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    Newby soldering question....

    Yeah......I think I will go for end feed - I think it'll give me more confidence that the joint is ok. I'll definitely do some practicing - I'll have to make up the pipes to the radiators before I attach them anyway, so I can have a go and have a good look before I attach it. Cheers guys.
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    Newby soldering question....

    Ok, so I'm in the middle of renovating my girlfriends house - I'm halfway through the bathroom and I'm about to replace a radiator (which will involve moving pipes) and I will be replacing the toilet, the bath and the sink.....which will inevitably involve moving pipes......I'll then be moving...
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    Trying to turn off feed to radiators....

    All very helpfull! I'll give it a go tonight. Thanks!!
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    Trying to turn off feed to radiators....

    How do I 'cap the vent' - All of what you say makes sense and I will eventually add TRV's to all the rads, at the moment though I just need a quick fix so I can carry on decorating - chances are I'll be putting a different rad on this one when I get to it and all the current fittings are 15mm to...
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    Trying to turn off feed to radiators....

    Hi, I took off a radiator to do some decorating, which was fine, but I must have twisted one of the valves as I loosened it as it started to leak from the nut where it joins to the pipe. The leak gets better if I tighten the nut but doesn't completely stop (a small drip will form over...
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    Plasterboard in bathroom

    Hi, I'm about to start replacing a bathroom. It's currently tiled around the bath area (bath top to ceiling around the bath). I'm intending to rip the whole lot out, plasterboard and re-fit a new suite. Around the bath, from what i've read, aquapanel would be best - I'm thinking...
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    Baxi solo 3 pfl 60 fan replacement question

    haha! Thanks guys (I think!) I got a heating engineer to fit the new fan and service/get the boiler going. He charged £100, so all good. Dazza
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    Baxi solo 3 pfl 60 fan replacement question

    Hi, I'm about to replace the fan on the above boiler (before getting an RGI to check/service it) - when I took the old fan off, it was stuck to the top with mastic........what type of mastic do I need to use in the new fan? Thanks, Darren
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