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I want to renovate our wooden stairs however I’m not sure the best way of doing it. I’ve attached a picture and as you can see its been stained or varnished. It has a number of marks and scratches and therefore I have a number of questions: 1. Is anyone able to tell what the varnish/stain...

I purchased the above over a year ago but for various reasons have only opened the box today to discover that inhibitor must be used as it's made of mild steel. We have an old primatic cylinder heating system and therefore cannot use inhibitor. However, I assume that all the radiators in...

Thanks for all the replies. This dishwasher is only 3 years old. The consumer unit was new about 14 months ago. I have tested the RCD and it tripped as soon as I pressed the test button. It's an 80a 30mA one. I have reported this to the supplier Kenwood (Currys) and they are arranging...

Was loading the dishwasher when there was a flash and bang from the hinge area. Checked consumer unit and the circuit breaker had tripped (32a), but not the RCD. Took off the back panel of the washer and discovered that a wiring loom was relatively tightly pressed against the edge of part of the...

I'm in the process of laying a slate floor and have sealed them before laying them. According to the instructions on the tile sealer the coverage rate is around 10 sq metres per litre. However, I'm getting something like 10x this rate so I must be doing something wrong! The instructions state...

Many thanks for your help. Just one further question. If I was to turn it into a fully pumped system I understand that the expansion pipe, the supply pipe and the pump have/should be close together. Therefore, would the easiest way to achieve this would be by adding an additional pump on...

I've taken the tank out and there was just the following: 1) mains into the tank (15mm) 2) overflow 3) cold feed from the tank to the bottom of the cylinder (22mm) All the taps are connected to the mains. Edit: so where is the supply to the boiler!? Is there some mechanism...

It appears that it is something odd, but there was a label attached to the cylinder specifically stating that only one tank was required, so this would indicate that it was installed correctly. If it's not a primatic and it has been installed correctly and is not leaking should I just leave...

Thanks for the reply. Here is a picture of the cylinder and the old header tank There is one vent pipe (22mm) which comes of the hot water pipe at the top of the cylinder and then another vent pipe (15mm) which is connected to the top coil pipe. It's the latter vent pipe which I...

Thanks for the replies. Yes I am planning to connect the tank up now as I assume that I can connect the feed/supply pipe from the new central heating f&e tank to the lower coil pipe from the cylinder (it's a gravity system)? Will it be ok to use 15mm pipe for the feed/supply pipe or should it be...

I want to eventually replace a primatic cylinder with a usual indirect one but is there any problem with putting in a separate f&e tank for the heating system before I get round to replacing the cylinder. I'm in the process of replacing the old combined f&e tank at the moment and I thought...

Thanks for the replies. That's exactly what I mean, but I'm just surprised that a joint that can move will not leak. I'll give it go and if they do leak I'll have to get the fixed size ones as mentioned by happyplumber.

I've just fitted one of these: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/17552/Plumbing/Radiator-Valves/Adjustable-Radiator-Valve-Tail-Union-Type but the connection between the tail pipe and the nut in the radiator is not tight and it moves if you pull the valve. Having looked at it I cant see any...

There are a number of new irons that come with a 3m long flex, or at least there were in 2008 when we replaced our old one. However, there are far more than only have a 2m lead.

I have replaced a number of old radiator valves but the new ones are slightly smaller which leaves them about 10mm short of the pipework. The pipework is stainless steel and therefore relatively hard to bend, therefore I assume I will have to buy something like this...