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Thanks BingoBongo and thanks again Seco. The plan was to get a plumber to do the lot, but nobody was available before Christmas (by when gf wanted the shower installed) so I am having to do it myself. Getting there, slowly :-) I've run a new 22mm cold feed from the tank, that all went...

Thanks again Seco for the advice. All considerations about what to connect it to noted. Increasing the loft tank is a problem - the hatch is tiny. Not even the small tank that's in there now would fit through it, by a long stretch. Must have gone up before the roof spaces in the terrace were...

Shower is an Aqualisa Rush I believe. It's temp balanced so I was hoping the different pressures would be OK. Do you still think otherwise? I have the option of taking cold from the tank also (via 22mm, shared with cold feed to hot water tank). The reason I'm reluctant to do that is that...

Thanks Seco - very clear reply! Yes, those are the exact things - dogleg fittings. Yes, hot gravity, cold mains. Yes, shower is a bar mixer I think. (At least, that term seems to describe it.) That's basically what I thought - wall plate elbow. All the 1/2" ones take 15mm pipe, so I'll...

Thanks petit_pablo - that's what I did in the end. You were also right about fitting a more convenient drain-off, and after draining down about 5 times to fix leaks, I really wished I'd followed that bit of advice! -Mark

Hi, I am installing a shower which has 3/4" BSP female fittings for hot and cold inlets. It also comes with (optional) adapters to give me a 1/2" BSP male fittings instead. The weight of the shower mixer is taken on the pipes and it will be mounted through a stud wall, so I need some sort...

Hello. Over the weekend I need to drain down the central heating system. This is the only thing I can find which looks like a drain point (picture rotated 90° sorry): Does that look like a drain point? I think that's what it is. Does anyone recognise the specifc type, becuase I just can't...

It's in a (currently unconverted) cellar so actually a bit of water on the floor wouldn't be a problem... ...but I'm getting the impression draining it down is the way to go anyway. The header tank is a #$@%! to access (to tie up the ball valve) unfortunately - part of the reason I'm trying...

Thanks both for the replies. I should have made it clearer that all I need to do at this stage is to cut the feeds to the rads and cap them on the system side. (I considered doing it without even freezing, and just lose a couple of litres of water - but that really could go wrong :wink: )...

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Hi folks, I have to disconnect the four pipes leading to two radiators in order to re-route them. I'm looking at pipe freezers to avoid having to drain down. Screwfix sell a "Pipe Freezing Kit 220ml" for £10, which will do one freeze. I will do them one at a time. Do I simply need four...

Hi all, Just been down into my cellar (accessed from within the house, door in the kitchen) to find this "fungus" (??) growing on a patch of the exposed soil "floor" and a on the brick wall next to it. Does anyone know what it is? Had a hunt around on Google - could it perhaps be wet...

Hi folks, I have a uPVC porch - basically a mini conservatory - which I have to leave unlocked because there's no letterbox on the outside. I'd like to install a letterbox either in the door, or in the "wall" next to it. The door has a glass panel top and bottom with a uPVC beam across...

Hi, Do you mean joists 400mm apart, or 400mm deep? I can't really do 400mm deep, because this height comes directly off the (already quite low) ceiling height. However I don't think they'll collapse along their length because they'l be supported nearly all the way along by the concrete (just...