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Get a pumped secondary return put onto your hot water leg. This will comprise of a length of 15mm pipe usually connected near your furthest tap with a WRAS approved pump and a thermostat/programmer combination to time the secondary return. This way you can reduce the hot water time in the...

Hi Guys, I'm going to be redecorating some rooms, in which the walls have been painted over the years. I will be sanding the walls down to remove some of the layers of paint, and will be filling in any imperfections with fine filler, and sanding over again. My questions are: a) What grade...

Whats the best way to cut into Plastic Soil Pipe? I will be doing this at some height (on a ladder), and need a method that can give me a nice clean cut. Also, what do you use to create the chamfer at the end of the pipe?

Well, thats a relief. Although, i'm not sure I could locate the plumber again, even if I tried!

When I first moved into my property a few years ago, I had a new boiler installed as the old one was knackered and practically on it's way out. I didn't know better in those days and I ended up hiring a Plumber who had been recommended to me by a friend, but who was not Corgi Registered. The...

Bleed all radiators starting from the highest to the lowest.

Why not just order from screwfix and return the plumbcentre stuff? Do they have a restocking fee?

I think I get the idea now. The slip coupling can be slid all the way onto one end of the pipe, so that when the pipe is put back in place, the coupling can slide up and cover the small gap. Do you know where I can get a slip coupling from?

apologies for sounding a bit thick, but could you give me an example of a slip coupling? (website etc). Thanks!

Something like this? (Plus a bit of pipe of course) Thanks for your help

Which method is the least disruptive to the existing stack? Cutting the stack is fine, but will it have to be lifted to put the new couplings in? My fear is we'll have to dismantle the whole stack from the new tee upwards..

We have a plastic grey Soil Stack which needs to be 'cut into' to add a T for another bathroom that is being created. Is the only solution removing the whole stack (3 stories up) and rebuilding it again, or are there special fitments available for this purpose? Rough Diagram:

I have installed the B&Q vertical radiators and they use the same key as normal rads.

The Overflow Pipe in our Cold Water Cistern (in the loft) is continuously leaking. Do you suggest completely replacing the ballvalve assembly, or is there a quicker fix I can do? Sorry i'm not specific enough, but it's a 50 Galllon Round tank and I haven't had a look inside yet.

Do you have a HW cylinder (in the airing cupboard usually), or does your Hot Water come from a Combi Boiler? If it's a cylinder, yes you can fit a pump, if it's a Combi Boiler, then no you can't.

I presume you use Linux as an OS for this system? How stable do you find it, and have you measured how much power the PC uses being on all the time? I'd be interested in setting up something like this

Could a secondary return be used in this instance to keep the water in the pipes hot (at certain times)? I'm not sure if doing this with a combi would be much different than with an unvented cylinder.

i was looking on Hep2o's site, and they say the following about vermin: Extensive testing has demonstrated that vermin do not show a preference for Hep2O Anyone had any experience with mice/rats eating through plastic pipe?

I don't think the cost of 22mm Plastic Pipe is that much greater than equivalent copper - in fact, the actual pipe is cheaper, although the fittings are not. Barrier pipe shouldn't be used for this application then? I thought any extra protection offered in plastic pipework was better...

Hi Guys, What are your thoughts on using Plastic Pipe, such as Hep2o Barrier, for mains water connection from internal stoptap to Unvented Cylinder? The run this pipe has to take would be quite difficult with copper, and might require more bends/elbows than plastic. Using Plastic would...