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This may be a controversial topic but i was wondering if any trade professionals could give me advice. I am in the process of having a bathroom fitted and me and the firm i employed have had a disagreement over some technical aspects of the work. as a result the firm has indicated that if i...

just a note from experience, when fitting couplings to a cylinder there is no such thing as too much PTFE!!!!!

hi mike are the taps new? it could be that the cold water is pushing back int the hot pipework due to the pressure difference, therefore affecting the flow and temperature, a non return valve fitted to the hot should remedy this, its a cheap solution and worth ago perhaps? rather than...

is it possible to bridge the joists?

opening the taps DOES NOT drain your system down!! it is a separate circut of water that is heated through the boiler. You need to find a drain cock for the system this should be at the lowest point in the pipework???? usually i find they have been lost under floors etc ao you can drain it...

i dont think there is a "off the shelf " answer to this i would use soldered fittings and pipe to bridge the gap..... but what ever you do will look crap , lift the floor and bite the bullet!

can any one tell me how much i can safely notch out of a 8 inch joist, i have always worked on the 33% rule...

cant turn the tray as it is a quadrant tray.

Hi, I have a problem with a new shower tray i am installing. The wate is directly over a 8 inch joist, to accommodate this i would have to check out a 4x4 portion, which i am not happy to do. How would you more experienced folk overcome this issue? Cheers