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Hi All, I think i've confused myself (not difficult) I need to change my pump on the heating system. What size pump pliers do you recommend to undo the nuts either side of the pump? Thank you, as always for your advice. Peter x

Hi Boys & Girls, Possibly a basic question, sorry ! I am hoping to replace my toilet and cistern with an Armitage Shanks Sandringham pan and cistern. The line drawing shows a total height of 1010mm to top of cistern. Is it possible to lower the cistern / shorten flush pipe so that I can fit...

Guys and Gals, I come seeking advice / opinion again. Does any of you have experience with LEDLite lamps from TLC? Mainly 2w pygmy LED Coloured 2W GLS LED? 4w Candle LED? Ok, the reason I ask, is I have a combination of these lamps (about 40) in a theatre, to be honest, no major issues, apart...

Hi All, Advice please, if you may. I want to change the toilet pan in my bathroom, I suppose it is the usual arrangement, low level pan, into about 1mtr of cast iron pipe, then into a T piece, into the soil stack in the corner. I would like to change the pan and cistern for just a new standard...

Hi All, the motorised valve has failed (stuck open), valve ok, motor seized. I see places like screwfix sell "replacement heads" rated as universal. Question. Do I have to buy a new Horstmann head (can get for late next week) or are the heads interchangeable? Sorry for stupid question... if you...

Hi All, Odd one, can any one tell me what size screw is likely to have been used in besa boxes possibly going back to the '60's They certainly are not M4, M4 is too small.. Any ideas? I am guessing an imperial size, but not sure what? Thanks as always P xx

hello all, Just after some advice please? Cold water tank in loft has started to leak, it is a metal tank, the old galvanised metal type.. It only seems to provide water to the hot water cylinder. I feel quite capable of replacing the tank myself. The tank of course has the 15mm cold feed, the...

Hi Boys and Girls, I am after some advice please regarding LED tubes. I've got an outdoor enclosed sign, it is a sign box with just the front illuminated. It currently has 2 x 70w and 2 x 58w fluorescent tubes in it on switch start gear (about 15yrs old). The gear for the 2 x 70w tubes has...

Hi There, I have a 2" gas pipe running along my outside wall which is in need of painting, it is currently a rusty orange colour. My question, I know gas pipe paint exists, but does the colour have to be a certain "yellow" to comply with regs ? Gas pipe paint seems quite expensive for...

Hi, I am after a quick piece of advice please. my business has a 3 phase supply, but our electricity bill is pretty large (about £200 per week). We are a nightclub. on a recent PIR i mentioned the cost and the electrician did a couple of quick checks. when the club is closed, we are...

Hello! Further to my musings about boilers etc. I need a quick bit of advice. I have a U16 gas meter. Looking next year to convert our oil fired boiler to gas. A couple of engineers have stated we need about 180kw input. No problems, but the meter spec says it can handle 173kw. Transco tell...

Hello All, following on from my post about boilers... Our system has been pumping over for quite a while, most rads are sludged! I have identified the problem as the pump is sucking water from the F&E tank, the cold feed to the system joins about 12" from the pump. It is a single pipe system...

Hello All, I am having a rough work out, wonder if you can help? I have a boiler burning 15ltrs gas oil per hour, how can i work out how much heat this is giving me in KW? Also, what would you suggest is better value for money? gas oil or natural gas? before you wonder what i do with...

Hiya, Can anyone confirm if MDPE gas pipe must be buried or used outside? I am looking at a run of about 60mtrs of 50mm pipe through a roof void, i have had 2 quotes, 1 for tracpipe, 1 for melleable iron. Any thoughts please? Peter

I recently was having trouble with my Hotpoint WD420, rocks1 suggested the hot valve. me being not very technical, called out hotpoint, they suggested main PCB failed. I am still waiting for hotpoint to come back. I decided to take off the top of my machine and poke around, and hay presto...

Hi all, my hotpoint thingy has developed a weird fault, on starting it takes a little water in and then stops, sometimes the drum will turn 1/4 turn then stop, then go the other way after a couple of minutes, it has the door locked and wash light on, then it just seems to freeze, any ideas...

Hi, I have a commerical heating system, not sure of capacity, but we have a potterton NXR3/37 boiler (210kw), we have had issues with pumping over which we have sorted (speed controller added to pump) We are in the process of de-sludging our radiators and it was suggested we put anti freeze in...

Hiya, I am looking for a flexible pipe kit part number 242262, i have searched the internet etc, but cannot find anyone with one in stock. Would any of you guys have one? Many thanks Peter

I have a Kingfisher MFL50 floorstanding boiler and i would like to replace the vertical flue pipe which connects the boiler to the flue liner in the chimney about 2 foot above the boiler, and suggestions on a suitable pipe? I would ideally like white as the one at present is painted and now...