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I have just bought a house that was partially renovated, before the previous owner became ill, so I am finishing half done jobs. His plumber put in a new boiler and unvented cylinder, but there are no hw supply pipes to bathrooms or kitchen from cylinder. 1) The kitchen and one bathroom...

England will be scoring 'up to' 30 goals tonight!

I've got a Broag 28c combi running a 10mm manifold and microbore system. The system originally had an 8 branch manifold, running 4 rads. As there were no extra tappings on the manifold, I aded an extra rad by teeing into the 22mm F and R pipes, and running 10mm pipe to the new rad. (Shown in...

I also have a GW 30 CXI. Can I ask if this is the same problem as mine? When I shower, after a few mins, the hot water runs cold. I turn off, wait for a minute, then it runs hot again. This can happen twice during a shower. Hot taps also run cold or fluctuate if running for a few mins. Are...

If the boxing is too close, the heater may overheat, and trip the thermal cut-out inside when they're charging at night.

Millions of pipe unions all over The UK are sealed with PTFE tape. That's exactly what its for, sealing threaded joints. 6 clockwise turns of it (viewed from the open end of the pipe), then do it up nice and tight. Not too tight. Don't think about it, get on and do it man!

Get on the subway to Coney Island. Interesting ride through Queens on overhead rails. You can have a 'Nathan's Foot Long' :shock: - its a hot dog from the world famous stall there. http://www.nathansfamous.com/PageFetch/

Bahco - The flapper valve in the bottom of the cistern. Compheat - Yes, and yes

BUMP :wink: Worried that the continual flow into pan and out into stack will freeze the stack.

The flap valve on my close-coupled wc seems to have started to stay slightly open. This causes a constant flow into the pan. I can't see any grit or scale stopping it from closing. What might be causing this, and how do I mend it? If replacement is the only answer, do I need to remove the...

It looks like replacing my rusty 450 x 2200 double rad will be expensive, due to large/non-standard size. If I put 2 (500 x 1000) double rads in its place, it will work out much cheaper. My question is, will it work as well having 2 rads, joined with a 15mm pipe as in my diagram? Will I...

Thanks for the advice. Yes, its vented, gravity hot and mains cold. I'll try without the hot check valve. P. S. MUGGLES - Is that Vulcan still flying? I was working at a bank in the early 90s which was next to Filton runway, in Bristol (part of the BAE/Rolls Royce works). It was a big thing...

Re. Previous post. //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1391015#1391015 The hot flow at my kitchen mixer was rubbish. Hot flow from tap was 3 litres/min. From the open pipe (ie. tap disconnected) its 9 litres/min. So I spent £140 on a Franke Helena low pressure tap, which needs...

Yes, thanks for the tip. Surprised how much that darn tap strangles the hot flow :(

Re. //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1388079#1388079 The hot flow on my gravity hot, mains cold kitchen monoblock mixer is 3.5 litres per min. I disconnected the flexi from the hot service valve under the sink, and connected a length of 15mm Speedfit pipe to the valve. The flow...

Thanks Kevplumb. I'll have a look. So, if the other hot taps have good flow, do you think that the kitchen mixer is killing the flow? (dumb question I know!)

I live in a bungalow, with a vented heating system. Hot flow to all other taps is fine, but the flow to the kitchen monobloc pillar mixer isn't good. I don't know if the mixer is designed for low pressure/gravity systems, as it was installed just before we moved in. We have changed the hot...

For your flat project I have 3 tips for you 1) Sound insulation 2) Sound Insulation 3) Sound Insulation Get the vey best you can afford. Have just sold our flat in Bristol to escape scumbag neighbours living above, who made our lives a living hell. You name it, water through...