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How solder would sort it out! :lol: I meant I will have to use copper pipe and cut into the exsisting pipe work with yorkshire fittings if I could not use the plastic connections to the rad valves! But you have redeemed my faith in plumbing by telling me you CAN buy the fittings in plastic to...

How I ended up with stop ends in place of radiator! Well my sister in law hired the services of a plummer / tiler???? from the local rag :evil: to fit her new bathroom suite, he was sacked after 3 weeks and 3 house floods later! he took the rad out and put stop ends on the pipe work! Now I'm...

have to get into loft yet just doing my ground work before I go up! I'll get back to you thanks

I want to put some sockets around the garden for lights etc... can I come straight off a 13amp socket from the ring main in the house?

I am fitting a new mirror in the bathroom with lights on it, the lights have a pull cord attached so all I need is a feed for the light, can I take the live / earth / neutral from a ceiling rose in the loft? if so what goes to what? is it straight extending them all down to the switch of the...

I am about to drain my central heating system to replace a radiator, how do I work out how much inhibitor to put in when refilling the system?

Thanks for the reply, looks like I'll have to try and solder then eh! :(

MMMM even I knew that! lol what I wanted to know is do I have to drain ALL the system or could I for instance lock off the flow at the radiator before this one in the system? and can I use the plastic push fit conectors into the radiator valves?

I am putting in a new towel rail radiator where there was once a normal radiator, at the moment there are the two lengths of pipe that connected to the old radiator valves with stop ends on, there is also the drain valve (hose pipe) after this radiator, the c/h is operating at the moment, do I...