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Could someone please give me some painting advice. I have recently moved into a house and have started to decorate bit by bit. The upstairs bedroom wall needs attention as the paint that was used before is peeling away in patches. Most of the wall is fine, only for a few patches. What I did...

The one fitted must be 20 years old and is a 15mm angled type, not sure on the make, do I have to turn off the remaining 2 rads downstairs?

I have a leak on a down stairs radiator coming from the pin on a TRV. I have just recently had a combi boiler fitted and refilled with inhibitor. What is the correct procedure with draining/refilling the system?, would I have to drain down the whole system to replace the TRV? Is there any...

Thanks guys for the replies, I'll give it a try soon but first I'm trying to get the boiler fixed as it broke down yesterday :( (pilot light keeps going out when I take my finger off the gas valve button) Any ideas?

Is there a maximum amount of time that I can leave a sludge remover in a system? I have bought some Sentinel sludge remover but do not intend to change my downstairs radiator until April, but I thought of adding it to the system now while we are using the heating every day.

Thanks John for the reply, first job for the New Year!

I had a new radiator fitted in April and my plumber said he added inhibitor. When I bled a radiator recently the water was black, is this normal or should the water be running a clear colour? If I have to flush the system is it best to run through a cleaner first and then add the inhibitor, as...

Thanks guys, I have been in contact with another plumber who also stated the comment to be carp, the only thing he said was that I would have to be careful how much extra new pipework I run as it is 10mm microbore.

Hi all, A plumbing novice in need of a little advice!, I am moving a radiator onto the next wall so that we can have french doors fitted. When I looked at the pipe work behind the plasterboard I found it to be 10mm microbore connected to 15mm for the valve connectors. Speaking to my...