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Two of the nylon rollers and my shower door have parted company, one where the door seems to have disintegrated and a repair is impossible. This of course means that the door is barely hanging on and is difficult to move so it is time for a new cubicle. We have never been happy with the...

Howdy all, Can anyone one point me in the direction of a place I can buy some 15mm x M12 x 8mm copper tails. All I can find at the usual places are the flexible variety. thanks in advance. Mal

After years of having the garage illuminated by a halogen spot with a pir, I now have a fluorecant tube and a couple of low energy bulbs in batten fittings. The only problem is that the family are sooooo used to the lights being automatic, they now habitually leave the garage with the light...

Thanks Securespark. I believe it would be a ring. We had a bit building work done a few years back and a new consumer unit fitted. The electrician put the garage sockets into their own thingy on the CU. I have tested it by flicking the switch. So if I put a junction box ( the cables are...

Cheers Gary, I have no idea what a "30/32A ring final" is, could you explain please. Also if not, why not, for what reasons. Sorry but I am inquisitive, I need to know the how's and why's Muchas.

Hey all..., I have a double socket at the rear of the garage. Wired into it is the combi boiler and plugged in is a four gang extension which heads off to the front of the garage. The four gang irritates me and I would like to replace it with some permanant sockets in which I could leave...

Thanks a lot for the replies gents, wiring understood.... I am slightly confused about the type of bulb / lighting being recommended. I would like to go for efficiency as the lights are on quite a bit with one thing and another (including no window) so I was going to go for similar to...

Hello all, I have a single strip light on the garage roof but would like to replace this with a couple of low energy bulbs and add more of the same at both ends of the garage as it has always been a dark place. I was planning on using batten fittings for the bulbs, fixed to the joists. The...

Sorry for butting in and yes, I am a diy'er who has just replaced leaking microbore (from the manifold), with 15mm. Using guidance from this forum I practiced for a few weeks in the garage soldering end feed and got quite good at it, so much so I was happy to use them for the bulk of the joints...

Thanks Kev, Any recommendations for the cleaner, will Fernox be okay? After I run it for a couple of weeks with the cleaner in will flushing via the filling loop suffice?

I have been replacing 25yr old microbore with 15mm copper following a leaky manifold. With help from the people here and a few weeks of practice soldering in the garage I am feeling pretty smug when I look at my handywork. Not 100% professional but it is all is pretty neat, secure and the...

We have a 105e instant and the first ev lasted a mere 18 months before popping its clogs.

Well the layman has had a look at a valve and I can see the threads play no part in the seal at all, it is down to the olive etc. Thanks for the advice. I will be careful not to overtighten.

Thanks Kev. If I use tape do I wrap around the olive and overlap onto pipe and how much, a couple of times around?

I am just about to put the finishing touches to adding a couple of new radiators and was wondering it there were and trade tricks to putting on compression valves. I have heard people say use jointing paste on both the threads and the olive, and I have also seen the same said but with ptfe...

Thanks Chris, The boiler is a Baxi 105, does that make any difference? I was just concerned about restricting the flow of water back to the boiler, or does it not make that much difference?

Thanks to a dripping manifold which has spurred me into action, I am finally getting around to replacing my 8mm microbore with some decent sized copper pipe. The manifold is fed by 22mm both flow and return and I was planning on teeing into the flow with more 22mm up the hall towards the...

Just thought I would let y'all know I had one fitted today, an additional 12 litres of expansion space so to celebrate I put the heating on full and with the rads steaming, watched in awe as the pressure gauge rose from 1.0 bar to 1.3 bar. Wonderful, I wish I had had it done years ago.

What I really mean is exactly what I aked in my post. The boiler is 5 yrs old in July and if I fit another vessel this will be its third.

I have read numerous posts about the fitting an external expansion vessel but would like to ask something more specific regarding my particular boiler. The Baxi in my garage (4 1/2 years old) is an instant and has caused quite a few issues with pressure when hot. The vessel has already been...