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I've been asked to tile a large floor in a extension,its a floating floor with wet underfloor heating/spreader plates under 22mm chipwood.I told the customer that it would need ply over the top,he has however recently purchased all the tiles (750x750) and the supplier has shown him the plastic...

Ive been to look at a project for a customer today,part of which is to lay approx 120 sq mts of Stonemarket slate style stone slabs internally-something ive never done before,i got a few concern's regarding the following:- The sub floor is suspended timber incorperating wet underfloor...

Hi guys,my parents liveing down in cornwall have no gas supply and currently rely on storage heaters/immersion heater for heating and hot water.They have asked me to look into alternatives and i've noticed screwfix/plumbfix listing the Galaxy Powerstream range which look as if they would be...

guys a quick ask please,during re-fitting a bathroom i've been asked to change the old immersion heater(no longer works),noticing that at some point the wiring has been hijacked to power the shower pump...i can run some new cable direct from the box and install a new outlet no problem-is this...

Tony,thanks for your reply(S),i should have mentioned that the system has TRV's fitted by the previous plumber on all rads bar the towel rail in the bathroom-and thankyou for the advice regarding the bypass valve. In respose to your second post i've never indicated anything else-i run a small...

Thanks again Stem for your reply-well this valve is fully open and from what i understand always has been,i might try to close it down a bit later,having said that i've done a search on here about bypass valves and found quite a bit-and following yesterdays session re the 3 way i was told last...

Can i thank Stem and Ihatemyjob for your reply's again,Stem i was thinking along the lines of balancing the system-so i did it again today whilst replacing the 3way with another as i noted last night no movement on the lever when selecting between DHW and CH and OFF,i know it was only 3 weeks...

Thanks for your reply Stem,i was suspecting that this may be the case,i'll bring you up to speed though.i was asked to have a Quick(!) look at this sytem for a neighbour-its primary problem was lack of circulation round the rads coupled with a temperatur differance between upstairs and...

Hello again all,well as an update to my origional posts i've had the system powerflushed but made little differance.i've still got a problem(or not) in that the boiler runs for abuout 8 to 10 mins then cuts out,i've noticed that when the boiler cuts out turning the room stat up further has no...

Once again thank you mick for your reply-you must think i'm stupid asking these questions,butthis is how i learn!!. right i think we'll go again for a flush-i've got a mate with a powerflush unit but he is always a little hessitant with microbore n old er systems,hence usually do it manually...

Thanks for your reply mick,yes i suspected sludge given its an old sytem/microbore etc and yes it was cleaned n flushed through-it was during changing the pump i had a look at the 3 way valve and found it was jammed,upon checking the system briefly yesteday i did discover the lever on the new...

As an update to an earlier post last week-Glowworm space saver boiler/Honeywell programer,the system has now been left alone(!) for a few days and on the whole working better than before,i'm still convinced something just aint right somewhere-can the HW tank stat overide the CH stat-perhaps if...

thanks for your replys guys,i'll take on board the bit re trv in the hall.other than doing a continuity test on the boiler stat(as per fault finding chart)is there any other way of checking its working correctly...also having looked at the wiring schematic it appears that the HW tank stat also...

I'm hoping someone can offer some wisdom here-whilst working on a property i was asked to look at the CH system-its a glowworm spacesaver 30 installed in 84,all rads are controlled by trv's bar one in the bathroom,microbore pipe feeds to rads(10mm),honeywell st699b controller and roomstat in...

Hello again Tictic-you seem to be singing from the same sheet as i am now-the shower was initially pumped gravity-then we installed combi for customer so now direct through that,point to note is that apart from 1 tile chipping in the wet area no other probs there-all other probs have been in the...

Just to add another to your list-have you thought off Silverline?-i've been using thier mixer for 2 yrs now and cant fault it-gone through one set off bushes but thats it.In use constantly,2 speed box,varyiable speed control and makes the tea(no-thats the labourer sorry!),and comes with a 3 yr...

hi tictic,yes i gave the ufh a little longer as i always do-i've seen the results off turning on too soon,and yes it was topps that supplied the tiles-have you heard of anyone else having trouble then?,one of the interesting points in the report from BAL was the presence of Etringite in the...

In may 2009 i did a bthroom conversion for a very good customer using travertine honed and filled tiles(customer choice),bal natural stone adhesive and bal superflex grout-all supplied by topps tiles.The basic plan was rip out old suite and shower and walls,make good and check...

if you have removed the 3 screws it just pops off-whats your problem exactly??

does anyone know of a suitable sound proofing/acoustic reducing cladding or system on the market(plasterboard system aside). i am working on a old property ste about 30 feet back from a main trunk road,and although the double glazing is effective to a degree th e customer has asked me to...