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Thanks Agile for your last post, yep ... the 'boss' engineer gave the same advice about the angle grinder and about recapping. Infact, I had a look at it again today and the vertical tail is screwed into an elbow (in the below floor void) then there's the long horizontal out towards the front...

Update as promised: I contacted Phoenix's engineering dept, as per fedupregisteringforstuff's advice, the phone picked-up on 2nd ring, helpful woman took my call and I explained the situation, she promised the 'boss' engineer (my description) would call me the following morning ... this...

Thanks to all who've responded to my original question ... lots of useful advice. Special thanks to fedupregisteringforstuff for the link to Phoenix's booklet and engineering helplines ... I owe you a pint for sparing me the horrible Customer Care experience. It looks likely, according to...

Could be part of a horse harness - the metal hook at the end of the trace for attaching to the plough or carriage.

I bought a Victorian house in N.Ireland a couple of years ago & I'm busy renovating it. In the cupboard below the staircase is a short length (12” maybe) of iron pipe emerging vertically through the floor from the void below; this pipe is capped. The pipe runs below the hallway & front door...

Agile - when you're down at the tackle shop getting your fishing line buy either a split shot or a small barrel weight and then a fishing hook this becomes the equipment used to feed the new sash cord over the pulleys. Fix the weight or s/shot to one end of the line (length approx 2x window...

Robbie - my advice if you're going away for a few days or weeks is to: turn off water at stop cock drain down cold water tank ... 10 minute job. While you're at it shut the gas off at the meter. Back in the day (mid 80s) I did what you're proposing (heating on low, hatch ajar, followed...

ads - I did a very large kitchen with Metros in a brick pattern about 4 years ago and had the very same issues, but with multiple external & internal angles (ducts, pillars, wall corners, and window). As much as I tried with a 'dry' layout terminating with bevels in edging trims just didn't...

Daniel - back in the day the veneer will have been stuck down with 'animal' glue, sometimes called Scotch glue. This can be re-softened be using an iron. Don't use in steam iron mode but apply a little dampness to the offending position with you finger tip, cover with brown paper and apply...

Exactly the point I was trying to make BAS, but maybe with sarcasm (for those who think I was attempting to be hurtful), maybe with irony (for those who think I was attempting ridicule), maybe with humour (my goodness doesn't this place sometimes need smiles to be induced). Decent grammar and...

aileen - they're all old fellas here ... you know, grizzled old boys who aren't comfy with texting protocols :lol: So if you want an answer I suggest decent grammar and spelling .... I reckon that's what Adam & Cajar are on about.

six - have a look here: http://www.woodfit.com/index.php?cPath=118 they do lots of other stuff too so have a look around their website. Hope this helps.

deuce - if all you can afford is laminate then consider edging the whole w/t in one continuous piece ... therefore no visable joins. It means routing a slither off the existing edging back to the chipboard then fixing the new edging strip with contact adhesive. The trouble with doing this is...

Teb - as you live in the SE you'll have 'hard water' with associated problems caused by limescale. Maybe, just maybe, your shower head might be blocked by limescale. Just a quick check can confirm this ... unscrew the flexy pipe from the shower head, lower the pipe towards the shower tray...

Registered Gas Man wrote "Just beacuse you are WAI does not mean they train you how to plumb." Reg ... my post referred to "complex pluming issues" not plumbing issues. The pluming issues (flue discharge) here were complicated due to building layout, proximity of a couple of windows...

out - consider using a jigsaw. You can use this to cut though the top bracing piece (white) to accommodate the sink (obviously following the supplied sink template). If you're getting a granite worktop the fitters will shim out to accommodate the thickness of the stainless steel so there's no...

John - do it yourself. A stick of silver solder, a tub of Easyflow flux, and a cheepo blowlamp. Dead easy!!! If you fancy doing it ... I'd be happy to advise.

workhard - I've just dug-out the invoice & specification for my installation: £3800 (inc vat). However, on reading it I notice that my the boiler is the Greenstar FS42CDI ... same as yours but with bigger 'guts'. £3800 included, in addition to supply of new boiler & stuff outlined in...

workhard - the existing system in the house I moved to a year & a half ago was the same as yours: vent into c/w tank, vent into c/h header tank, hot water cylinder ... but connected to an oil fired jobby, oh, and no controls to speak of. The installers obviously added zone valves (3 of them)...

£10 for a cheepo block plane is the only tool you'll need, Oh, and a pencil/compass combo from your school geometry set. Position the upstand in position, set the compass/pencil to match the base gap, trail the pencil/compass combo along the worktop to produce the line to plane to.