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Hi all I am looking to add a new rad to the spare room and have located a manifold under the floorboards. All the existing pipework to the rads is in 10mm and hence all the ports on the manifold are 10mm. Having looked closely at the manifold I am confused about the flow and return set up...

I have installed a short length of worktop in my utility room and I'm left with a bare edge. I have a strip to stick on to this. What is the best glue to use and what is the best way to trim off the edges to get a neat finish. Many thanks

Can someone tell me why there is a pipe under my radiator connecting the flow & return? I'm not sure why this needs to be there. Many thanks

I am installing a new macerator in newly constructed downstairs toilet. I need to take the waste out to a small courtyard where the main drain is. My question is, can I plumb my macerator waste into the plastic kitchen waste pipe already in the courtyerd? Not sure if I could do this or if I...

I have a very large and very old water storage tank in the loft which needs changing. This only feeds the hot water tank below and nothing else. This is a small terraced house with one bathroom and 2 adults. I would like to fit a smaller tank. Any ideas which size would best suit my needs? Many...

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I have taken down an old external cast iron soil pipe as it was getting to be unsafe. I am going to install a new plastic soil pipe. I am left at ground level with a glazed bend that has a lip on it. Can I simply insert my new pipe into this and concrete the gap or is there some sort of fitting...

Best advice for laying copper pipes in concrete please. Need to move a radiator about 2 metres to allow new door access. Copper pipes in concrete and will need to dig channel to get them out of the way. Many thanks.

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Thanks, are these still used/bought or is it from days gone by?

Sorry, have managed to get photo on under what is this 2?

Sorry photo not in last post. Hopefully here it is. Just to recapp, I was curious as to what the small cylindrical item was below the pump. What does it do? Many thanks

Could someone please tell me what the small cylindrical copper item is below the pump in the attached photo and what does it do? Many thanks.

I have a bath/shower mixer tap in my upstairs bathroom. Due to lack height from the cold water storage tank the flow from the shower hose is rubbish. I've been given a new 1.5 bar twin impeller shower pump and was wondering if I could use this to boost the bath/shower mixer? Are they ok to use...

Simond, How do I check overheat stat? Where should it be, what does it look like? Cheers

Help please. I've just installed new bathroom suite and in doing so I turned off the hot water at the programmer and drained h/w cylinder down to install shower pump. Bungalow has a back boiler and now that I'm finished I've turned the h/w back on and the back boiler won't fire up so no hot...

Thanks DH. Water not milky, it's dark brown. Similar in colour to what you would get when bailing out the bottom of a header tank.