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Tips and tricks to hanging rads fast? Any suggestions would be greatfully appreciated

Hi all. Was hoping someone in the forum could write me a list of tools i would need to start of my plumbing tool collection. i have a few tool but used the colleges tools, so now im trying to build up my own tools. Many thanks Darren

I have a leaking drain cock. It is on the pipe which comes from the mains water pipe in the airing cupboard. one pipe goes off to the cold taps etc upstairs, the other pipe goes into the hot water cylinder. This is where it is leaking from on the pipe just outside the hot water tank...

Hi everyone, was wondering if any one could point me in the direction of a link for replacing a hot water cylinder. If not my brother has an aga which supplies his hot water cylinder with hot water,his cylinder is laking at the moment and he wants to replace it like for like. The cylinder...

Hi all, My grandad rung me up saying that he has an internal overflow on his toilet but its not cutting out once the cistern is full. He says he has replaced the washer but it still continues to fill over. Could it be something else or has he not fixed the new washer back in properly...

Hi there all you builders. I want to build a partition wall with a single door in my bedroom to box in the built in wardrobe i have made. What type of wood is best used for this and the easiest way about going about it. I did want some sliding doors but on the sites you buy them from they...

Hi everyone. I have a standard rad in my bathroom, and its supplied by microbore pipe eg 8/10mm . I want to change this for a modern towell rad. The thing is the rad has 2 lockshield valves one either side. unlike the other rads which either have a trv or a hand wheel valve. Is this for a...

Hi everyone my nextdoor neighbour has asked me to ask on this forum a question for her. What it is is she has a system boiler and it has a tundish by the hot water cylinder. But now and then i dont know if its when the heating or hot water kicks in but the water gushers through this tundish...

Anyone here recommend a decent tiling company i would like to do a course to go with my plumbing i've just passed mainly for kitting out bathrooms and kitchens. Many thanks Darren

Hi does anyone know how to remove the casing on a 2 port diverter valve its a range make and is white. But looking at it i cannot see any screws to undo to take it off so any ideas would be great many thanks. And yes i will disconnect it from the mains power supply. Darren

How can i check if my diverter valve is broke as i cant get any hot water only central heating works. the boiler comes on when heating is called for but when hot water is called for it remains cold. I have an ideal system boiler so i have a hot water cylinder as well but this is cold as taps at...

Hi could anyone help me? I got back from work today and when i went to fill up the bowl to wash up there was no hot water. I turned the thermostat up in the front room to see if the boiler was still working and it fires up fine, so the central heating side is working fine. But no hot water...

I live in a new Barratts home and the system is all micro bore, i know this as the pipes to the cistern and hot and cold taps in the downstairs toilet are all smaller than your usual 15mm. What i want to know is can you tap into the cold cistern feed to take a branch off to run to an outside...

Can anyone help me please. My girlfriends mum lives in a house where all of the water outlets eg bath taps, sink taps, kitchen taps and the cistern are all downstairs. There is a fire in the kitchen which heats an immersion tank directly above in a bedroom. She wants to know can you...

Can anyone advise why there is no cold water coming out of my mums bathroom sink? I turn the tap fully left or right and only drips seem to come out. Its about time the whole sink was replaced but until then is there a solution? Also where is the best place to get a new pedestal basin...

Hi everyone i'm Darren. Just joined up to this forum but hope to get to know you all in the near future. I am currently studying to be a plumber with OLCI and i'm almost halt way through. What i was wondering is does anyone know the best way to get all the tools i'll need to be a plumber. I...