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Thanks John, how do you clean the inside of a 15mm fitting with wire wool though - you can barely get your little finger in there..! If I'm taking a soldered joint apart, I heat it again to melt the old solder, pull the joint apart, then wipe the pipe again with the cloth to remove the...

I'm planning to install some new rads and consequently change the existing pipework from microbore to 15mm. I'm planning to use yorkshire fittings, and a friend mentioned that you can get a tool specifically to help with the fitting of them. He described it as a set of heated pliers that...

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Hi guys, I need to dot'n'dab two walls in the living room, and a mate said that I need plasterboard adhesive to stick the plasterboard to the walls. Thought I'd try and grab some ready mixed pots of the stuff in B&Q last night but all I could find was ready mixed plaster, nothing...

Cheers guys. Yes its a ceiling below. Its also a drop-feed set up, so i'd have to drain each drop individually at the rad valve right..? If I drain the system down what do I need to add to the header tank whilst allowing it to refill? Seen loads of different stuff that can be added -...

I have the set-up show below, but I need to remove 2 of the radiators from the manifolds where the X's are. I'd like to avoid draining the system down and planned on quickly unscrewing each nut and then replacing it with some sort of cap to minimise fluid loss. Is this possible - can I...

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Thanks for the replies guys - really helpful. However, my 22mm feed and return pipes are first accessible under the landing floor which is pretty much in the centre of the house. So rather than snaking a 22mm backbone round all 4 corners of the house would it be ok to split the 22mm and run...

I currently have 22mm feed and return running to a point under the landing where they're connecting to microbore manifolds which then feed each rad sperately. I want to change a few rads around and would prefer to upgrade to 15mm due to the length of the pipe runs involved and the addition of...

Me and the neighbours are both in the process of having conservatories built. Mine will be ready to go shortly following a quote for the base, but the neighbour is still having visits from salesmen trying to sell their particular brand. By the sounds of it all the salesmen are slagging one...

When drilling into external brick walls, is it better to drill into the mortar joints of the brick itself? Thanks

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Hey guys, I currently have a microbore set up in my house but want to move and add a few radiators in the system. I want to remove the 2 radiators being fed from the manifolds - as shown by the red X's in the image, and replace them as shown. I'm assuming the best way to do this is by...

The boiler isn't even coming on, only when you call for CH at the same time. I thought that the water thats pumped round the rads is the same as that used to heat the HW tank - i.e. there aren't 2 seperate curcuits, 1 for HW gravity loop and 1 for the radiator curcuit - its all one big...

If the header tank was empty then wouldn't the CH stop working too? I assume you mean that the boiler wouldn't fire if there was no wtaer in the system?

Wonder if you guys can help me... I have a C plan system (pumped CH, gravity HW) with a Honeywell zone valve next to the HW tank. Our programmer is set to call for HW and CH at roughly the same times. However, just recently what with the hot weather I've changed it to just call for HW -...

Can anyone else offer their opinion..? Thanks Wonderboy

My current system is all microbore and works very well indeed. However I now want to move a rad from one side of the living room to the other. The length of pipework required for the new run is approximately 8 metres each way and it needs to feed a double rad with a BTU rating of around...

I want to relocate a radiator on my microbore system. I know that I can get the pipe from the local plumbers merchants, but my manifolds have a screw fitting on them. Do I need ton flare the pipes with a tool so that the threaded nuts hold the pipe into the manifold?

I've just sent a spur from my ring main into an FCU mounted on my living room wall, which then goes through the wall and into a weatherproof socket on the outside of the house. I've only wired the cable into a weatherproof socket for the moment as I want a brick flowerbed built with 3-4 brick...