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Hi Tony, Thanks for the reply. Its very useful guide indeed. However, I could not find any info about isolating the boiler from the CH if you can. In my Ravenheat CSI85T, i have 2 valves (1 of them is very hard, sticky, needs pliers to move), that I can use to isolate the boiler. There is...

Hi, My Ravenheat CSI85T was dropping pressure at a very slow rate and the pressure gauge was indicating fairly high pressure at around 3 bar in the CH mode when the CH thermostat was set to 9 O clock (almost horizontal or lower). So I looked at the wall outside and the pipe had some water...

Thanks for your reply. what does this valve do? Is that true that I need to isolate the boiler and drain it, before it is removed? Do I need to do anything else after the new one is installed? The boiler manual says that the black plastic cap at top should be left open permanently by 1 turn...

Hi all. My central heating has been losing pressure over the last few months @ 0.5 bar every week. Finally thought of going around the house to find a leak today. Could not find anything, so thought I would add Ferrox leak repair through one of the radiators. For some reason I thought of...

No reply!! This is quite unusual. I don't even know where these blinds were bought from. I inherited them when I bought this house. I found something similar on ebay but not sure if/how that can be used to repair my blinds. Please take a look and advise...

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Hi, I've a large 5 meter by 2.4 meter vertical track blind in the living room. The kids have been playing over the last few years with the blinds, as a result of which some blinds have come off the rail and some geared connectors/ carriers/ vane clips have broke on the rail (please refer to...

Thanks for you reply PrenticeBoyofDerry. Any idea how much does this bag cost for 20kg grey? Also why would I need flexible? Its going on concrete (ground floor), not floor boards on upper floors.. Flexible adhesive seems to be quite more expensive than normal.. Please refer to this...

Hi, I've a deal with my wife to finish tiling over my X-Mas break, so your early help will be highly appreciated here :) I've bought 30 sq metres of following floor tiles (galaxy granite)...

Thanks Madrab for detailed description. You are right, it s a 15mm copper pipe. Your advice about this elongated male fitting also seems right. My only fear is w.r.t OLIVE on my current elongated male nut. Like standard olives, DOES IT NOT STICK to the copper pipe, hence a cut of the...

Hi Madrab, The make is TOWER. I am not looking to replace the head, replacing the entire valve is my intention as its sticky. Are you sure I can replace with a standard valve once I undo the bottom nut with pipe? It looks quite different, not sure how it can be replaced with something like...

Hi, Can someone please look at this pic of angled Tower thermostatic radiator valves inherited in my house and advise on best way to replace them? They seem quite unique with the pipe connection as you can see a small unique nut at the bottom. Is there a direct replacement available for...

The house is mid terrace and the extension was for the full rear garden wall, so there was no other choice. With a year or 2, a new combi is going in its place. An FSU and extra pipework for mains cold/ DHW for combi is already in place to accomodate the combi.

Hi, I had an extension done last year, as a result the boiler had been moved to the newly extended wall 3 meters away. The issue is that the flue is not fully out on the new wall (as it was before). The plumber who installed it said that its an old boiler and a replacement longer flue would...

Hi Alistair. Sorry I can't go through ceiling. This bathroom along with some ground floor landing area are protruding out of house with a thin flat roof of their own.

The window is end to end, there is no wall next to window. The only place is underneath the window which is all tiled along with the rest of bathroom. Not sure if it would look good in the wall underneath the window!!

Hi, I need to install a small extractor fan (100mm with a timer). I've a small low ceiling cloakroom (with a shower & toilet) downstairs with a small opening window on 1 wall at the top (end to end of the wall). Unfortunately, this is the only wall where the fan can be installed. (there is...

Don't ask how I managed that. virtues of a good drill i think. Can't forgive myself for this. I m going to take the advice of adding a socket with one cable and continuing the other cable as ring. Also going to add new cables for one side of this mess. Thx to all for their help.

I am at work, so don't have photos. I've drilled into a wall with a vertical metal conduit holding 2 of 2.5 mm twin & earth ring main. To look at the damage, I cut a small rectangular section (with house's main electrics OFF) of the metal pipe holding the cables. Can you imagine a metal...

NO, I've cut a small front section with an angle grinder to take look, so most of the conduit is intact. Can someone please advise if I need to be careful about which of the 2 ring main cables should be used for a socket and which one left continuous. Is there like a forward and return leg or...