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    T & G Bathroom Ceiling

    Fitting T&G bathroom ceiling. 1750mm "ish" lengths being glued (Gripfill) direct to sound existing ceiling. Am not fixing to battens as new T&G ceiling would drop below fitted wall fan and floor to ceiling door frames, so has to be direct to ceiling. Wood has been coated with several...
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    Pressure Balancing Valve

    Right, have checked the mains feed water pressure and it is 4Bar. Boiler states - "Flow 35 degrees C temp. Rise 11.6 l/m" "Domestic hot water specific rate 13.6 l/m" So do I need any "special" valves to install between the boiler produced hot water and the Thermostatic Shower valve...
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    Easy to fit? Help needed......

    wedge69 - I too have read the same ref TRV's not being in same room as wall thermostat as they work against each other. The "nice" plumber has left the bathroom as a std valve so I am going to swop the TRV from the hall radiator with the STD valve in the bathroom. Whats happening at the...
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    Easy to fit? Help needed......

    Recently bought house, had new central heating previous, Combi Boiler upstairs cupboard, 8 radiators, 7 with Thermostatic Radiator Valves but it seems dodgy plumber didnt fit a wall thermostat to finalise the installation correctly. Have had a look at the boiler manual (Boiler - Ideal Mini...
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    Why 1 radiator without TRV?

    Thanks "ollski", if I do as you say will the Boiler then not run at all if all TRVs and Thermostat are closed ie not even switch on ready for when heat may be required? I will dig out the manual and see how it fits. Will check back later to see what anyone else recommends
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    Why 1 radiator without TRV?

    My boiler is not firing / gas burning all the time when my programmer is switched on when say my TRV's are closed but it is on "making a working" noise and then fires up / burns gas every so often to presumably heat the Bathroom where no TRV is fitted. But it is making a noise rather than when...
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    Why 1 radiator without TRV?

    Right I need a thermostat, presumably fitted into the bathroom as this is where I have my problem. 1 Is it ok to fit one in a bathroom 2 Is it a job I can handle myself being above average on the DIY scale or do I need a "professional" And as a result - If I have one fitted, to the...
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    Why 1 radiator without TRV?

    The boiler does have a programmer. This seems a very un-efficient way of running a system though. The boiler will keep coming on all the time when say its a hot day, all the other radiators with TRV's will be closed as the temperature is high but as the non trv radiator has the valve open...
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    Why 1 radiator without TRV?

    No definately no wall thermostat. As I need to keep the Bathroom rad valve open as you say, is it ok to have it only slightly open? I dont want to keep it fully open as the room gets too hot. Of all the radiators the bathroom one is the closest to the boiler. Does it not keep the...
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    Why 1 radiator without TRV?

    I have a Combi/Radiator heating system with 8 radiators around the house, no room has a wall thermostatic control. All but the bathroom has TRV's fitted. Is there a reason the Bathroom does not have a TRV as I wish to fit one instead of having the std valve slightly open which keeps the...
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    Pressure Balancing Valve

    When fitting a Thermostatic Mixer Shower fed from a Fully Modulating Combi boiler is it necessary to fit Pressure Balancing Valves? My reason for asking is as my mains fed cold supply is quite powerful, not sure how many bar, and the hot from the combi a lot less If so whats the best to...
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    ARTEX! Ceiling

    My bathroom was two rooms and has previously been knocked into one but on the artex ceiling you can see where the old stud wall has been and where someone has tried to match the artex, poorly they have mis-matched the pattern and done it at a different level! The artex is about 3-5mm of a...
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    Colour Wash

    I have just colour washed tongue n groove panelling that i put up in my bathroom using "Ronseal "Quick & easy" wood wash". I tin of 750ml cost me about £10 from B&Q and does about 12 square m, so it says, but I used hardly any to get a very light shade. Loads of colours available, I used...
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    Fitting new bath taps with speedfit hose

    I have just finished re-plumbing my entire bathroom using speedfit fittings as I also could not afford a plumber to do the job and they are really that easy to use. If you cut the pipe back as you say then simply push the fitting over the pipe until it locks on, then if you put a little PTFE...
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    Cold Water Feed/Pipe layout - Thermo Mixer or Elec shower?

    Which will work better a Thermostatic Mixer or an electric shower considering my cold water feed and existing pipe layout, I dont want to change any pipework and would prefer a thermo mixer...... Cold feed to house...............then.... Branches off to downstairs Sink and to downstairs...
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    HELP! Shower install and bath/taps replacement pipework.....

    Cheers kevplumb. May sound stupid but how can i accurately check mains water supply pressure? Boiler has a bar reading on front of 1.5 probably means nothing and water flow rate from any house cold tap is very forceful....
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    HELP! Shower install and bath/taps replacement pipework.....

    Going round in circles getting different info and massive differences in "plumbers" costs to do the job so want to do it myself! The Mrs wants a new shower - decided on Thermostatic - sorted, but still need to buy one. I have a Combi Boiler - Ideal Mini C28 12 months old, 3.5 meters from...
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