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Another one... The heating has decided to stop working. It worked OK last week. The CH thermostat switches on, but the boiler doesn't fire. If I turn the HW on at the same time, the boiler fires and both water and radiators are heated until the HW thermostat turns off and everything stops...

The kitchen cold tap and bath cold tap upstairs are both fed from mains. The last couple of days when we run a bath for our boy, the water has a brown tint and there is tiny rusty bits settled on the bottom of the bath. After some experimentation this is what I've found: - The bath cold...

Hi, I want to paint over an internal wall that is currently dark purple matt emulsion. Having done a similar job some time ago and gone for the approach of applying multiple coats of the new colour until the old colour is gone, gone, gone I would like to know if there is a better way...

So, having read almost eveything on deck posts/joists and looked at the excellent guide http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/diy/decking/index.htm, I have a question. The Ultimate Handyman shows a picture with posts positioned every 1m with joists attached to these. However, there are joists...

Hi, Have a gravity central heating system - Potterton Netaheat (~17 years old) in the kitcken with in/out pipes coming from airing cupboard on first floor (inverted loop?). The following noises happen and I would like to know whether I need to be concerned or it is fairly standard stuff -...

Ok, excuse my ignorance and bear with me.. I have a low pressure system and am about to re-plumb my bathroom (which contains no service valves) and have learnt that pipe bore is everything to make sure there's a decent amount of water coming through. There is currently a 22mm feed for hot...

A stupid question I'm sure, but I have past form on stupidity.. There is what looks like a spaghetti mess of glue on the face of ceramic tiles - I guess to stop them cracking against each other in the box. What's the best and easiest way to get it all off without damaging the tile?

Hi, In the middle of hooking up a new cold water cistern. The kit came with a tank connector with a rubber washer for the inside and plastic washer for the outside. The instructions say just assemble it and screw it up. It looks a bit dodgy though - is it best practise to dose a load of...

Hi, Can you tell me if I've messed this up, please? Tiled one wall of the bathroom last night, finished about 9pm. I randomly put mosaic tiles in amongst the normal cermaics. This morning decided one of the mosaics looked rubbish and I went to cut it out. I thought this would be...

Hi, Can you tell me if I've messed this up, please? Tiled one wall of the bathroom last night, finished about 9pm. I randomly put mosaic tiles in amongst the normal cermaics. This morning decided one of the mosaics looked rubbish and I went to cut it out. I thought this would be...

In my previous post (//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=104699), an essex/surrey flange was recommended for my installation of an aqualisa axis digital pumped shower. The processor/pump unit is going in the loft. Case A: I have called Aqualisa to confirm their instructions. They...

Hi, New bathroom again (thanks for all help so far).... My job for this weekend is to remove asbestos CWC and plumb in a new Aqualisa Axis digital pumped shower. Below is my airing cupboard: I'm going to cut the pipe at (A) and replace with new copper from new CWC and replace...

Hi, About to start refurbishing a bathroom and doing some plumbing for the first time ever. Because I am installing furniture and turning the bath around I am going to need to route the pipework differently. Which begs the question of what to do with the old pipework? Can I just...

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=101600&ts=01769&id=45277 What' with the different colour handles? Red - hot? Blue - cold? Yellow - ?

So, I'm planning on getting some bathroom furniture - vanity and WC unit with a back to wall pan. When everything is installed, I estimate the centre of the pan spigot to be 50-70mm to the right of the centre of the soil pipe (tricky operating a tape measure accurately behind an existing...

I'm in the process of planning a new bathroom and looking at all the various (cheap and costly) options and getting very confused about pressures and flow-rates etc Current setup: gravity fed vented system in 1939 house with one bathroom. As far as I can tell a 15mm rising main feeding all...

Has anyone got one / seen one in action? What's your opinion of it? http://www.tritonshowers.co.uk/wps/wcm/connect/TritonShowers/Internet/Products/TritonShowers/Satellites+Showers/ I quite like the idea of it as I won't have to: 1) research which pump to get 2) chase out a channel...

Hi, I am planning a new bathroom and would like to know people's opinion Current Situation: Cold header tank (25gal) sited directly on loft joists. Indirect hot water cylinder (25gal) in 'airing' cupboard where top of cylinder is approx 0.5m from ceiling. Power shower (cold feed NOT an...

Hi, Is it possible to build your own bath? e.g. Build a retaining wall, add a waterproof lining and tile it a bit like it was a small swimming pool. (I appreciate it is probably a very nieve question)

I want to install a new cold water header tank in the loft (the old one is the original asbestos cement one). I'm going to build a frame so it's sat nice and high and will give good hot water pressure. Now I understand the accepted wisdom to be that you insulate your header tank, but not...