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Thanks. This seems the general consensus that thermo stores don't work especially in london (which I am). My options for a basement system. 1. Thermostore, sludge problem bad pressure, scalding taps, breakdown 2. Unvented plus expensive sump pump, bad pressure, high maintenance costs 3...

thanks. I'll check out these pumps. Do you know where I can read a review of the pro/cons of these thermal stores?

Just had a a plumber look at the problem and he has suggested a thermal store cylinder to get round the problem of having to set up drainage and still provide mains pressured hot water. Do they work?

Hold your horses. I'm not touching the the installation. Have had several people look at it and all are happy with the discharge going into a tank with a suitable pump in the tank taking the water to the drain. My question was to assess what the tech spec of the pump is that will be fitted...

thanks guys. I actually have an empty storage tank in the basement floor (no idea why!) which will fit 400+ litres so was think of letting the cylinder drain into that until i can think of a way of pumping it out. toby

Hi, I am upgrading my water cylinder to an unvented system. My cylinder is in the basement so I am looking at getting some sort of sump pump to allow for drainage from the cylinder. Can anyone tell me how much water discharge I can expect from an unvented cyclinder? My impression is that if...

Hi, I have a single story bay window which I want to remove and brick up the whole so the inside wall is flush. The bay has a 1 foot wide lead roof and is rectangular in shape. As there is nothing above the bay, can I assume that removing the bay structure alone won't bring the house...

As the pump is the lowest part of the entire plumbing system, surely by hooking up the hoses (which run vertically upwards from the pump) and opening the valves, the pump will be automatically flooded by all the water that is in the pipes above the valve points. So no need for the bucket...

That's the kind of advice I like! Perfect thanks t

Hi, My grundfos 2bar -ve head twin pump packed up and I have bought a like for like replacement. The old pump (and new one) is located in the basement on the floor next to the hot water cylinder as it should be. Both the two inlet and two outlet pipes to the pump have a valve allowing...

i think thats the answer. (as I own a router already!). I will buy a mitre for the mitre cuts (as i have always wanted one anyway), get the woodyard to cut the long table saw strips and use my router to cut the bevels. job done!! thanks guys t

thanks. Does anone know if the table saw and mitre combination saw such as this one below allow you to do bevel cuts on the table saw rather than on the mitre as i don't think it is possible to do a bevel cut on a long piece of wood with the mitre...

thanks guys. table saw it is. The dimension of the cut i mentioned are not so important but the ability to do quite small cuts on small pieces of wood that are 10cm wide, only 8mm thick. If the final L shape is slightly under 10cm deep, not a problem. anyone recommend a table saw that...

Hi, This is probabaly really basic but please humour me. I have a 1m x 20cm strip of wenge wood that is 8mm thick. I want to cut it along its length in half. Howvever, the edge of my new strips must be at a 45degree angle so that if I hold the two strips together, I get a 1m long L shape...

Hi, I have a staircase with a newell attached to its base. The base is 100mm and I need to remove the newell and cut the base in half at a precise 85degree angle. The base is still attached to the staircase so I have to saw at an awkward angle. I don't trust myself to get the correct angle...

its a monsoon 1.5bar pump.

thanks Technotim, out of interest, how the hell does the negative head pump 'know' the tap/shower has been turned on and it needs to start pumping? If the shower head/tap is above the water tank i.e. there is no natural gravitational pressure, there will be zero natural flow and turning on a...

Hi Can anyone tell me on a cheap brand of shower pump that you can fit near the shower rather than (miles away) in the basement. My shower is on the top floor at same level as water tank and my cylinder is in the basement so I suppose the 'pump' needs to suck rather than pump. I just need one...