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Is there a specific tool for holding the tank boss or just use an adjustable?

Next question is how do I get the valve out? All the pipes are secure and I can't see how there would be enough give to get it out. I'm worried about trying to force something and breaking the tank. Cheer for the tip on filling the system to check for leaks, better than having to go...

I've got to drain my central heating system to replace the mid-position valve as it has seized. When I refill it when do I put the inhibitor in? It's an open vented system, so do I just pour it in the header tank and turn the water on to fill it and let it mix in the system or is there...

I wouldn't have one if I was paying for it. My parents one suffered a scaled up heat exchanger in less than 12 months and my sisters stopped putting out hot water, only central heating. Both combis. I'm just waiting for the one in the house I've bought to die on me. It's just had a new...

Our porch had a problem with mildew on the inside of the exterior walls so the other half tried to wash it down with mould remover and wiped the paint off right down to the plaster with a wet cloth. I've tried repainting it, watered down matt white first then bathroom paint to stop the mould...

Due to issues with the boiler I've had to use the immersion heater for the first time since I moved into the house. But it got far too hot. When I took the cover off the power cable was wired directly to the element and bypassed the thermostat. There is still a metal link from the thermostat...

That looks perfect, don't suppose you know what the diameter of the rose is? I haven't registered on their site as I'm not a trader. The omnly other thing I could find was an ERA one that looks far too much like a hotel room door handle.

I'd be interested in where you can get replacement American style knobsets. In my case they are marked as kwikset and sound similar with big holes chopped out of a molded hollow door with a big diameter rose covering it. The 2 knobs clamp together with screws from one side. The latch is 2.75...

Clean it all out and get some mold resistant silicone for bathrooms. like this

The problem is that due to the small volume of water a modern washing machine uses on the wash cycle you probably wouldn't get any of the green heated water into the machine, depending on the length of the supply pipe. So it would have to heat it anyway and would have to move some of your...

The local tesco has a couple of conveyor belt help yourself tills. But if your shopping backs up past a certain point you have to stop and bag some so you can scan more. While bagging some some stupid kids walk up and start scanning their sweets, realise with help what they are doing and...

You'll get a far higher emf from the circuits in your house than the substation over the road.

Looking at the O2 website you can upgrade 1 month early. But how about rather than telling them that you feel you have paid enough for your phone and want a new one you explain that your phone is on it's last legs and could they help you out by letting you upgrade early and add the remaining...

The bath and shower were installed before I bought the house, so I doubt that the bath was sealed to the wall before the tiles we put on. I did reseal the bath about 2 months ago because I thought that was the source of the leak and it's still leaking in the same place. The previous owners...

The shower is upstairs over the bath. It's not the trap or waste, I can see that and it's bone dry. It comes out the bottom of the bath, has a u bend and goes out the wall. The leak seems to be coming form the other end of the bath. Can grout leak more with hot water than with cold? If...

I've got a water leak from the bathroom into the kitchen below from the bath/shower area but I can't work out where from. The shower is buried in the wall and I can see the water dripping down the wall under the bath. I've put a plastic disk in the shower hose and left it on to pressurise...

I've just moved and the garage in the new house leaks. I've traced it to a leak between the floor and the wall. The garage is a concrete base with the walls built on top. At a few places the joint isn't seal properly and water is coming through. The wall retains next doors garden to a...

So in the experiance of people who are familiar with these fittings, if the op never fitted the inserts would it have taken 5 months to leak or would it have never sealed and leaked instantly?