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Thanks for your reply. When I turn the heating on I hear the pump start up, the boiler fires up then everything seems to cut out after about 5-10 minutes. When I turn the heating off, then on again - nothing - complete silence. If i let everything cool down for 30 minutes or so then try...

Hi all, Had the heating on the other day and noticed that my radiators where not heating to their normal temperature. One radiator was completely stone cold, the others where warm, but not scalding hot. I've noticed as well that the pump is cutting out after about 5 minutes. I have an...

Hi all, Recently had my bathroom refurbished and delighted with the finished result. I've noticed the grout in the shower areas goes darker when it gets wet but then returns to normal when it dries. I asked my tiler if the grout needs sealed and he seemed confident it didnt Is this the...

I have an Ideal Mexico 2 boiler - would this be satisfactory for a mixer shower?

Thanks for the response, We have an old style boiler and I rarely take a shower at the same time each day, so keeping water warm enough all the time would almost certainly cost a lot more than running the electric shower when I need it. I'll speak to my plumber and see what he says to it...

Hi, I'll soon be getting a new shower installed. I've decided to stick with an electric shower but wondered if it would be possible to do away with the shower hose and and use a fixed head usually meant for a mixer shower. Is this asking for trouble or should it be relatively straight...

Hi 1John, I agree, my dad is a bit of an idiot. On the other hand I have been quoted around £500 for all the tiling including materials from various tilers. This to mee seems to be the vast majority of the work. The rest involves putting plasterboard on the ceiling and walls and a very...

It's 2 guys. The guy seemed to think low voltage light where the way to go because they apparently are brighter?

Thanks for the reply. Apparently it'll be a 7day job and no money changing hands till everything is signed off as satisfactory. I thought the price was OK at first but my dad has now convinced me that their expenses probably wont be any more than £500 so £2500 for a weeks labour seems hard to...

Hi, I was going to completely redo my bathroom but due to time constraints think it would be better to get the professionals in. I was hoping to spend £3000, almost 1000 of this is on tiles. This means £2000 for labour including all other building materials. My bathroom is tall, long and...

Thanks for all the replies. Finally got the toilet hooked up! It was ridiculously tricky! The problem is when sliding the toilet the threaded rods tended to push the bluck rocket connecting back intowards the toilet and the would just drop down to the floor! Anyways, know what im doing now...

There is access via holes for the alan key to tighten the screw Despite this im still having issues. Firstly, I suspect the black 'rocket' connector was back to front in my original post. I still think the hole at the back of the toilet is simply to big for the connector. When I screw the...

The only access I have to the bolts is from the underside of the pan. As the pan is only raised 5cm off the floor once its in position I have no access. There are holes either side of the pan where an alan key can be used to loosen the screw on the rubber 'rocket' connector I stumbled...

Again, thanks for the reply but Ive watched this before and it doesnt help At 4mins 45 seconds you can see the threaded screws go in along with a kind of card board covering which I have...Using this alone isnt an option as the holes at the back of the toilet are so wide meaning the pan will...

thanks again for the replis, Denso13, the pdf you posted is the same as the instructions that came with the cistern - I have all the parts plus these 2 additional black rubber connectors as pictured. I have tried to connect with and without the black connectors and both occasions failed...

MrBenchmark, Quite a brash assumption you've come to there but I appreciate your feedback none the less. Of course its obvious where the bolts go! I have taken them out to make it easy to take photographs, obviously The flushpipe is still to be filed and tapered at 45 degrees. The...

Hi all, Spent today attempting to install my new wall mounted toilet. Bought a Grohe rapid SL which I manged to connect without too much grief despite instructions being bloody awful! The toilet is from Bathaholic.co.uk which is compatible with the cistern The main problem i'm having now...