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Thanks guys. We will get some timber up there.

Oh, how so? We had it resurfaced a few years back, is that what you mean? It needs a surface for walking on?

Thanks, that looks like it could work for us. Maybe with just a pole and a retractable washing line, attached to the near wall. It was the builder's own house and the whole extension is extremely solid. When working on his own home he didn't cut any corners. I'll let you know if we fall through...

jj4091, maybe, but the walls are not very robust and tend to crumble when you try to drill anything into them, so I'd rather have something freestanding. The wall in the distance is next door, connected to another flat roof which is a garage. This part was build by the previous owner who...

It's okay for walking in, it was designed for that. I'll post a photo tomorrow when it's light, but there's not much to see.

I'm worried it will blow away. Fill it with water maybe?

We have a flat roof that we can access via a door. We want to put washing out up there. There are walls we could attach poles too, but the bricks here are very poor, and the mortar is pretty much dust. So we are looking at alternatives. Could a rotary be installed in a concrete block, perhaps...

I think that's right about pipe 3, it goes to both the pressure vessel/boiler and the loft. I doubled checked and 1 is definitely the hot one, and definitely goes to the bottom of the cylinder. We have an immersion heater in that tank, but it's only for emergency use when the boiler is not...

That's the sort of thing I'd like, with separate controls for the pump and the thermostatic valve. No need to have max power all the time. The guy doing our bathroom recommended Mira too.

All 4 pipes go to the loft. 1 - Hot, bottom of cylinder 2 - Cold, top of cylinder 3 - Cold, mains feed from bottom, pressure vessel and boiler via he flexible hose 4 - Disconnected I'm fairly sure 3 is fed from the mains. There is a tap that I believe is the stop cock, but it's stuck so I...

Ah, okay. Unfortunately it is very difficult for me to access the tank in the loft, I'd have to get someone to do it. I guess they didn't explain it very well when they made the change. I've stuck my head up the ladder and seen a big tank, but that was all I could see. There might have been...

Thanks guys. Yes, I'm sure about the cold feed. We had a tank in the loft, but all sorts of issues with the boiler and vibration. Eventually they cut the tank out of the loop entirely, it's empty now. That was when they installed the pressure vessel. It seems to work okay, we have hot water...

As you can see, it's red. Thanks for your help.

Hi. I'm having the bathroom redone and want to install a better shower. We have a basic mixer one and the pressure is quite poor. Our hot water is from a tank in the bathroom. I think it's a pressurised closed system. There is the main hot water tank with a backup immersion heater, and the...

I'm trying to find an elongated toilet, specifically one with a 470mm distance from the seat mounting holes to the front. Can you still get these in the UK? The only ones I have found are all discontinued, or only available overseas. Thanks.

Good suggestions, thanks. terryplumb: Our house is different to the others, so unfortunately not much help there. Exedon/Alec_t: I'll keep looking, but the pipes disappear into walls and under the floor. Maybe that's where the main distribution point is. If so I'm not going to be able to get...

I'm trying to find where water enters my property, with a view to fitting a descaling or softening device. I don't want to get into an argument about those, I'm just looking for the pipe where water comes in. I've looked: - Under the stairs. Gas and electricity, no water. - Under the kitchen...

Yes, sorry I should have mentioned, it is cavity wall. I'll query it, because as you say it does sound like a very large bit of concrete. Edit: I should add that the builder said something about casting them on site.

I am having some new windows. The lintels on the old ones are sagging quite badly and need to be fixed. They are quite large windows, about 2.3m wide. I have two similar quotes, one suggesting steel lintels and the other concrete. Reading up it sounds like concrete isn't ideal for such wide...

Yes, that's the plan. Great news. I don't know how they would be mounted. Drilled though to the brickwork I guess.