the basin hole by 2mm all the way round - is this enough overhang?

hmmm ok strange, I think I'll buy elsewhere anyway.... still on the subject of B and Q - I was looking at some large wall tiles there last night approx 400 x 250 - not very flat!!!

just about to buy some for a tiling job and have read that Mapei brand sold in B and Q is not as good as Mapei elsewhere which puzzles me - is there any truth in this? I thought a brand was a brand.. edit I need the powder not ready mixed. Last time I looked on BQ website they had it, looks...

grateful thanks to Agile on here for all your help....

ah ok, seems thats normal then. I was assuming tank was getting warm due to vent pipe discharging but seems its the feed pipe. So if vent pipe not discharging, its not what they call pumping over?

just as a matter of interest, I've just been up the loft after boiler been running for the first time for a few hours, rads very hot and the 15mm pipe that leads from the base of the expansion tank is warm and the 22mm pipe that vents into the tank is stone cold. Is the tank being heated up by...

tank was warm yesterday but cold just now when I went up to tie the vent pipe back - CH had been on prior both times. Well I've done what you said plus tied a latex glove to vent so presume I need to see if water goes in there... RE. the initial installers they are a local prominent independant...

ok done all that! So what is happening when the vent pipe is under water that doesnt happen when its above? Re. questioning it, its never registered with me to check it, I guess with hindsight I should have checked. As for anyone else, well the original installer was in the loft so I dont know...

depth of water in tank when cold 6" distance between tip of vent pipe and water surface in the tank er its in the water by 1". The vent is a 22mm arm created in such a way that its actually sagging. When uprighted, the tip of the pipe is 2" above water. Its been in the water for some time as...

will leave it off overnight and check in the morning...

I'm surprised theres not a kind of expansion joint you can fit similar to when you build long walls - something that compresses to a few mm also and takes up any uneveness... perhaps there is!

we had an external vessel installed on an old combi cost about £200. Previous fitter had written off the boiler due to expansion vessel fail....

ah right yes the diverter valve.... the programmer is set to continuous CH with DHW off so I presume diverter valve is setting itself to CH only, as the rads are heating up. The tank is on immersion but I cant recall whether I tested that the tank was being heated by the boiler with diverter as...

sorry gigz, you're losing me now! what and where is the 2 port valve?

unsure about balancing sorry but all rads are heating up. Layout was put in when house new and now approx 25 yrs old. I did think about changing microbore for 15mm but couldnt face it! Its dot and dab downstairs but gap is very narrow and I dont want surface pipework

thanks for all this further input,. I'm stuffed really as I should have got original installer back in and now its too late. 2nd installer told me the valiant was not suitable for microbore. Irony is my install was one selected for a gas safe inspect but I guess thats for gas matters only..I...