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You are right. I found an allen key and it was incredibly stiff - took all my strength to undo it. Interestingly they got it to seal without any ptfe tape. I originally tried to use brass adapters to convert the existing valves back to 15mm. I used tape, but it leaked like a b'stard. Not...

OK will give it a try. There seems to be a number of brands, any particular that you recommend? I'd rather pay a premium for something that will be easy to fit and long wearing and lower risk of leak, than skimp on cost. Mark

I have bought a 3 port compact manifold, which can be seen here: http://www.alternativeheat.co.uk/products/underfloor-heating/manifolds/compact-manifolds/index.php The manifold itself is for 16mm pipe, however our floor was laid with 15mm pipe. The supplier suggested I replace the valves...

Yes the idea was that the closer to the hinge the shorter it can be. But I suspect there is a compromise, where it distorts less. So there really is no alternative but to screw this on?

We have aluminium bi-folding doors that have a 90 degree corner post. The problem is the centre door panel can open up and fold back on itself. A gust of wind would smash the handle into the glass, breaking it. So we need to buy a descrete projection door stop that we can apply on the outside...

My wife rang, they suggested they could send around a Franke specialist plumber - although didn't state the cost.

So either the tap is broken or my kitchen installers did something very bad? The flow rate is so bad that it takes a few seconds to fill up a desert spoon. I have a plumber coming around to finish up our boiler replacement, so I hope he'll have some answers. Although personally I don't see...

We have just had a new kitchen installed. We chose a Franke "pull-out" mixer tap + franke water filter, but now have problems. The flow rate isn't just slow it's more like a useless dribble, regardless of hor or cold water temperature. The tap says it needs 4M of head of water, which I...

We have had bi-folding doors put in. It uses a moveable post corner system, such that the entire system folds away to the left and the right. The illustration below shows the shape, which has two 90 degree corners: ____ |____ The middle top corner is the moveable post and the...

I asked my builder to install Ditra, he advised against it, said it wasn't needed and would be a waste of money. He said we will have no movement problems and Mapi flexible adhesive is being used with Porcelein tiles. He said we should only use it with stone or if there was worry of movement...

I'm sending hte whole system back. With two pumps it's just way too big and doesn't git in the cupboard. Instead getting that 3 port compact manifold from alternative life, that is fitted with a grandfos. The thing is just 360mm in length, so should fit nicely.

We have a small space we'd like to fit our manifold and pump. The one's fitted by our builder from Florad are monsters and don't fit. I have found compact ones from these companies: http://www.alternativeheat.co.uk/products/underfloor-heating/manifolds/compact-manifolds/index.php...

hmm this one looks even more compact:

compact really seems the way to go: Are there any downsides to the fully assembled compact systems?

Any opinions on the CirculatingPump CP53. Florad have provided two for our underfloor heating system. Looking online these pumps seem to be the cheapest available. Anyone have any problems with these, or are they ok?

The manifold was assembled today. It's larger than I was expecting, compared to the manifolds I've seen in other systems from photos found: I'm also now wondering if the system really needed two pumps? 3 circuits 70M per circuit, 15mm pipe.... Is that because 10mm pipes need two pumps as...

Yeah sorry ignore the sketchyness, I didn't have a cad tool to draw it, so the distances of centres is not illustrative. All centres will be even throughout. I will try to keep each circuit to around the same length. The previous cad drawing said it was about 70M per circuit I think. So...

florad never got back to me, when I asked then to explain their choice of 10mm vs 15mm. Nor where they willing to update the diagram to reflect the heat loss from the large 5Mx2.3M glazed unit. The builders have ageed to fit the 15mm pipe I have provided - it's a 5 layer 15mm pipe, with 50...