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It's to be installed in the bathroom in the new loft. The bathroom will have a built-in extractor in the roof. This manufacturer seems to recognise there is a problem with attaching the waste pipe to the unit, so has specified a particular coupling, a standard McAlpine compression fitting...

Thanks Softus, so it's not all bad. Although I didn't have the Grohe in mind - sadly I don't have that kind of £££s burning a hole in my pocket! Were the ones you've installed all Grohe or were there others and what kind of problems have you had with them (guessing from your first post that...

Softus, I admire your no holds barred candour, although your outright dismissal of steam showers has dampened my anticipation as I was looking forward to it. Is the main problem the availability of spare parts? I suppose the thing that may malfunction would be the steam generating part as the...

I am thinking of having a steam shower installed in the loft bathroom - can anyone please give me some advice on these things from experience or as installers. I have never used a domestic one before although I have seen a working demo model at a showroom but don't know much about them. The...

[/url] Sorry don't have a pic immediately, but I'll try to explain it. From recollection, the thermostat is a coppery rod with a plastic top that is inserted into the body of the immersion heater. Is there some way I can recognise an immersion heater that has the cut out feature?

good idea but these are complicated pieces of kit and quite costly to buy and install. And although they do have immersion heaters, don't they usually work using the central heating system for heating the water? The ones I know do - my sister recently had a megaflow installed at her house and it...

The existing cold water tank is a metal one sited in the airing cupboard directly above the HW cylinder - it's in a flat. The tank size is about 50 x 60 x 90 cm (wxdxh) - it's the ideal size for the airing cupboard. I would like to replace it but it's quite difficult to find a new tank of...

Thanks for the advice. Seems I shoudn't be concerned about a stud wall on the inside. I'll make a note of where the studs are when it's being built if that's the way the builder will go.

Yes, that's what I believe - he didn't mention another skin of bricks. The insulation, he mentioned a name or type I can't remember, will I think be the rigid type. This may also be used to line the roof space.

I am having a loft conversion done - a hip to gable. The schedule specifies that the outside should be matching to existing brickwork - ie normal red brick. The builder from the loft company has said that on the inside it would be timber battens with filled in with insulation and covered...

I am having a new kitchen installed in my flat in South London. Trouble is my fitter who is very sound on everything does not do the mitred join that is my preference. He has suggested a diagonal cut which he says will be perfect, but I still like the mitred join. I am a little handy with odd...

Thanks. Think I'll talk to my iinstaller about converting to a closed system - I'll have to put up with losing some space in the airing cupboard for the expansion vessel but it may be worth it. Am I right that on a closed system you do not bleed radiators and the only thing you need to do...

I am having a loft conversion with 4 extra radiators added to the system and a megaflow system fitted. The present central heating system is an open system with expansion tank in the loft. The boiler is a fairly new Worcester Bosch, can be converted to a closed system boiler and up to the the...

Thanks John. I haven't tried anything yet as I didn't want to screw up and spread it and make the job a whole lot tougher. Bleach sounds like a good idea - did you mean to use the bleach straight from the bottle or diluted. After the treatment, will the mould dry off in a few hours or are we...

Does anyone know how to clean black mould from PVC window frames. The flat was occupied by someone who didn’t ventilate adequately and now the kitchen window has a substantial outbreak of mould on the PVC frame. Before this the window was pristine white.

I have an electric warm air central heating system in my apartment. The unit is situated in the kitchen. The boxed in duct supplying warm air to the bedroom runs along the bottom of the length of one wall in the kitchen. I am re-modelling the kitchen and the size of the boxed in duct (16x44cm)...

Hi Dave I posted a reply to your enquiry on my profile (sorry, hit 'message' instead of 'reply'). I notice Fraser also has issues with his megaflo. Perhaps we can pool and share our experiences and research here - avoid costly mistakes and save time. I am in the Ealing area so resources will...

Hi Dave Things slowed up a bit because of overrun on the kitchen installation. However, I have decided to have the megaflo installed. I have just last week had two G3 registered (certified unvented installers, one a BSc grad!) plumbers quote me for the job. They had both said it would be no...

The mains pressure of 1.5 bar was measured by a plumber at a sink tap with a device he strapped to the tap and turning the tap on. I'm guessing that this would be the static/standing pressure as opposed to dynamic? Regarding flow rate, I've seen posts here where it is measured by adding the...

Current mains pressure and flow rate is 1.5 bar and 16 ltr/p min. respectively. I need to increase the flow rate to at least 20 ltr/p min. as a basic requirement for installing an unvented hot water system (megaflo). Before outlaying the expenditure for doing this, can someone who has done it...