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Hi, My central heating is is feed from a 22mm loop that has 10mm manifolds that branch off to the radiators. I had a heated towel rail that had an electric element in it. I have taken the element out and connected the towel rail to the manifold. Does it matter where the flow and return from...

Hi I need to put some radiator pipes in concrete screed. I have been told to use Hair felt lagging of the tubular sleeve kind to cover them in. Is it right that there is a special kind of hair felt lagging that has a plastic sleeve inside which is used especially for concrete screed or is it...

Hi, I may have to run a new set of downstairs pipes for my central heating and they will be in a concrete floor. It looks like I have a leak under the concrete somewhere that I can not see so I think I may start with a new set of pipes. What is the pratice for laying copper pipes in concrete...

Does water in the F&E Tank on the C/Heating evaporate? The reason I ask is I have isolated the water going into the tank because plumbing work was being done. I have kept an eye on the tank level because I thought maybe it was losing water. Anyway in 4 days the water level has gone down about...

Hi, I need to balance my C/Heating system after changing many rad valves and taking the rads off and flushing them. I have found a couple of web pages that explain how. It's just one says flow and return should be about same temperature, the other says there should be an 11 degree difference...

Hi, I have noticed by chance that water has been going down in the C/Heating tank in the Loft. I shut off the water going to it to replace a radiator, did the work, filled the tank again, bleed the rads but never started the heating back up. Went back to the tank because I had shut of supply to...

Hi, I need to buy a new Oil boiler, i'm replacing a worchester danesmore 26/32. A plumber said a Grant vortex utility 26/36 or another Worchester 26/32. Does anybody have any idea where the cheapest place to score these boilers would be, or is there any other equal boilers that are a better...

Hi, I have to buy a new oil Boiler, the old one is not repairable. At the moment I have a non condensing oil boiler that is running a gravity feed hot water and heating system. Do some new condensing boilers run on Gravity feed systems, or should I be getting the pipe work updated to a...

I need to have a new boiler installed. Can I get away with not going to the expence of having a power flush before it is installed? The rads are about 25 years old and the old boiler was about 10 years old, the water jacket split. It is 8mm microbore pipe and the downstairs pipes go under a...

Hi, I have a worchester Borch Danesmore 26/32 Oil system Boiler that is 10 years old. I have only lived in the house for 3 months. The other night the heating was working fine, then I noticed it getting cold, went out to the utility room where the boiler is and the floor was flooded and a...

Hi, I'm trying to move some of the pipework on my central heating. I decided to use endfeed fittings because the existing pipe is 8mm microbore and it will be on show. I have made the pipe runs and connected it all up OK. I have never done any endfeed soldering before but I thought it cant be...

Hi, I currently have three double radiators in my front room. I need to do some pipe work and was thinking of changing the radiators at the same time for new ones. The current three sizes are 1280 x 430 double each, they are rads probabaly from the late 1970's. Do you think I could replace...

Hi, I thought I was saving myself some money by buying a cheap bath from the internet. When it arrived I have found that it has no wooden frame around the top of the bath lip. Is this usual, or just cheap? I now need to build a frame so I can sucure it. What is the best way of doing this? I...

Hi, Was not sure where to list this. Bought a bath and when I had it delivered it has a few light scrathes on it. Does any one know if I can polish these out easily with something? I may send it back, the only reason I have not is because of the hassle of waiting for another one. Is it...

Hi, Was not sure where to list this. Bought a bath and when I had it delivered it has a few light scrathes on it. Does any one know if I can polish these out easily with something? I may send it back, the only reason I have not is because of the hassle of waiting for another one. Is it...

Hi, Is it best to seal natural travertine tiles before or after grouting? I'm worried that if sealing before the grout will not stick to the edge of the tiles very well. Also what is the best drill bit to drill natural stone with, or is there a good adesive I could use to put mirror and...

Hi, May sound like an easy question but what size connection flexible pipe will I need to connect to my new toliet inlet socket? Thanks

Hi, Is there any other way to finish edging around corners of windows and shelves? I have 12mm Light Travertine tiles, I can find 12 mm cream edging strip but the colour is not a very good match. Is there any trim to match closer or is it usually aceptable just to try to cut the tiles to size...

Wondered if you could answer a question about the fitting of the 3 port Danfoss valve and actuator head? The thing I noticed before I changed the head is that even with the heating and water off and pipes behind the head cold, the head still gets quite warm, is this the norm, or do I have some...

Hi, about a year ago my 3 way motorised valve packed up (danfoss). It seized up. I replaced the actuator head only at the time because it was easier for me to do. Now the valve itself is leaking from behind the motor and it has corrosion behind the 3 way motor and the valve. I have a gravity...