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Cheers Glasgow Painter for that....so simple (bit like myself!)....will get to it before the rain at the weekend.

Hi guys, I've a 1930s house with cast downpipes and soil pipe, previously painted with dulux exterior white paint. Parts of the pipes above the gutters are showing broken paint with bubbled rust underneath, question is how best to paint them? There is also a rust spot that has bled a discoloured...

Hi Guys, thanks for that, and for setting me right re the stopcock. Being an ordinary bloke with no plumbing technicals, I thought when the tap was off then that was it, what was in the monobloc or shower head stayed where it was until the next time the tap was turned on. I can stop worrying...

Hi Guys, I've had a new sink in the kitchen installed recently by a plumber, turned water off, fitted and back on again, everything working as it should. I've got a minor problem I'd appreciate advice on as it has only occurred since the sink fitting. The monobloc mixer turns off ok at the...

Thanks polesapart, you're right on all counts. I bought the Hep2o elbows today, took the polyfit ones off, put Hep inserts in, pipe all the way in.... and voila! problem solved! I was talking to a plumber at the store and he said the same thing as you about the problems caused by...

Hi Sandylyon, thanks, they came assembled, and after the problem of them detaching I checked a spare fitting of the same type to make sure I had them installed correctly. As you say, the pipe goes thru the end of the fitting into the 'O' ring, then into the spacer, then the grab ring, then into...

Hi Dreadnoughtheating, thanks for the reply I've checked the pipe..Hep2O 15mm Barrier Central Heating The fittings aren't brand named but have 2006 Class S 15mm PB and are from Toolstation as are grabs, inserts etc. Extra grab rings etc ? Just for my store in case I reuse the fitting in the...

Hi guys, I've been replacing a sink and worktop and have a problem with the plumbing, the hot and cold feeds come from grey 15mm PB Barrier pipe connected to two stopcocks. I had to cut the two PB pipes to fit with the different layout of the sink from the original. I've been to Toolstation and...

AlanE, sorry for the delay in replying (I spent a day on the toilet cr**ping myself at the thought of bending the pipes LOL). The pipes were as you described, and yes it was pretty easy to bend them as not much bend was required to give the gap needed. I tested the pipes for drips before...

gasmanstu72, thanks. I've got a pair of flexibles from screwfix that I was going to use until I read somewhere that the Franke support is better with straight tails...that's why I used the tails from the Franke box and put the flexibles aside. I can easily unscrew one of the tails and install a...

Hi Guys, I've fitted a new monobloc tap with rigid tails (as supplied) to a Franke stainless steel kitchen sink + added a Franke tap support to the underside of the worktop and around the tails. I've also installed the Franke sink drains into position. A couple of things are bugging me before I...

All done now with a new head, thanks everyone for the help, Madrab, thanks for the advice I wouldn't have known that. I took the old one with me and got the friendly bloke behind the counter to take pity on me and check it before I bought it. Piece of cake to put back together...

Thanks Gigz and Madrab, got the offending head off.....easy when you've done it once thank Gord. There was no browny greasy **it (see I can do technical, LOL). The pin in the fitting moves ok and turns the rad off so I guess the head is u/s. I'll get one from screwfix and replace it...

Thanks Madrab for the link, on page 6 it shows the pop on which engages with 'click', presumably just pushing the whole head straight down, does that mean you pop off by pulling in reverse straight up, or by rocking first to one side to disengage the lip? (you plumbers have probably done a...

Thanks footprints, in the end I had to get an adjustable wrench on the grey ring, slight pressure and it could turn. I used the white section above the grey ring on the body of the head to undo it as far as it could go (without turning the top section with the numbers on). The grey ring...

Hi guys, I've read the FAQs about removing the TRV and tapping the pin for a stuck valve, but need just a bit more info as my problem is slightly different. I have a Danfoss TRV RAS-C2 Sensor with the white head and grey ring. The head does not reduce the temperature of the radiator when...

We have recently had a wet room floor put in by a firm on behalf of the council for a disabled relative. The work was on a wooden floor which had previously been levelled with ply. The installation was done with a tray former and covered with non-slip vinyl. The water from the lowered shower...

Hi Madrab, yes it's a 1930s house, but there is no lead left in it, all removed and water pipes are copper. Incidentally, there is no pink in the shower any more since the new (old neighbour's) hose was attached. Everything is 100% normal now. :D

Thanks guys again: gigz, thanks but on looking up the manual for the washing machine it said that both hoses need to be attached to work (either hot+ cold or cold x2 with Y spiltter. I solved my immediate problem today, though I'm like squeaky before me, in that I still don't know which part...

Hi Guys, (Madrab,squeaky, Nozzzle) thanks for comments received after I abandoned last night to go to the pub.....it didn't help as I woke a couple of times in the night and started thinking about the damned hoses again........ Madrab, thanks, the plumber did explain to me why the check valve...