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Thanks very much. I don't intend to remove the floorboards and lay the plywood directly onto joists, but lay it on top of the floorboards because they're solid and in decent nick. It seems to me that would be the strongest base possible. I'll get some 18mm ply on Monday. Hopefully they'll take...

It’s an isolating valve, and it might be there to drain the pipework for maintenance purposes. Or maybe it’s a redundant connection to a removed appliance. In any case, that kind of leak can sometimes be cured simply by tightening the leaking nut. Take two adjustable spanners, use one to hold...

Evening all Following on from another thread where I asked about shower plumbing, I wanted to ask what constitutes a suitable plywood base for a shower tray when the ply will be sited on floorboards. I have 4 inch T and G boards on the bathroom floor, in reasonable condition and fairly level...

Thanks for that. My options are mounting up nicely, thanks to you guys.

Thanks again and yes, that's a fair point. I've already bought the copper and I'll "dry run" it to check whether its feasible to cross the pipes over as they climb my Grand Canyon. I think it will be, but if not then yes, crossing in plastic would be better than hacking more chunks out of the...

“Pulling an underpass”...I like that

Good idea, is that. The one we’ve picked is a bit more conventional, no flexis, just “left and right”.

Thank you. We've had a very competitive quote for a shower unit that ticks all our boxes. All our boxes, that is except the option to swap hot from left to right. Its too tricky and labour intensive for me as a DIYer to swap the supply pipes around ( this is only a two bedroom bungalow but...

Thanks for the reply. Not sure because I haven’t ordered it yet, but I assumed that hot on the left was standard. Pic below.

Evening all Pic shows a run of pipe emerging underfloor from Lord knows where, and terminating in feeds for a bath. The bath has been removed, those feeds are capped off, and I want to divert the pipes in the pic up the wall to feed a mixer shower. However, the hot feed is on the right (22mm...

This thread has probably come to the end of its natural life now, but just for info, I have something similar and only on the short flush. I fitted a new flush valve about 18 months ago--the type you can dismount to change washers without dismantling the cistern--and it thumps like Hell on the...

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...