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Thanks John and gigz, I will remove trv head in spare room to act as a bypass and shut the right hand valve just so the bathroom rad does not get warm

Will I need to fit a decorators cap to the rad with trv removed, and @Burnerman by shut down I assume you mean close the right hand valve fully and leave the left alone

if the trv's on all other radiators are open, would I need to do that, or is that just belt and braces.

Hi Thanks once again Burnerman, if I dont want to remove the radiator, just dont want in to get hot can I just just close the right hand valve to stop the flow of hot water, I assume like a trv .

Hi Burnerman, it more a case of I want to isolate the bathroom radiator from the rest of the system, the bathroom radiator has 2 lockshields rather than a lockshield and trv, I want to keep the rest of the system running, as I have a gravity system and the bathroom radiator is intentionally left...

Hi, Im about to decorate my bathroom and need to switch off the radiator, I hope without shutting down the whole system, my understanding is with my central heating system the bathroom does not have a thermostatic valve so it does not get turned off so the heat has somewhere to expand if all...

Thanks for your input 45yearsgasman, as im a noob can you explain the benefits of going fully pumped, boiler is on the ground floor, cylinder is directly above in landing cupboard, cold water tank directly above that in same cupboard, F&E directly above that in attic 7 rads 1 bathroom, I...

This my concern @Cgas its been almost faultless for 13 years and worry about replacing it with something modern that will not be anywhere near as reliable.

Thanks for your response gasmanstu72, do you have any particular recommendations as to the best combi boiler

Hi, we currently have an ideal mexico super RS 3/40, it works fine, but with its age its not very efficient, however there is very little to go wrong, in the 13 years we have lived here we have only had to replace the thermocouple once a couple of years ago, one minor downfall with the setup is...

yes definitely 15mm they came from toolstation.

I think there is some confusion, at the tap end is where the rubber washer is..... its compresion on the other end this will be connected to copper

The boiler heats the water, immersion is only a backup.

I'm replacing the old taps on my bathroom sink, I'm going to install flexible tap connectors 13mm inside diameter and isolation valves while I'm at it, as the flexible tap connectors have a rubber washer I assume no fibre washer is required, a little smear of LS-X and just a nip up is required...

Thanks John, I thought so, just needed confirmation, very rapid response.

Hi, I feel a total idiot for even posting this, as maybe its blindingly obvious but which way is off

Hi All The several years old paint on my bathroom ceiling had bubbled and blistered, so using a steam wall paper stripper, I've stripped off all the paint back to bare artex, I eventually want to paint it with zinsser everwhite satin but I suspect I cant paint this straight on to bare artex...

Yes there was wallpaper paste to remove, I've done my best to remove it all, hopefully my paint won't end up a disaster

As the title says, I've cleaned the whole room with sugar soap, and during rinsing off no matter of many times I rinse I'm still getting residue, I've used wilko ready to use pre mixed sugar soap, I've used 2/3rds of a 500ml spray bottle on a 12ft by 11ft room so don't think I've used it...

Hi Aragorn84 thanks for your response, the company in question give a 5 year guarantee on all the bulbs they sell "LightRabbit® is a trusted brand; we invest extensively to ensure the highest possible quality control standards whilst also sourcing the latest LED technology available. We...