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As I am extreamely close to the next number that comes after 39 years of age I was searching the Net for info on the aging process and came on these bleak lines about Time. There is also strong evidence that time seems to go faster as you get older. (Do we leave the problem-solving mode as we...

Can you help me? I have a gravity fed heating system (10mm pipe) in a small house, the rads are stone cold down stairs but red hot up stairs! I dropped all the water out that would come out via cock on the Glowworm boiler and then filled up again. To find ALL rads would not heat up at all?? The...

I noticed a wet (soggy) patch in my nice laminate flooring in my bathroom, behind the toilet! I checked first and foremost the inlet and outlets for WC operation, as I was very careful when fitting the pot all seals including the "doughnut" between pan and cistern was fine! Then I discover a...

For some reason my 4 bedroom house has a room stat in our living room, after that we have to heat a huge stairwell before the other rooms. So I was thinking of just putting TRV's on all the rads in each room to better use my precious gas! WHAT do I do with the redundant room stat in the living...

Can anyone put me in the picture. We are moving into a property with an oil-fired combi boiler, should anything go wrong with it am I able to work on the boiler myself. I know hiring a registered, qualified, certified trades person is the best option for working on heating systems but this not...

Can anyone suggest the correct procedure to run hot and cold to an out-house for using a washing machine, sink etc?? It has to come out a back kitchen wall and under a patio and up through the wash house floor. I have used Denso tape before, but this offers little in insulation and the last...

I have asked the plumbers now I will ask the roofers! I want stick some solar panels on my roof and would need to penetrate the tiling to carry water to add to heating system. What type of method would I use to maintain water tightness around 15-22mm pipes going through?? Cheers

I have searched for this topic first! 1. I can plumb but are very limited when using domestic electric systems and have only installed combis with aid of a sparky before. I want to retro fit my house with solar panels to reduce my heating cost, but I believe it would need pumped and possibly...

Hello this my first time so nice to be here and hope I can contribute as well as take from this forum! I wanted (want) to be a plumber. A few years ago I approached tonnes of local plumbers asking for work paid or un-paid. To my amazement they did not take me up on it, until one guy did for 2-3...