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Hi :) I've got a open/vented system in my 1990's two story house. There are two tanks in the attic, one large cold water tank, and one smaller c/h expansion tank. Both tanks are fed by 15mm cold mains via a ball valve. The overflow pipe from the smaller tank drips (slowly, but regularly -...

Hi :D Continuing my DIY plastering adventures, having done two bathrooms and smoothed over a couple of ceilings, I'm going to have a crack at the conservatory pictured. Wife wants all the brick plastered, to be finished ready for paint (no tiling). I've never plastered onto bare...

Cheers for the responses - the screwheads you can see are whwre I raised a section on the t&g (glued tounge) boards to replace With 18mm ply under the shower tray and the bit on the right was a small peice I took up just to move a radiator pipe into the wall so I could have angled valves on...

P.S ignore the stuff on the tray - its just dead weight to hold it down while the sealant around the base of the wall panels dries. Also, I won't be using that tubbed adhesive, it's leftover from a previous job. The powered stuff under the hoover is for this floor :D Tom

Hi :D First, the picture; When I installed the shower tray, I replaced that section of floorboard with 18mm ply, levelled it with packers and laid it on a solid bed of bonding plaster. To be level, it needed the left hand side raising about 6-7mm as you can see by the gap in the...

Ah, air admittance valve, gotya, cheers mate, tom

Cheers for the response, whats an AAV?

Hi :D Just plumbing in a new bathroom. It makes logical sense in the room to plumb the sink waste into the pan connector so it flows into the soil pipe. I've bought a right angle pan connector that has a 32mm socket on it to take the sink waste. Should I be putting a non return valve...

Yes I did...see first post! :D You are right that I'm trying to buy a cheap fire on the internet...however I hadn't even got as far as having quotes from anyone on fitting. Think we'll need to save a bit and fork out for a local supply & fit. Cheers again for all the posts, Tom

Alright cheers mate, will go with that! Sadly however, I just noticed that the tray has a huge crack across the back of it, so I've got to wait till Tuesday for a replacement before I can bed the new one down and fit the panels....

Cheers - any reason why no one would want to fit a balanced flue fire through the wall instead?

Hi :D I ask this in the Tiling Forum rather than in woodwork because I guess Shower Panels are closer to tiling than anything else! Anyway, I'm fitting three shower panels around a shower tray. - The tray is 1200x900mm - I've got two 900mm panels and one 1200mm panel...

Oh dear, Well, after posting this on 'rated people' thre times, and each time the job expired without any interest from a single gas man. I've rung around everyone 'Gas Safe' in my local area and still found nobody willing to take on the job... The only interested party are the local...

Thanks very much for all the responses. Since one or two people mentioned dimensions, the flue is 90mm x 325mm. I've posted a job up on the 'RatedPeople' website for someone to come and inspect it to determine fit for use or not (we're in Bristol, should any of you be nearby!)... I'm...

I see.......why did housing developers bother to install them if they are good as worthless? How much should I be looking at to install a balanced flue gas fire (ground floor), assuming I expand the gap as necessary and fit the hearth/surround myself? Cheers for the input, Tom

Hi :D I've recently moved into a new house, and an doing some renovations. We're trying to get a gas ire put into the lounge. There was no fire there originally, but, having found a capped-off gas pipe on the wall, explored a bit to find a pre-cast flue hidden behind the plasterboard. The...

They can't be that rare - they're sold on Victoira plumb too! What's likely to go wrong with it?

Hi, yep the female side has a small taper on the outer edge, I presume you mean a rubber washer? I'll try and buy some tomorrow, thnx v much for the replies.

P.S Neither the valve nor the 3/4" fittings came with any O-rings. Shoud I try and source 4 of those?

Hi :) I'm doing an upstairs bathroom and have just fitted one of the lovely 'Bathstore' triple shower valves (hot in, cold in, bath filler out, shower out). The threads mounted inside the valve seemed unusual so I called bathstore and asked how to connect to them. They advised using...