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One step ahead as I've bought these fixings: https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/25mm-Gripit-Plasterboard-Fixings-Pk-25-Blue/p/477446

Thanks for help Old&Cold...unfortunately I've already removed the old radiator so a handbag's not going to keep my son's room warm next Winter unless I set fire to it! I went for this in the end for £199 from Soak.com:

Hi, I need to replace a 600 x 900 K2 double panel double convector radiator and the missus wants a traditional looking column radiator. I can't find anything with those dimensions. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the advice...Is their a rule of thumb for what direction to undo the nuts?

Hi, I tried using the garden tap for the first time in new property and the movement has caused small leaks from a couple of valves. Can you tell me how I stop the leaks please?

Thank you Terry... Its the first time I've used a Drayton TRV so not come across the cap being secured in place by a screw.

Hi all, hoping you can help? I've fitted a Drayton Lockshield Valve to a new radiator pipe prior to installing a new radiator which hasn't arrived yet. However the valve is leaking slightly from the opening, not the nut and olive. How do I turn it completely off? I've tried tightening the cross...

Thanks for the suggestions everyone!

I haven't got any photos of above but the CI pipe is broken above anyway so needs to be removed. The flooding is due to a flat roof adjacent not having proper guttering and a broken downpipe from the house next door leaking onto the flat roof! I like the idea of just taking out the CI pipe and...

If I removed all the old downpipe, could I use something like this to connect the plastic to the drain?

The area near my back door regularly flood with rain water from a plastic downpipe. How can I divert the water into the original cast iron downpipe? Do I need to totally remove the original downpipe first? Is there a way of joining them up? Here's a photo:

Thanks for the replies. I think the movement is due to a structural wall between the rooms below being removed or Nazi bombs during WW2. As the floorboards run under one of the walls it will be too big a job to lift floorboards and add sister joists. I'm thinking of just getting lengths of 2 x 2...

We are looking to board out and carpet a small bedroom but need to make the floor level as the existing floorboards are sloping quite significantly. What's the best way of doing this?

Once again, thank you Terry!

Fitted my first trv yesterday using a freezer kit and no leaks overnight! I didn't fit the head though as didn't want to damage it as still got wallpaper to strip behind where the rad was. I can't take the temporary cap off because I have to turn it on to release it. Can I wait until the new rad...

Thanks for your help Terry

Hi Terry, The pipe goes down into the room below but then I can't trace where it goes from that. We are not working on the room below yet so I wasn't planning on taking up the floor in that room yet. Could I temporarily cap off under the floorboards in the room that was a bathroom and then...

I've removed an old toilet and macerator as we want to change the room back into a bedroom. Are the pipes just 15mm copper piping so just use normal blanking caps for them or do I need something else? Here's a photo:

Thanks for all the replies - no more leaks now the snow has gone and have read a few US websites that talk about ice dams getting formed on the roof so the melting water backs up.

Thanks MW Roofline - as Steve says very reassuring that it's not a permanent issue!