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Bad luck you have no recall due to mobile theft. As a professional property developer you will have received invoices from your plumber with all his details thereon. Accepted you no doubt handed these over to your accountant but as they will keep these for 6 years ask them nicley and they will...

Coming to the end of the bathroom refit but need some advice about the new WC. Existing soil pipe comes out of wall, it is a steel soil pipe with the end of the pipe bell shaped where the old WC was pushed in and puttied up. I propose using an angle grinder to shorten pipe so that WC will sit...

Have refurbishing my bathroom. Putting in new Architeckt Concealed Thermostatic Shower mixer. The hot and cold connections are supplied with olive and compression nut. As old shower was 22mm connections this one is 15mm, I propose keeping the 22mm pipework to within 10inches then join by...

Sorry to come back after all this time but I struggled to obtain info asked for. However my neighbour's son sorted out the security for me when I asked his advice ,just for the info! After acouple of weeks I now have problems getting onto the internet and I do not know if there is a...

Did exactly the same this afternoon, with the tools you mention. Make sure your chisel is sharp, makes it much easier, mine wasn't to start with but resharpened it and it was great. When you use the angle grinder wear a mask and make sure the door is closed and the window open!

Softus, many thanks, turned off system completely, waited for an hour turned back on. Immediately there was a loud gurgling noise and then like running water in lounge rad and it heated up. Opened up hall rad same again gurgling etc. Just one little question, now airlocks has moved where...

Softus done as you suggested. Opened the valves, yes water does come out. Shut down all of the system except the two offending rads. One would expect rapid warming up of these but this did not happen. After about 15 minutes warmth has made its way to the lounge rad. but not hot and the...

Thanks Softus, I will try that tomorrow. I take it that will either show there is an airlock and/or move it. Whilst on could you explain something for me; I had a open gravity system which I understood where the air went, upwards and out. This was rplaced 3 years ago. I now have a sealed...

Sorry does this help? I discovered that my downstairs cloakroom radiator was heated via the hot water circuit. When an extension was built before I bought the house the room next to the cloakroom had a radiator fitted fed from the cloakroom radiator pipes. The rad never worked correctly...

I discovered that my downstairs cloakroom radiator was heated via the hot water circuit. When an extension was built before I bought the house the room next to the cloakroom had a radiator fitted fed from the cloakroom radiator pipes. The rad never worked correctly so I changed both on to main...

Seems like a long time ago since posting but over the last few days I have carried out the operation as initially asked about. The new radiator and cloakroom worked really well off the main central heating system. Unfortunately I have run into another problem, hopefully one that someone with...

Many thanks, the top circuit is what I am after. All the downstairs rads are fed by pipes coming from upstairs and I had to do drain these individually on decorating, bit of a job sometimes as when the system was put in the installers forgot and only put in one, yes one drain cock on one rad...

I connect to the internet via wi-fi to a broadband router. This is not encrypted and from what I am reading I ought to be. I have tried to read up how to do this to no avail. Can someone help this silver surfer with simple step by step language how to achieve this security need of encryption...

Thanks Craig, forgot that the rubber thingy could break loose. How about the next time I drain down, could I put a T compression fitting inline and fit a drain cock to this? I was caught at a previous house and the "wife" has never forgotten!

To drain down my upstairs central heating, I am gradually re-radiatoring(?) as I decorate, I have to use a drain cock in my lounge; this always risks the "blackstuff" on the carpet however careful I am. I have just noticed that my kitchen radiator is fed by flow and return pipes that run down...

No the tiles are stuck onto an aquapanel or solid walls (plastered) in all the showers (enclosures). The worst occurence is on the one that has a fixed shower head which tends to "drip-run" when turned off for a few seconds. Will suggest the shower spray to the wife. As we live in Severn Trent...

A plea from my wife. The grouting in our three showers keeps being stained an orange colour, obviously from the water. I have emptied the cold water tank and completely cleaned it out. Any ideas what could be the cause and is there anything we can do to cure the problem

If you do turn of the lockshield make a note of how many turns it takes to close off, down to quarter turns. When you then turn back on you will know exactly how far to open it so keeping the system balancing right.

I fitted a shower in the same way over ten years ago. Used the old JG Speedfit fittings available then, the newer ones are much better and I have had no problems whatsoever. It was so much easier to get round corners obstacles etc as it is bendable. The shower is in constant use at least 5...

Would not worry, it is believed the Volcano eruption this week at reunion Island has produced more CO2 in two days than man has in the last 12 months!