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I'm refreshing an old pond install and looking for some advice on best practise for wiring up the pumps and UV filter. I'm qualified in electronics rather than electrical, so although I have a some understanding, I'm no expert in this area. There are 3 pumps approx 3m distance from the house...

Just measured up and lawn is approx 43sq/m so not massive, I think a petrol/ride on mower would be overkill for me. I thought about an automower, it's not a nice square shape, lot's of undulations and a small grassy hump. Would be difficult to program the boundries and not sure how it would...

I also thought about a woolly lawnmower, saves me having to do it at all then.. although it does present a variety of other problems :LOL:

My old Mower (Black & Decker GR389) is starting to fall apart (brocken handle, damaged mains cable, blunt blade) and yes whilst it could be patched up and repaired... it's probably not really worth it. I find that the grass box fills up to quickly, I don't seem to get very far before it starts...

Looks like it is connected up backwards. I never knew there was a right or wrong way around for them. Clearly neither did the plumber or the builder. There's no way of swapping the pipes around now. At least not in the bathroom, may be possible further along under the floor in a different...

The sticker is only at one end, nothing at the other end

On the feed end where the trv is fitted, there is a sticker saying "connection point" and an arrow pointing to the fitting.

Hi, I have recently installed a modern panel radiator in my new bathroom. Like this one here https://images.app.goo.gl/SupNdVUfbBQrQkjW7 Problem is only two of the vertical elements are heating up (one at each end) the top and bottom tubes are also hot. I've bled the radiator using the bleed...

Yeah it's an LP pumped unit. Flexi's are not going to do much for the noise. Hopefully will kill some of the vibration down the pipe though. I've got just over 1m head to the tank, so about 0.1bar pressure. Minimum requirement is 0.01bar so it should be ok. I just can't get my head around...

Thanks, it's a Mira Platinum and Mira Mode pump. They don't come with flexi hoses, and I can't see them available for sale from Mira. Hence using standard 15mm flexi tap hoses.

I am installing a shower pump. I want to use flexible coupler hoses to help minimise the vibration. There is a 22mm supply pipe from the tank in the loft, and the pump has 15mm fittings. So I'm using a 22mm to 15mm reducer, the flexible coupler hoses (300mm long) have an internal bore of only...

Ok as promised there are a few pics here http://s1295.photobucket.com/user/veedub565/library/Window The window frame with a line of mortar under it is the old window, the other one is the new window. Looking at it again in the cold light of day, it's not the worst job in the world, so I may...

I did wonder that, if the window would be too small with the sill removed. The other windows have something under the frame, prob around 30mm, and a bed of mortar under that, but it doesn't stick out like a sill. To be fair to the guy he did trim the sill so it doesn't stick out as much. Still...

Sorry, yes you are right. A picture paints a thousand words. I will try and get one uploaded after work today.

My builder has fitted a upvc window with a long plastic sill, when there is already a brick sill. It looks stupid having the brick sill, and then another plastic sill above it. None of the other upvc windows have plastic sills protruding, they all sit on the brick sill. There is like a plastic...

Cool thought that might be the case, just wanted to check.

As the title suggests, do I need iso valves on the inlet to my shower pump, if I already have a gate valve on the supply anyway. Seems a bit redundant having the iso valve on the inlet when there is a gate valve not more than a metre away.

Yes I wondered about the wisdom of MDF in a bathroom. It was from Victoria plumb and sold as a bath panel tho. Not a massive amount of water escaping the bath, just me being messy in the shower and getting out the bath dripping wet. As you say, bath mats for that job (I don't have one yet)

Thanks, I'll have a practise

I recently had a new bath installed with an MDF bath panel. The floor is tiled and the bath panel sits on top of the tiles. I noticed the installer has not sealed along the bottom edge of the panel. Water inevitably gets on the floor.. and runs under tha bath panel. What is normal procedure...