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Hi all Have been reading many posts about pumping over into FE tank. One solution often given is to raise height of expansion pipe in loft, and forming an inverted U into tank. Because of the location of location of airing cupboard and pipe work, any increase in height of expansion pipe...

Hello all Doesanyone have experience using "Calchem Cleanser/Descaler & Inhibitor"; and the cleanser, inhibitor and descaler from Tower, which are sold by Toolstation at a fraction of the prices of the more well-known brands of additives? Thanks

Thank you so much for swift responses and confirming a suspician!

Hi all. I am just in process of moving a radiator. Have lifted a few floorboards and am a bit puzzled by pipework layout installed by previous owners. System is indirect. The picture is layout of first floor pipework, serving 4 rads upstairs. "B" is where pipework enters first...

Have uploaded photos as promised. The skirting is 310mm high. Here, the rad is a Quinn 1400 x 600. I didn't want to add battens behind the brackets on this one as the increased depth would be seen from the doorway. I used an electric router to cut a groove into the skirting. The groove into the...

Will do. Promise. Give me a couple of days!

Hi I need to run two 3 metre lengths of 22mm copper pipe for central heating, off of which will be spurs for 2 rads. Pipes will have the large wall insulation. The 22mm pipes will run at perpendicular to floor joists. However, there is only about 100mm between concrete floor and bottom of...

Radiators are now fixed to wall! I battened out one, as ChrisR suggested. This one was on a window wall where the extra gap between wall and rad would not be noticed. For two others, I used an electric router to cut a 30mm wide x 75mm long groove into the skirting. :oops: Didn't like to...

Thanks guys! I suppose a lot of it comes down to personal taste. In this instance I don't like the idea of the rad being 13-14" off the floor. If it is lower then you won't see the dirt! :D With 6" skirting I would prefer to have it 1" above skirting. I had considered chopping the skirting...

Hi I want to replace two very old radiators downstairs (with new Quinns elswhere). Here, the skirting boards are 310mm tall. Have had a look at specs for the major suppliers and have found that because of the hanging lug positions the I am limited to how near the floor I can get. With a...

Thanks for that guys - just wanted to double check before doing anything. By the way, the six-foot binder in question is the only one in the loft! All joists are 4x2 and no sagging!

Thanks for those replies. I don't anticipate boarding out the loft and, in this instance, will need to replace the whole binder. Fortunately there is little in the way of bowing. Noseall's suggestion about beefing up the size of the binder struck a chord. At the moment the 4" face of the...

I need to temporarily remove a 6ft binder (4x2 inches) that runs at 90 degrees to loft joists, to enable me to double up joists either side of loft hatch. Any suggestions, please, how to re-fix without causing damage to lath and plaster ceiling?

Thanks for all your replies - it has been most illuminating. Wanted to get several pipes to run between two of the upright studs. I will not be touching wall until I have got in a structural engineer.

I could also make a faux door lining on each side, and have 2ft wide bedroom doors! :wink: :wink:

Alas, can't build faux stud wall as there are door frames either side on the adjacent walls :(

Hi guys Thanks for replies so far. It has given me much to think about and I certainly do not intend hacking away at studs! I have just posted two new images. Have amended plan slightly to show position of diagonals to centre upright. The grey shaded areas are brick walls that continue...

Can anyone help with this please? Want to run pipework inside lath and plaster stud wall and place new cold water tank in loft. Stud wall supported by brick supporting wall below. After a bit of poking about and removing small areas of plaster, realised that there appears to be no...

I have decided to purchase a Smiths SS5 plinth heater after seeing posts on this forum. Please excuse my ignorance on this matter: I see that Smiths also sell a remote thermostat, and have seen their wiring diagram. The instructions for the heater states that the factory-fitted cord must...

Thanks Chri5 Yes, indeed, the the plaster in one room is so thick that a 25mm box could be fitted without chiseling the studs! We did not consider the use of flat plates - we would be happy with standard ones but I think it could be worth having the option in the future to replace them with...