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Please help me here with experience of best practice (ie what works!) Just about to tile the area for a new shower, got the tray down but am now scratching my head as to what is the best strategy for where the tiles edge onto the tray. What is the best method to avoid water leaks along the...

Thanks guys, thats brilliant. Confirms what I was comming to suspect; there are too many radiators hung off a 15mm pipe! Some of this pipe needs to be upgraded to 22mm. Thanks again.

I am just about to floor my bathroom with a "Floormaster TileLoc" laminate; it is described as splashproof and rated as AC3. The instructions say just click it together; a guy in one of the stores (not actually the one where we brought it) says for a bathroom it is always best to put it...

The central heating in my house has evolved over the years; there is a 22mm backbone to the boiler with 15mm and 10mm branches. It is an open vented system and at a guess several radiators have been added onto the branches over time. There must be a limit to the heat supply capability of 15...

Chris, many thanks for your suggestions; I had never heard of the venturi system, I see the add for that now and will follow that up. As a parellel action though I would like to also look at this option of a PRV as this will possibly give me greater flexibility. I dont see anybody selling...

I am not mad keen about having electric boxes in my shower and am looking for options to replace the electric shower which currently runs solely of the main cold feed. The room does have a supply of hot water that runs from a conventional gravity hotwater tank with a header tank that will be...

Thanks Joe, the meathod you propose (ie a pilot hole all the way through and then use the cutter from both side) is how I sort of envisaged doing the job until I started looking into available kit. The difficulty unless I am missing something is a) the very long drills that would go all the...

I need to drill a 50mm hole for a waste pipe through a traditional built stone wall about 75cm (2.5feet)wide. I have never done this before and am gathering together what I think is needed; dont want to start and then find I have not got the required kit! I have got a 5kg SDS drill (Power...