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    Best Ferrules to use on copper radiator piping?

    If you are talking about olives then i prefer the copper ones as they are softer and easier to crank tight.
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    Float valve? Help please

    Exactly.....lots are BSP thread as is the one in the photo.That is why i said it's a straightforward job.
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    Float valve? Help please

    The nut will be imperial because the ballcock is 1/2 BSP and the nut is screwed onto it. It won't make any difference to what you want to do..Just change the ballcock and add an isolating valve.
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    Float valve? Help please

    Yes........i think they are making a mountain out of a molehill. All the threads are BSP and in any case 15mm and old imperial will fit each other. Just undo the nut on the inlet.remove ballvalve and fit new.Add an isolating valve and job done in 15 min's.
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    Toilet flushing issues - seems waste pipe plumbing at fault

    You didn't need the black section of pipe as the flexi would probably have fitted into the pipe with the collar.You would then also not have an uphill run.
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    Replace filling loop

    Or just fit a £5, 22mm bent tap connector.....compression of course. Add an isolating valve and you have the same thing.......lol Them prices are a rip off. I probably have one in my boxes of spares and will have a look later.
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    Replace filling loop

    It's the heating return valve that comes with the boiler..
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    Lead pipe removal - proof for water company

    Do you have any wooden floors downstairs ?
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    TMV constantly leaking in gasket inlets

    Blow through it and see.
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    TMV constantly leaking in gasket inlets

    I would send it back.
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    TRV olive

    You have the bottom half of one of these.............
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    TMV constantly leaking in gasket inlets

    I fitted a chinese made, woodburner with back boiler once,and the fittings were that same as yours....ecentric.I had to use a load of hemp to make it seal properly..
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    TMV constantly leaking in gasket inlets

    That looks like a badly machined fitting and is why it will not tighten up flush.
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    Has the boiler fitter bypassed our water softener???

    most do and they're pretty harmless.
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    Soak-away on neighbours property - easements?

    I recently had a similar problem when selling a property. Our septic tank was across a road and in the garden of a neighbour. My neighbour did not use it and had his own tank. It had been there for 70 years but we had no paperwork.It cost us £1500 for a Deed of Easement to be registered with the...
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    Insulating an existing concrete floor.

    Look up Aluminium foil insulation.It will act as a barrier and prevent heat loss.
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    How to remove the radiator?

    LOL....have you seen the price of logs ?
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    Liner for a wood burn stove.

    I should have said mortgage companys will insist if you do not have certification as just happened to me when i sold.
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    Pipe bung 8mm

    A Henry vac will suck water.
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    Help! Bar Shower Valve Issue

    Yes there are dog leg adaptors but they will throw the bar about 40mm off the wall.You will need to use one each side.
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