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My thermostatic shower valve needs fixing to my newly tiled wall. There are two wall plates that are chromed and look great and each wall plate has three fixing holes 5mm each 5mm wide. I need to get through 10mm of tile, 12.5mm of moistureboard and into 18mm of wbp ply and would ideally...

I have just started to fit out our newly tiled bathroom with chrome pipe to the toilet and basin. This is something I have done plenty of times before (a few years ago though) but I am having an absolute nightmare this time. The chrome pipe is from screwfix as are the compression fittings...

I'm going round in circles here...! My bathroom renovation is being clad in Wickes 12.5mm moistureboard using wallboard adhesive, tanked using the Aquaseal kit and tiled using those Wickes 300x400 Onynx effect tiles (ceramic) Despite trawling the forums and reading the Tech Specs I can't...

I would be grateful for your thoughts on my problem :) I recently had a plumbing company install a brand new installation in my bungalow renovation. The front man was an amiable chap and he gave me a good price but the two young lads who turned up to do the work... :roll: To cut a long...

I have just purchased an old bungalow circa 1950 in Cleveleys. The mains water arrives at the stop cock in the kitchen via a 15mm copper pipe. We have had the pressure measured at around 2.5 bar and the flowmeter indicated 8 litres per minute although I have since measured about 11 lpm timed...

I have three radiators downstairs that are fitted from the same line and none of them are that interested in warming up. The flow and return run in parallel for about seven metres with a small radiator at the end, using four ‘T’ pieces the other two radiators are ‘T’ pieced off of the flow and...

What a mine of information this forum is :shock: We moved into our 1930s detached house eight years ago and to be honest the place was a disaster zone and we have extensively redecorated, wallpapered, carpetted etc. Our downstairs bathroom had a sort of cupboard space behind the door which we...

Hi All - Due to a cracked Heat Exchanger I am having to consider a boiler replacement :( My house is a reasonably large detached 1930s construction with a 1970s single storey extension. My boiler is currently a Baxi Solo 2 80 PF and it supplies a total of 13 double radiators (including...

Hi all - My Baxi solo 2 pf 80 has started to leak quite badly from the heating element (boiler?) I first noticed some odd popping noises in the pipes a few days ago and had to re-pressurise the system a few times. Tonight I had a look at the boiler itself and noticed water everywhere :shock...

Hi, hope someone can help me here. My boiler has worked flawlessly for years but recently has stopped igniting the main burner. Everything works as normal, pump on, power on, fan on, igniter on (sparking) but no pilot light and hence no main burner Occasionally the pilot will light up and...