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Please update when the the borehole is sunk and water flowing - it would be nice to know how good the diviner is.

Any movement on the water meter, ten minutes after last water use? After an hour?

https://www.plumbers-mate-sales.co.uk/bar-shower-mixer-overhead--shower-hose-diverter---58005031-5160-p.asp Any good?

It's your property, not his. Unless his quotation stated that he would remove it from your premises he has neither the right nor any obligation to take it. He does come over as a bit of jobsworth, though; he could easily douse it in water, remove and bag up any suspected asbestos panels or...

Never came across a Part One that wasn't ancient.. edit: by plumbing standards, I guess, not geological. A mesozoic ballcock would upset the world of archeology...

Yes, what the heck is the longer copper pipe? Gas, condensate (!!!!) or unvented D2? At least the installer seems to have taken some care with the flue termination.

No, fire could be used, subject to the above. The fire will then just have an extra lump of metal behind it, albeit a hollowed out one with a bit of residual water in it. So long as it is not hermetically sealed no problem with heating it to 400C or whatever a coal fire achieves. You might want...

Forget using the fire to heat water. Drain the back boiler. You can leave it in place but if so do not seal the pipework- leave open ends. Otherwise you would be building a pressure cooker. Fit a direct cylinder with immersion element(s), set up to use mainly off-peak electricity. You could...

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Not heard of "waterweld" but recommend CT1 or Fernox LSX for this kind of bodge. Clean surfaces well first!

Poor integration/lapping of tiles to flashing particularly at the sides.

Google the fitting instructions for your proposed screen. You will find the fitting adjustments and tolerances there.

Adjacent cylinder makes no sense to me: how would the heated water find its way into the loop?

You need a HETAS engineer with the relevant "wet" plumbing qualification. Mucking about with extra valves on the F&R of a solid fuel boiler is seriously inadvisable.

As above, 15mm compression elbow onto shower inlet spigot. These jobs are never like for like; some modification of pipework/cabling position is always required IME.

Imperial sized hexes? https://handtoolessentials.com/blog/tools/hex-key-conversions-allen-wrench/

15 litres is the UK maximum size. Above that requires installation with the full unvented safety group, discharge pipe and expansion vessel, and should only be undertaken by a G3 qualified engineer...

I have a vague memory that these came with a tool for fitting (which will have been chucked away or lost). If pump pliers won't reach in situ then in the worst case remove sink from worktop to get access. Admittedly a pain in the artefact.

Nomenclature; 7.5-10.8kw on mains water = electric shower Intergral pump on gravity feeds with weedy cable = power shower

It does. In the picture 11/2" washer shown captive, 2" shown seperate.