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Sorry - ecoTEC 28 pro combi boiler. Is it possible to maintain hot water while emptying and re-filling the central heating... How? Can you be really basic please?!

I have a valliant Ecotec 28 and don't understand the manual.... I want to empty the system and the fill it up again (need to move some rads and paint behind em). Can anyone give me step by step how?! :)

Thanks - my understanding was that I wouldn't need notification as all work is in zone 3 or unzoned areas (over 2.25m High and not above a bath). Isn't it Ok to add light fittings in these areas? Oh and sorry- another question! Could I fit an extractor fan - over 2.25m high and more than...

New to electrics so all info would be appreciated.... I've just brought a place and it badly needs doing up. I'd like to replace the existing ceiling rose in the bathrooom with a series of about 6 spots. Since the room are pretty high (2.55m), the ceiling is concrete and I'm in a flat, I'm...

Thanks everyone... just ordering it up now..

Hi, I'm currently planning tiling my bathroom (15 sqm in all) and have two options on the tiles. I can either go for a) real slate that I would have to cut down (2-3 times per 400mm x 400mm tile) to the shapes/sizes i want, or, b) ceramic slate effect tile that comes in the sizes I...

I'm after a cheap concealed cistern. I need it as thin as possible but the narrowest I can find is 140mm - does anyone know of any thinner? Also, the cheapest i can find (at 140mm) is a Macdee Pneu-compact - does anyone know if they are any good? No point saving the money now if I'm...

I'm refitting my bathroom and need to move the WC if possible. However, I'm worried about the drop on the waste not being great enough. I'd have to extend the waste pipe to include 3 x 90 Degree bends before the stack and cover a distance 3m.... is this possible without using a macerator and...

oh ok, thanks.... that's what I was using! Guess when he suggested it he didn't really know what he was talking about. Thanks.

Maybes I need to explain myself... i'm not talking about bonding plaster... my friend is Irish and the product he was on about is a lot lighter than plaster and drys really quickly even if you spread it on really thick... he decribes it as 'a bit like plaster but with granules in it - like...

Thanks jj4091... missed that, sorry. Any hints on where to get it?

Thanks - but what about the coax? Is that OK? Also, where do you buy bonding? Does it have another name... tried B&Q and Travis Perkins. All I could find was bonding compound (plasterboard adhesive).

Hi, I'm a novice here so sorry if these are stoopid questions. I've recently chased out concrete walls and had an electrician come in a wire up my flat.. The chases are still open as I gotta get round to plastering them all up. However, I've just decided i want to run coaxial along the...

One other thing! It might not be clear on the picture but the sink waste comes in from the right.

http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u121/hoyboy_photo/ hope this helps.. not sure if it's going to work properly...

Will do my best... it's not the easiest thing to draw... or explain, obviously! On the case now.

Sure - sorry. In the bathroom - it's a lead pipe that connects to the lead bath and sink waste pipe. From this waste pipe it goes upwards and into the wall. I can't tell where it goes after this. Dia is about the same as the waste pipes - 1 3/4 inch. In the kitchen - the 'vent' pipe...

I'm currently updating my kitchen and bathroom plumbing as it's not been touched since it was built around the 1950's and is quite dilapidated - it's mostly lead pipe and some has already broken. I live on the ground floor of a block of flats. Currently both the kitchen sink and bath waste...

Thanks very much for your help. Unfortunately I couldn't get access to solder - besides, the pipe kinda removed itself before i had the chance. Sorry don't have exact sizes but it's about 1 1/2 inch. Is that a common fitting? Will I find it in a B&Q or Screwfix or do I need to go somewhere...

I had a leak in a lead wastepipe and managed to find the crack buried a foot deep in a concrete wall. I had to remove the cracked section of pipe but left an inch of exposed end free - although it's not in an easy to reach place. This pipe also joins onto the stack about a foot deeper but I'd...