Why 8 bedrooms?
You don't need 8 bedrooms house. Think of the future, gas bill, water bill and electric bill. It will cost more to look after the house.
Daniel.
Yes, tighting with grip may spilt the plastic hose nut as well. Hand tight is usually enough.
No, if you put drain hose into stand, it will not come out.
Yes, jubilee clip is a must, as if drain hose get soften by hot water, it may loose itself off.
Daniel.
What you on about? Ants is a pest, do you want them invade your kitchen and spoil food, crawling all over your sofa and even worse crawl over over you in bed.
There are over 300,000 trillion ants in the world so a few will be missed.
Daniel.
Use the ant killer powder and apply powder to where ants come in and out of skirting, poly filler will not stop them, they will find other way. When ant is caked with powder, ants will go back to the nest and every ants will die.
Daniel.
Open both bath tap hot and cold and leave it running, check ballvalve is running full flow, there may be blockage or a small stone stuck in nozzle inside ballvalve.
Daniel.
Plasson is the best, with compression fittings. Make sure the end is clean and no groove/gash on pipe end. Just follow the instruction and all will be good:
http://www.plasson.co.uk/images/Fittings/plassonuk/cms/2014%20Fitting%20Instructions/Mechanical%20Fitting%20Instructions.pdf
Daniel.