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Not balanced properly. You can check this by closing off some or all of the hot radiators and see if the luke warm ones get hotter. If this works let us know and someone will tell how to balance properly.

You can but you may need to upgrade your pump. If it is fed by 15mm pipes/flexis then it won't be sufficient to use multiple outlets at the same time. The only problem when doing this is that your toilets will be pumped and that means the pump going off in the middle of the night when someone...

I'm not sure but does it not have writing on the front of the handle. It looks like it does but I can't make it out.

You only actually need one vent pipe on the property if they all link into the same drain. So you could get away with an AAV but obviously as stated running a proper vent is always preferrable. It must be either 900mm above the top any window opening within 3000mm or just 3000mm away from the...

You should be able to shut off your incoming water main and that should isolate both the hot and the cold as you have a mains fed cylinder. The hot may take a little longer to stop running due to the pressure built up with in the cylinder. Take the opportunity to fit an isolation valve under the...

Also I wouldn't fit isolating valves to heating pipes. In my experience the constant heating and cooling hence expanding and contracting always tends to end up with the valves leaking from the centre. As a personal rule I never fit balofix valves to heating pipes. They tend to end up with having...

Firstly it will melt the ice and secondly the water in the pipe will stop the pipe getting hot enough for the solder to run properly within the fitting. You will have to go with compression or push fit.

No it won't bleed air from upstairs at a lower point. If you connect a pressure gauge to one of the tails you are capping off you can just check to see if the pipework maintains pressure overnight. It won't matter if there's air in the pipe. Alternatively you could cap off upstairs with balofix...

Personally it's the money aspect that is the drama. You're rin I that it will look better when it is grouted etc. but that doesn't make it any less of a **** job that has been massively over priced.

Well said DH

Obviously a lower flow temperature will result in lower fuel costs. However you need to find the point at which you are still able to maintain a comfortable temperature within the property. If as you say you found that 55C was working quite well that then poses the problem of not being able to...

Top man. It's not true what they say about you. You're actually alright. Only joking mate, you're a legend.

Solvent weld glue.

If I was doing the tiling for £35 a square meter I'd probably only end up with £100 a day. I charge £350 for a days labour so it's just not worth my while doing tiling jobs myself if I take on a whole bathroom. Plus I'd rather be doing plumbing work. I can't stand tiling. That's what makes me...

I assume you mean the thermostatic cartridge. You could try removing the handle and rotating the thermostatic control further to the cold. The handle will only let you control the temperature within a certain range but without the handle it should rotate further. Failing that you probably need...

Why on earth would you get a plumber to do the tiling? He can't be doing that well as a plumber either or he wouldn't have the time to do it. I never have the time to do anything other than plumbing and wouldn't do it anyway as I'm not trained to do so. I use a decent tiler who charges me £25 -...

Sounds like the flow switch or capacitor has gone or is on the way out. Obviously the flow switch is the part that senses the flow of water and activates the pump and the capacitor actually gets the impeller spinning. When it's not spinning yet the shower is open can you hear a sound that...

RS components will have everything you need. I set up a similar system in a rain water well to remove ground water from a basement flat. As stated you cannot use mains voltage due to the close proximity of water and the dangers that come with this but it is quite simple to use say a 12v supply...

It'll be 3/4" on the connection to the radiator insert. You need a special key to remove the part within the radiator and then replace it with the newer 1/2" by 15mm compression styled insert. Otherwise you can still buy lockshield valves that will be 15mm compression on the pipe connection and...

There may be an inlet filter that needs cleaning. Search for the instruction manual online and there's usually a trouble shooing section or at the very least a schematic to show where the filter is hiding.