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If this "bucket" (that is tank) is the CW feed to a HW cylinder, then the open ended pipe is the normal expansion pipe for the HW cylinder. The OP wasn't clear as to which floor this item is located on. If it's on the ground floor its very unlikely that it is supplying a HW cylinder or a...

You can get wall thermostats that allow programming of several different temps for different times of the day. You don't need programmable TRVs to achieve this.

Some of these back to wall toilets had seat fixing screws that expanded the fixing below as you screwed from the top. You will need to remove the decorative caps to see the screw heads and should then be ablr to tighten the screws. Be aware, though, that other fixings were standard type, with...

I presume when the radiators went cold you did check that the boiler was still operating?

If you're going to use jointing compound, for goodness sake get some new stuff. Messing around with old stuff that "has gone a bit stiff" may cause more harm than good and is just not worth it. A tube or tub of new jointing compound is not expensive...

So how did you do it?

I fear that, even if you can establish the make, getting side panels for it might turn out to be impossible. I had a brand new Pro-Rad radiator delivered with damaged side panels and I suggested to the supplier that all I needed were some new ones, but he said they were just not available and...

I'd assumed that, when the OP said he had a "single radiator", that this meant it was a non-convector, single panel one. But I guess he could have meant he only had one radiator he wanted to replace. Perhaps the OP could clarify?

You'll never get a seal while water is actually leaking out of the flange. The only thing that might work is to drain the cylinder completely, then use heat to completely dry the flange and its surroundings. Then apply the sealant generously around the flange, forcing it into the gap between...

If the waste pipe is plastic then it will by subject to quite significant expansion as hot water from the shower passes through it. So you do need to surround the pipe with sand to allow for this movement.

Yes, just get a Type 22 double panel, double convector radiator of the same width as your current one. You still have freedom to make the height bigger if you want to. Steer clear of "designer" radiators - you'll struggle to get more heat out of them unless they are huge.

We need to see a picture of the underside. They'll likely be a nut or similar there that unscrews. You won't get anywhere trying to tackle it from the top

British Gas is notorious for declaring anything more than about 2 years old as "obsolete" because "parts aren't available". They generally are, but BG can't be bothered to source them. That's a good reason for not signing up to a BG maintenance plan and instead finding an independent local...

Ahh...sorry I misunderstood - I think the flapper is more usually known as the diaphragm, normally made from polythene and supported by a plastic grid, so it can initiate the siphon and then allow water from the cistern to flow past it. Flapper is the usual name for the valve at the entry to the...

Oh.. and siphons don't have "flappers" so I'm not clear what you've changed here.

That suggests to me that the water level in the cistern is too high when the float valve cuts off. If the water level is at the same height as "the bottom of the siphon top" (so to speak) the siphon will keep running. That's why when you hold the float valve up the siphon stops. Apologies if...

Just because the toilet cistern and bowl are Ideal Standard it doesn't mean that the inlet valve and flush valve are the same manufacturer - in fact it's quite unlikely that a manufacturer of ceramic goods would also make plastic valves. If you still can't find the parts you need, replacement of...

Since you fitted new valves to the new upstairs radiators, and if you didn't deliberately set the lockshields, it's likely that they are as they were supplied - completely open. THAT'S why all the hot water is preferentially going through the upstairs radiators and by passing the downstairs...

If you only put on the towel radiator when you're actually using the bathroom, it'll not get very warm in there at all because you're only in there for a short time. It's not like turning off a radiator in a room you don't plan to use for a longish time. I agree with the plumbing shop guy -...

The picture is very blurry but it looks like a lot of the PTFE tape has come out as you screwed the tail into the radiator. This is because you've wrapped it the wrong way. It needs to be wrapped so it's forced into the direction of the thread as you screw it in.