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I hope you havn`t payed him ! Get him back to sort that mess out, designer radiator with a 10mm plastic flow and a 15mm copper return would look terrible ! it should still work but i cant understand why he should think thats acceptable.

Hot and cold drain offs = just drains off valves to drain off your hot and cold water supplies to your taps. Aslong as they are heating circuits and the valves and be removes and the new pipes attached to the existing pipes you`ll be fine.

Obvyesly check the valves are heating circuits first and not hot and cold drain offs.

If you can remove the drain off valves and connect new pipework to the existing pipework then yes, you dont need to know which is flow and return aslong as you use Bi-directional TRV which most are.

The bit i am talking about that needs sealing is not on the outside of the enclosure, it is in the channel that first fixes to the wall, inside that U-Shaped channel at the bottom where it meets the shower tray. then the screen slides into this channel, i will try and find a picture.

Where abouts in Manchester are you ?

You may have a partial airlock from when he drained the system down, if you have any mixer taps in your house wrap a sponge in a cloth and place it over the tap, open the hot tap first then the cold for about 10-15 seconds, this will force mains pressured cold water through the hot water...

Sounds like the installer didn't seal the bottom of the fixing strips that are attached to the wall which the shower enclosure then slide onto and fix too, you're going to have take the shower enclosure out and put a small silicone seal on the inside of the strip attached to the wall at the very...

Pardon?

Right ill try and explain as best i can. Girlfriends parents got a small holiday home in remote part of wales so no gas. They have a Worcester Greenstar Heatslave External oil fed boiler which has always worked fine. Recently started playing up, C/H works fine but when trying to use the hot...

I can relate to you, im 21.. i took construction as a GCSE, once you finish school you need to find a company to start your apprentaship with which is easier said than done. phone around small joinery firms in your local area.. i went into plumbing rather than joinery but did my 3 year...

What do we think of what ? Wheres the link ?

What system do you have, are both the hot and cold being pumped.. have you checked the pump inlets aren't blocked ?

Who installed it ? Get them back and get them to cover any costs or work involved making the job right.

Easily. I left school when i was still 15 as my birthday is in august, i worked for a while before i finished school on my school holidays and weekends.

Some great advice guys really appreciate it, I think im going to save as much as i can till the end of the year and maybe look at starting up next year. Regarding accountants ive never really had much dealing with them, when do you pay them and how much roughly ?

Why time bombs ? Why do people always asume young trademen only do bad work ?

Youre best reposting this in the Decorating and Painting forum mate, Good luck.

You`re best reposing this in the windows and doors forum.

Yes the pipe that runs through the wall outside then turns back down the wall. do you have one of them attached to a radiator ? If not just place a cup under a bleed valve and keep empying untill your back to the correct pressure.