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how close is can you solder a new joint next to a excsiting one,without fear of melting the solder on the joint.

found out the info on here,by mistake lol,cheers

be paient on a reply mate,some members like to have a laugh,it would get answered,but if u post a comment like that,then members may not like it and wont get a reply at all,sorry to say,but i personnaly would not help if someone seems to get funny over it,sorry to say,but u r not helping yourself,

i want to remove a TRV to check the pin is not stuck,only im not sure on how to remove the body,there is a small allen key grub screw,would this be the solution,sorry not sure what make it is,been on for a few years,sorry to ask,done a search with no luck

i found a drain off valve,its exits through the wall outside next to where the boiler is fixed lol

got a tip on draining it,get yourself a tap connector and solder the drain off valve to it,screw tap connector to the rad valve,open the drain valve to empty

one off the radiators is removed,im planning on connecting a outside tap to the valve and drain down this way,any other suggestions u guys find a good way

i need to drain down all radiators,but no drain off valve has been fitted to the system,any suggestions on how to drain it down, thanks

cheers mate,nice and simple solution :D :D

i have a hot water tank to fit with no imersion heater,the thing is,the size of the hole where normally the immersion heater sits on the tank in place is alot smaller than the standard size hole,in its place is a fixing to cap it off,are these tanks stil available,i have only seen the standard...

right guys and any girls,im having a big problem with both raditor valves connectors,no matter what i do,they wont seal,i can not see how i can fix the problem,i have used ptfe tape,no joy,tape with a smearing of jet blue as well,still no good,its only a small leak,any suggestions,never had this...

does seem odd how it should raise the pressure,maybe the filling loop is faulty,not my job to fix it,thankfully,bit of a mystery to me,thats why i did not take on the job,just wanted to know any opions on the issue,had me puzzled how fixing the neighbours pipe made the pressure rise,i think the...

just a query,unsure about this one,the pressure on a combi boiler rose after the house next door had a broken mains pipe repaired,how would you drop the pressure,im i right in saying drain some water out the radiators to drop the pressure to under 1 bar,then refill to correct pressure thanks

thanks for that :D

is there any particular reason for having push fit or compression connections on waste pipes,are compressions used for paticular situations,just wondered,or is it just personal prefence of using one over the other :?: cheers

thanks once again for your advice :D

im guessing they r common brick,they are the kind u get in old houses,real hard bricks smooth faced,not soft like these new build houses,pain in the butt to drill in,hope this helps,i dont know if houses are made using engineers bricks,thought they r normally used near dampcourse,they are in the...

render has come of the wall to bare brickwork,these are the old solid bricks like engineers bricks,my plan of attack is to dampen wall down remove dust,give a coat of bonding then multi finish on top,how long do i wait till i multi on top of the bonding coat,its come off on two sides of the...

heating the same age as the floor,pipework is at the end of the boards,the boards also run under the wall,so its going to be tight to pull the ends up if they have been nailed down under the wall.there was a large rad nearly the width of the room,the one going in is a quarter the width,so there...

im having to relocate a raditor,the room is say 20 long by 10,the floorboards run length ways,the original radiator is at the end of the room,it will be refixed on the same end of the room,just more to the left cos patio doors are in place now where the rad was,so of course the floorboards have...