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At the moment my job is snagging. i have had to stripdown and reseal at least 10 basin grating/pop-up-waste and up until now have been using a screwdriver jammed into the overflow (to stop the pop up turning) as i loosen the large backnut using a pair of large foot prints, or water pump...

diff is you get what u pay for

just to make sure the obvious..... if i understand correctly you have a dedicated hot and cold supply ......... i take it the hot and cold supplys to the shower were the same size? oh and if it says it needs .5 bar then you shouldnt be fitting it youl prob only get .2.-.3 bar as Pressure =...

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/49568/Plumbing/Plumbing-Accessories/Fernox-Powerflow-Flux-350g?cm_re=SEARCHPROMO-_-FLUX-_-49568 i use this, have done for ages, my gaffer used it for hundreds of years :)

erm..... i'm sure in the water bylaws it says hot on the left cold on the right, however it is a convention to fit the hot tap on a bath on the side furthest to reach so in some cases the hot will be on the Right

aye whats the deal with that, i bunged a system today to install a bigger rad, while my tradesman was out having a smoke, i opened both valves, he went nuts and said only do one at a time i coundnt understand why as there was nothing coming out of either pipe. Does doing one at a time...

i thought the trv controlled the opening of a valve based on room temperature not the actuall temp of at rad ? thats right isnt it ? *dumb question alert" so if thats the case as long as the room is warm ( or retains the heat from the rad then the rad will switch off ?)

your getting pure pumped m8

hey Todd, hope you get something soon, I was in the same position as you. At the time i was 27 and had worked all of my working life in banking and insurance, i knew it wasn't right for me but i couldnt get out of it! My CV unfortunaly had zero experience with regards plumbing howerver...

increase the height of the primary vent pipe ???

the way i usually find drain valves is to look at the property from the outside. if it is a house or a ground floor flat look for a drain valve at ground level . It looks like a small tap with a tiny square handle. if your flat is not ground floor, then go outside and look for a (normally)...

32mm is the standard basin waste size. you may need a multifit fitting to go onto the older pipe, http://www.mcalpineplumbing.com/productlist.asp

aye soap does actually lather in soft areas its nice :)

ive only ever used salamander pumps they are nice,. bit big though.... just remember to be done by the book, you need a dedicated hot and cold supply for the shower (may need to fit essex flange or surrey flange to cylinder ) and new cold feed on Cold water tank, (and this must be fitted...

you can tape threads in most circumstances, (rad studs etc ) but as the TRV is a compression fitting taping the threads wont do nowt..

yes your external soil stack is vented, either open vented, or with a air admittance valve, in extreme circumstances there may be a need to install further venting, but as JPC said, normally domestic situations have adiquate venting why do you ask ?

yup thats your best bet, just remember its the olive that you are PTFEing not the threads.... ok ? you know actually take the bottom nut off, and pull the pipe put of the TRV, tape the olive (tape in the correct direction to avoid tape unwinding when tigtening (anti-clockwise as you look at...

hmm.... strange one, assuming its a combi then a bath mixer and shower tap should work no probs, if its not a combi the only thing i can assume is that it is not balanced hot and cold supplies - i dont know why this would affect the bath water being colder that the shower attachment but its...

Problem is that the leave is before the TRV. Because of this you are going to need to drain at least part of the heating system. go round and close all Locksheild and trv valves on al rads. (not always neccesery to vaccume system but will help) switch off boiler , and open air vent on rad in...