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Is there anything that'll give you a better clue as to what that cable is? Such as if I unscrew it & photo the end? I'm just guessing here (as my lack of knowledge should be pretty evident by now) but is there a cable that could have 1 end that plugs in to that cable there (going in to top of...

Thanks. What I don't get though is that they must've had cables coming in anyway and I can see a cable from the roof running inside. One certainly runs in to the bedroom above as that's where our to currently is (& works). That rectangular thing looks like some sort of splitter to me. If I...

So what will I need in order to let's say at the very least watch a TV withfreeview in that room? I had a quick look before I left this morning & there's a thick cable coming from the roof so I guess that would be the aerial. This goes in through the wall itself. Then there's a thinner cable...

This is a real strange one, to me at least. I wasn't going to do anything until the weekend anyway. My wife & I have tea at my mothers on a Monday so as she was passing the house she called in, checked the boiler (pressure hadn't dropped since this morning) & turned the heating on. Oh - no...

With the carpet being installed at the end of August, I want the correct cabling in place beforehand so it can easily get tucked under the carpet during the install. We have some cable coming in to the living room from the outside. I'm not sure if it's from the Sky dish or from the aerial...

I remembered after posting that that I'll need to drain the system anyway after putting x400 in it so that bit doesn't matter. Good job you said that. I had to google images 'plumbing olive' to see what it is - that ring part. I would've just wrapped the threads of the bit that connects in to...

I'll have a do at that tomorrow, thanks. To avoid any tears i'm going to have to ask.... 1) PTFE tape, do you wrap the same way the nut would tighten or opposite? So looking at the photo above, to i wrap in to the wall / the direction i am pointing or away from it? I googled to find all...

I'm pointing at the leak point. I have a plumb tray underneath now with a tissue in. I turned the heating back on for 30mins & turned it off about 15mins ago. The tray & tissue is currently dry. If it was going to leak, at what point would you expect it to leak (or could it be anyones...

Bugger. It's still leaking :( Put a tissue underneath & while the actual metal connection is dry, or at least seems it, the tissue underneath is wet. Looks like i'm going to have to call someone out after all.

Everything on & everything tightened. Predictably out of 6 connections, 1 had a very slow leak coming from i think just where the nut from the radiator end connects to the valve coming from the floor. It was already quite tight but i tightened it a midge more. Hopefully that's fixed it. I...

So to just clarify (sorry)... that part that is sticking out of the radiator (sorry you're going to have to forgive my ignorance on terminology) with the nut on it - this needs tape/paste on the end that actually connects in to the radiator... but to connect the bit coming out of the floor to...

I always thought that it needed to be pasted or taped on the left side (the one coming out of the floor), but then i'm a know-nothing at this stuff so i'm quite happy to hold my hand up & say i'm wrong. Reason i ask is because we had new rads installed downstairs by 2 different plumbers...

Ah I've got you. Would you use one over the other (400 / 800) or is either just as good as the other? I'm at work on my mobile with limited time & data right now. Also the step by step on how you'd do it ... Was I correct or at least close? Anything important I missed? Thanks.

The boiler we have is a Worcester Greenstar Si i believe. Not under warranty but was only installed in 2012 if i remember right as we bought the house in 2013 & the paperwork said it'd been in 12 months. When i removed a few rads the water came out like a dark green / black colour. Although...

Hell fire I deal with that confusion every single day & it's so annoying. The names cause a lot of the problem. Lightweight block aren't much lighter than the 7n dense ones in my opinion but when you say lightweight people can end up thinking ultralight (fibolite / klinker etc) or even...

:whistle::whistle::LOL::LOL: Oh dear. I actually took a look myself at this one to see what was going on after leaving it with my wife & just relaying everything across really. Turns out we simply just need a longer screw. What she was telling me was that the new screws don't fit & that the...

Thanks John. That's an interesting one. I'm sure the builder would thank me for them not having to heft so many standard blocks around but i wasn't expecting the ultralights to be ok for this job. Lightweights yeah but not ultras. They'll probably work out cheaper too. I'd have to check...

Well the samples from tradepriced came today. I instantly ruled out about 4 of them & whittled it down to... Tredaire Dreamwalk Cloud 9 Cumulus Tredaire Colours Red Tredaire Colours Green The red & green are rubbery & most of the underlay i look at & the feedback suggests that people have is...

Had to whip off 3 rads for decorating & it's come time for them to go back on. I've no idea what inhibitor the chap who fitted them used but I picked up some of that Sentinel stuff from B&Q. I know with some car anti-freezes you're not supposed to mix them. So I was just wondering if I...

So what would you suggest (start again) since the new screws that come with the new knobs wont go through the holes properly. I guess since the screw head is too big for the hole that the hole is going to have to be drilled out with a bigger bit, but how do you drill out enough for the new...