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Thanks, I shall try and fimd a neighbour who has one I can borrow and will report back if it works.

At 5 o'clock this morning my son blocked the waste trap from the bath with beads. I can't get them out. The trap is very narrow, made of lead and is 75 years old, so I guess if anyone tried to disconnect it it would crack. There is not enough room under the bath for a modern plastic trap. Is...

Hello, I'm not a plumber, and I am in England, but I'm posting to say that in England, at any rate, if you replace the lead rising main in the house from the outside stopcock, then the water company will replace their side of the lead main without charge. I got a copy of the specification my...

I'll try and post later with some measurements - not sure how to post a sketch (I don't have a scanner). Thanks.

I've just done some measuring. It's all so impossibly (?)tight. In the current layout the old loo is at 45 degrees to the corner and has a high level cistern. The wc is being replaced with a boxed in cistern for safety reasons which I won't elaborate here, but of course this is less...

I posted this under building, but I reckoned plumbers were more likely to know the answer: http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=126983 I already asked Ideal Standard and Utopia about this but they refused to answer (covering their backs) and Utoopia refused to comment even when I...

A new wc is being fitted soon - the back to the wall : pan will be fitted to a reduced depth unit by Ideal Standard or Utopia, the cistern being concealed in the unit. My question is, if the unit is fitted into a corner, how wide a unit is needed to give enough leg room when sitting on the loo...

PS: I've already trawled the internet for any design ideas and tried a search of Amazon, but neither has been a lot of use. Does anyone know of any good books or websites, please? Thanks!

I have had these more than 10 years now, and the only problem has been the thermostatic cartridge which was replaced a few years ago. I have recently found out that the pipework from the pump should be 22mm but is in fact only 15mm. Since the shower's worked perfectly well for all this time, I...

My bathroom (about 1.9m square) is being refitted and tiled to full height professionally. I'm using Johnson's Prismatics tiles (150mm square) because they make curved edge tiles and the window reveal and windowsill behind the washbasin will be tiled and I don't want to look at an edging strip...

Thank you; I shall get some quotes. My previous experience 20 years ago when I was putting in central heating for the first time was that some of the firms I asked to quote refused or said it would be impossible to put a back boiler in the chimney, even though when I phoned to make the...

Thanks, Kev for the reply. The airing cupboard is very shallow and in a bedroom, and contains a torpedo hot water tank, so there isn't much room. The fitter insists on the erection of scaffolding to the roof if a flue is to go out through the slates and also insists the boiler can't be mounted...

It looks as though I'm either having a conventional boiler (Ideal) fitted by the front door or a Vaillant combi in the attic. This is to replace the old back boiler. I haven't had the quote yet, but although I'd prefer the boiler to be in the loft, I expect it will cost an awful lot more (£2K?)...

Thank you everyone for your kind and helpful replies. I am pretty impressed with this forum and how generous you are with your time. :D

It does sound as though the scheme is unsatisfactory and that people eligible for some form of grant ought to be able to choose their own CORGI-registered fitter. It's shocking that EAGA owns several of thew plumbing firms!

Thanks. The firm they want to use is called Cosytop. As I think I shall end up having to pay extra to have a decent boiler and to have it in the loft I wonder whether i can insist on my own installer... the thought of having my house turned upside down by a contractor I don't know and from many...

Thanks,Dave. I am nervous of combis because I'm not sure what the water pressure is like round here. We are big water users - the washing machine (cold fill, mains tap) is on about three times a day, 7 days a week, and we use a lot of hot water because he needs frequent baths/showers to clean...

PS, My child has learning difficulties and is guaranteed to fiddle with the boiler controls if he can get at them :(

Warm Front have said I can have a new boiler with a grant but I've been reading this forum and it seems they may well put in an unreliable boiler (not-so Ideal). Now I should like to get my gas bills down - my boiler isn't even included in the energy efficiency tables it's so old, I guess no...