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I've used those recently - worked a treat. I didn't need a special tool for the ones I used - the front face had a couple of little indentations which dig into the plaster and prevent the whole thing from spinning, once tightened.

When I replaced my central heating system last year, I used copper upstairs (22mm and 10mm microbore) and plastic downstairs (22mm and 15mm SpeedFit). I used plastic downstairs purely for convenience, because I've got exposed floorboards so didn't want to start taking too many boards up - the...

I have two toilets and two sinks that all join to a horizontal soil pipe before it exits vertically down through the house, so I don't think this is necessarily the cause of your problem. There are presumably guidelines as to the slope required, although judging by the length of my horizontal...

You'd be daft not to put radiators in the kitchen and dining room - better to have them and have to turn them down than to find out you need them and have to add them later. Also - be careful about relying on towel rails for heat in a bathroom, unless your bathroom is tiny - the smaller ones...

It's not often you get people removing a shower from a bathroom - you're obviously not concerned about putting off prospective buyers ! It might make sense to trace the pipes back and cap them off before they go into the wall, to reduce the risk of inaccessible pipes leaking in the future (if...

I have a 6-way version of this in my home office : http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9827796/Trail/C%24cip%3D1500011405.Sound%2Band%2Bvision%3EC%24cip%3D1500011414.Electrical%2Baccessories%3EC%24cip%3D1500011416.Leads%2C%2Bconnectors%2Band%2Badaptors.htm In my case, the...

Only having control on the boiler itself isn't really considered adequate these days. It's possible that your boiler may keep running even though your rooms are up to temperature and this is obviously a waste of energy.

Yes - Google 'flexible pan connector' and you should see a few options.

for illustrative purposes only, of course ! :)

Before I replaced my entire central heating system in my 1970's 4-bed detached house, the system comprised of a 35-year-old conventional boiler, hot water cylinder and 14 radiators. There were no other gas appliances in the house, we had electric showers and the meter reading for Nov/Dec/Jan was...

Stelrad and Myson are two popular radiator manufacturers. I recently fitted some brand new Myson Premier HE radiators and one of the vent screws (like you pictured) sheared in half when I tightened it. Fortunately, on these radiators, the whole housing unscrews so I got Myson to post me a...

Yes, you can get soil pipe couplers like this : http://www.screwfix.com/prods/14551/Plumbing/Soil-Vent/Pipe-Coupler-Double-Socket-Grey ..although it would presumably pay to have as few joins as possible, to reduce the risk of leaks. Could you replace the existing piece with a longer...

Colder mains water at this time of year can make a difference to the temperature/flow balance - ie. the flow decreases in order to heat the water to a comfortable temperature. If your previous model was a 10.8kW model (they're usually 9.5 or 10.8kW in my experience), then yes - you would have...

Wouldn't a system boiler have those ? (Conventional-style boiler on a pressurised system)

I doubt it - the important thing is that you have one that meets the requirements and it shouldn't matter who fitted it. You just need to find out how big the vent needs to be and where it should be situated.

A basin wrench didn't help with my seized tap - the extra leverage I achieved with the 2' breaker bar certainly didn't give the result I was after, that's for sure ! I'd come home to find mains pressure cold water spraying into the sink and discovered that the washer had failed...

I'm not sure if a domestic boiler in an average-sized house could actually use that much gas in a month ! How big is your house and what have your previous bills been like ?

TRVs can be shut off by turning them clockwise by hand until they are fully closed. The same is true for lockshield valves, although you may need to remove the decorative cap if fitted and use a spanner or something suitable to grip the pin and turn fully clockwise. If your system is...

Good effort ! If you're going to paint the shelves, then I'd fill in the gaps with decorator's caulk using a cartridge gun - this doesn't tend to be sandable but can be over-painted, so do it before you apply the top gloss coats and smooth it off with a wet finger, let it dry and then gloss...

Any reason why not, out of interest ?