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I spent the afternoon fitting Drayton TRV4 rad valves to 3 bedroom radiators today. Bedroom 1, closest to the boiler and bedroom 3 furthest from the boiler are operating as expected. The rad in bedroom 2, between the two is not getting hot. The tail coming out of the trv into the rad is very hot...

The shower is currently at the opposite end of the bath to the taps. Due to the window there isn't space to fit a shower at the taps end. It feels all wrong showering with your feet up against the slope at the back of the bath so ahead of retiling I want to turn the bath round. Height wise space...

Thanks ericmark. It's quickly gone off topic but can anyone expand on the advice. Is it because what I'm doing is deemed minor works despite being in a kitchen?

Hi. I'm planning to take down an old fluorescent light fitting in the kitchen and daisy chain 4 new recessed spots to replace it. If I do the work myself must I notify Building Control? I get contradictory when searching online.

I'm anticipating installing new kitchen units in the foreseeable future. Some years ago I fitted the kitchen in the property where I currently live and I encountered a problem which I want to learn from for this occasion. The 600mm larder unit arrived ready to fit only requiring the plastic legs...

The valve is quite an old Aqualisa but I have no evidence to indicate that the hose and riser are original Aqualisa parts.

I never expected that replacing an old shower riser could be challenging. Having purchased a new one and fitted it I discovered that the diameter of my hose is too wide to fit into the sliding holder. My hose has an outside diameter of 20mm and inside of about 12 or 13mm. I dont want to change...

By no means an idiot question. So given that you have timber framed construction the Building Regs compliance will have been dependent on providion of adequate fire resistance of the linings protecting the external timber frame from a fire within your property. Any penetrations through those...

I've never known a soil stack be insulated on thermal considerations. In the past I've occasionally specified preformed pipe insulation around soil stacks in high rise blocks to reduce the noise of the water barreling down a plastic stack

It may be the neatest solution if you are able to cut the flue internally flush with the wall and fit a plate over the hole. It would need to be fire resisting, probably 60 minutes, so something like Supalux or Gyproc Fireline board. Either way you'll need to let your landlord know what you're...

Yeah the more I think about it the more I'm of the view that it must never have been magnetic from manufacture and given that it's been inaccessibly fitted for 10+ years it'll be interesting to see what the new one removes which is super magnetic. I've managed to get the boiler firing up now so...

The latest on this is that I purchased a new magnaclean pro 1 as a direct swap for the defective no longer magnetic one. Having fitted it, bled it and topped the pressure up to 1.5 bar the boiler is unsurpringly showing low pressure error code but rotating anticlockwise and holding the dial on...

I had reason to remove my kitchen worktops and a couple of base units this weekend and since it provided easy access to the otherwise difficult to reach magnaclean pro I decided to remove it and give it a good clean. I was surprised to find no sludge at all but when I tested the magnetism with...