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Haha, I already have some banana shaped waste pipes on my house which I intend to sort out at some point. Your solution looks nice and neat and means I can stick with push-fit which would be preferable I think. I've just had a look on eBay and you can get nylon spacers in pretty much any...

Ah yes. I was thinking of push-fit but looking at solvent weld fittings I think you're right about them fitting.

I'm about to fit some 40mm waste pipe which needs to run through an external wall. My intention is to core drill a 52mm hole through the wall and use a PipeSnug on the outside for a nice appearance. My question is once I've come through the wall and fitted an elbow on the pipe, it looks like...

Does anyone have any comments?

I have an existing waste pipe running from my garage into the drain outside which I'm planning to replace for a number of reasons. 1) The run isn't particularly direct, running about 1.5m along the inside of the garage wall, through to the outside, and then runs back on itself outside. I don't...

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My TV aerial is in need of replacement. Ideally I'd fit the new aerial in the same position however the house has been extended since the aerial was originally installed and it is now positioned approximately 8ft above a lean-to roof. I've attached a photo showing the current location. The...

The other thing to consider is many dishwashers are required to push right back to the wall. Often the top of the dishwasher will touch the wall and there'll be a (small) gap of about half an inch behind the rest of the dishwasher. Generally speaking though you won't fit a tap, waste pipe, or a...

Something like this

If it was me, the first decision is where you want the radiator, rather than where is easiest to fit it - so the first position? The right hand pipe I would cut short somewhere on the horizontal run, in the right position to simply fit an elbow up and into the radiator. The left pipe I would...

What would I be aiming for with a litmus test? I assume I'd want it to be non-acidic but would I aim for neutral or alkaline? What would I see if I my inhibitor was either over-dosed or under-dosed?

Is it possible to add too much inhibitor to a system? I've had cause to replace a number of radiators, split into two batches, over the last few months and I have another three to replace next week. After this occasion I don't anticipate any further work on the central heating for some time as...

Agree with all of this. You could probably get away with removing the skirting from only 2 walls - if you start laying your skirting in the corner where the skirting remains. However that would mean you'd have to refit the same size and style of skirting rather than fitting a taller skirting as...

I'm shortly due to replace a couple of radiators. When it comes to the blanking plug and bleed valve, which are a standard 1/2" thread I believe, with a rubber O-ring, how tight do these need to be? Should I fully tighten them i.e. until they stop rotating and hence fully compress the O-ring...

I have a couple of radiators to fit on some dot & dab walls. I've been looking at fixings and the Corefix and Dryline Pro look the most appropriate to me. I suspect the Corefix are probably a bit overkill so I'm tending towards to the Dryline Pro as they're less than half the price. Has anyone...

Thanks muggles, I'm glad someone is here to help a fellow member :)

Living in the UK, I don't think heating my home is an unreasonable thing to "worry about" personally. Not that I should have to justify myself in asking a plumbing related question on a plumbing forum... If you have nothing constructive to post, why bother?

So I've been looking at Stelrad radiators as I have at least one in need of replacement. From what I understood the Elite is their "base" radiator and the Compact and Softline are essentially Elites with side panels and grilles fitted? However I've noticed that their Softline range come with a...

It's a sealed system

I have a radiator which needs to be replaced and also plan to replace the valves at the same time. I'm only a DIYer though I have fitted and replaced radiators several times in the past and feel quite comfortable doing so. I'd like to avoid draining the entire system this time and was looking...