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LMAO. I like to cover all bases is all i can say. It saves time in the long run ;) Why did i buy new rads? Because for 1) all the rads in the house were weird sizes. Imperial i suppose. Whatever they were they certainly weren't the metric ones you can buy. The floor was getting renewed as well...

Will do. What brand/s should i take a look at (i also suspect they wont replace)? I'm not looking at top of the range. I paid about £55 for this 900x600 rad. I'd stretch further but wouldn't go for say £300 daft money :)

I think he's saying that mixing tap water & inhibitor and submitting this as 'the radiator sample' to go alongside the 'tap water sample' would not result in me getting an exchange approved under warranty. Anyway i've posted the samples off now so we'll see what happens. 14 working days they...

So Kudox sent out sample bottles that i've to return. One for cold tap water & the other for a sample of radiator juice. The heating was turned on when i did this. Just wondering if this colouring is 'normal' I know it's not so easy to tell clearly because it's in the bottle but can you...

I think me bending the pipes just came down to knowledge & experience & i had a severe lack in both. What i wanted to do was make sure it didn't leak so i went to really tighten it up but this ended up putting a bend on the pipe work which is only 10mm. I had 2 grips but i was just putting too...

2 problems... 1) Last time i took a radiator off i bent the pipe & flooded the living room. Back then it was exposed floorboards that were due to be replaced anyway, even the joists. Now though there's carpet down. I don't carry this username for nothing you know ;) 2) I could take it back, but...

On the topic of Cellotex, would they have to be proper sheets (be it cut 8x4 or cavity) or could it just be a mish mash of Cellotex? Reason i ask is because at our place Cellotex come in on Cellotex 'skids'. The 'skids' are generally about 100mm thick, we just pallet them up on an 8x4 pallet &...

Well called in to Screwfix today. The lad at the counter didn't seem sure at all, on account of him saying he wasn't sure After looking at my photos and the invoice for a while and looking at his screen for a while and not really pressing any buttons or asking for any supervisor the response...

I've only seen the living room ceiling & our bedroom ceiling - both were original plaster with a ton of cracks in. I'm not confident that that is the best action (having the original plaster ceiling exposed). Ideally i would like the bathroom once fully finished to look nice & modern and i don't...

I wont be doing it myself but i'd still like to know so that i can be armed with some knowledge when we get guys out to weigh the job up & see if they start saying the right things. **I'll try and give as much info as i can but if you need more than in this post then just ask** House was built...

Problem with asking friends - they only know of plumbers, not people qualified to be dealing with boilers. We've asked a few of them & it's a case of sorry i can't do that. Do they have to be gas registered or something? The chap who fitted our log burner is gas registered plumber also &...

Thanks. I did think an independent would be cheaper but then i also thought Worcester MAY be a better option so figured i'd just ask those in more know than I. Are you pretty confident that that is the cause? 2 questions then... 1) What causes this? 2) What's involved in sorting it - the...

Boiler = Worcester Greenstar 30Si Noticed this a while ago & it got progressively worse. At first we thought it was the shower that needed to be replaced. So one night after my wife was cursing in the shower i thought i'd be the smart one & run the bath instead ... but it kept going...

Bought 3 rads from Screwfix December 2015. Last night we noticed one of them had developed a paint bubble within the previous 24 hours and when pressed it leaked water. Since turned valves off both sides of the rad. What likely caused this...

Ah that's a bit of a pain in the bum then. Thanks for replying though. Now you've said what's what i can at least see why some would maybe price the job to do away with that. Thought i could've maybe saved a few quid there. Worth a try :) Although while i'm at it ... would you use cavity...

I say shed/garage/workshop, it'll be a block built building in the back garden so whatever name for it that is most suitable :) I'll be back at a later date to ask more about this project but for the time being i wanted to ask about the insulation on it that'd be in the wall cavity. I imagine...

I'm just wondering what i should use to screw in the hinge bit that screws to the wooden post (don't say screw :p) I've a hook & band hinge for the gate which is 1.8mtr high & 1.1 mtr wide. The square hole closest to the hanging part of the hinge takes a M12 bolt. Maybe it'd take a M14 but i...

If you take a look at one of my recent threads i'm going to be looking at hanging the gate i put together. I ordered in a hook & band hinge on the back of advice here. I'm just wondering how to tell what size bits & also coach bolts will be needed. This is the hinge...

Bit of a dummy question here maybe, but the hinges - i'm assuming they would have to go on the side of the fence where the public wouldn't be? So in my case, the gate supports will be on the 'rear' of the gate (my garden) side & the 'nice' side of the gate will be facing the front of the...

Thanks. When the wife's relatives came down, the partner of her aunt who's quite good at DIY pointed out the T-hinges & said such-&-such a hinge would be better than those. It's a few years ago so can't remember what he said but i do remember him saying the T hinges weren't up to the job...