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My current pump is a Grunfos 15-50 x 18 and its on its way out, it was noisy anyway but after stripping it down and removing numerous insect carcasses and a rusting screw from the blades :shock: it is really grumbling now. The only issue i have is that grunfos do not do this model anymore so...

i went with the Y plan option, i bought the parts separately and got an engineer to install the plumbing parts and an electrician to do the rest, it cost me about £300 in total which wasn't to bad but the difference it makes is huge. Half hour for the water is enough now and the heating is much...

gash2024 every trades is getting hit right now mate...if its tile fixing you want to get into,then stick with your job just now and do some tile fixing for family and friends see how you get on,there are courses,but i dont know much about these. i started off in this as a wee boy..then you...

Before i go any further i would like to say thanks for the response :wink: . Just out of interest it would be nice to know what jobs is considered a good choice in the industry at the moment, there seems to be an ever increasing amount of new jobs that are branching off the traditional ones so...

Hi Richard, i currently work in a warehouse, its a career i got into 10 years ago because the money was good and although its might seem hard for some to believe you did have to be a good worker with a good record to get into the better companies. Things have changed a lot now and the industry...

I am fed up with my current career path and i am interested in becoming a tiler. I have a variety of experience in DIY but when it comes to tiling all i have done is a some grouting and tile cutting. Things are stacked against me as i am nearing 29 so i would be grateful of any ideas that would...

Iam looking to spend upto £1000 so i was thinking cellotex (i think thats what its called) would be adequate. Is there anything better than this for the money?

Its o.k john i have no intention of cutting anything :D, well maybe the loft hatch to install a loft ladder but i will seek advice on that. As we all know lofts are freezing in the winter and roasting in the summer so it goes without saying that the roof will need to be insulated, the floor of...

I have no intention of fitting a permanent stairway into the loft, by games room i mean a place to setup large layouts for things like trains and scalextric, my son is mad on both of them and i have seen some examples of the loft conversions i am thinking of. I don't wan't to make it into a room...

I am thinking about converting our loft into useful storage space/games room, its a fairly recent build (1986). I was thinking 100mm of roll insulation covered with chipboard for the deck and 100mm kingspan between the rafters with plasterboard over the top. Obviously there will be some other...

Its just strange that it is there because the system was very dirty before but never had any mould. I've just drained a little of the water out at the boiler and its got black sediment coming out so iam going to give it another flush and refill, it does'nt surprise me its got dirty again...

I kept a bit back but only about a cup full, i put it in when the system was free of air but i have since removed one radiator to decorate.

Last year i flushed out the heating system with fernox F3, flushed all the radiators, refilled the system and added fernox F1. I noticed at the start of this year whilst in the loft there was a small amount of white scum in the tank that looked like dried paint, i removed it and i thought that...

Whats the expected room temperatures for a 3 bed semi that has double glazing,cavity (poly bead) and loft insulation fitted? I appreciate they will all be different but what would a plumber be hoping to achieve.

whats the best way to test if your pumps working as it should?

just out of interest is it possible to wire the pump the wrong way round? Just an idea :wink: . Something else, just as a check can you make sure the stop cocks either side of the pump are fully open as we had a pump replaced once and one stop cock was'nt open fully so it wasnt able to push...

as i said gremlin life is never so simple. I think a rough quote based around everything being fairly easy going isnt difficult but iam sure the guy could have a look and see if something is different and expect or roughly work out himself how much extra it would cost. Just one thing though if...

I will attempt to explain to you flozz in simple english why you will have trouble in getting a rough quote on these forums. First off the people that are likely to give you a quote will be plumbers and they dont like you shopping around for prices or checking the price that you have been given...

To be honest as its likely to get alot of dirt and moisture in an area like that and its a big gap to fill i would use something like this http://www.wickes.co.uk/Sealants-Specialist/Polycarbonate-Sealant/invt/240200 ive used this stuff before and its really good, you might have to go over the...

Thats the thing though, theres wuite a bit of water inside of the frame because on the large windows of the house these drain holes are missing :( . They are in the windows but not in the frame which i cant quite understand. We dont normally open the windows that much during the day but this...