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Keziah_2 · 1 June 2005 at 4:48PM

Hi Ian

Our shower is one of those cheap wall-mounted over the bath things that just takes in cold water and does the rest itself. It will only do scalding hot or freezing cold. Is this just because those cheap showers are rubbish?

Roughly how much would it cost to put in a proper shower? I'm not planning on doing it myself but I would like to know so I can ask my landlady.

This is such a good idea, thanks for being so helpful!

Life_Agency · 1 June 2005 at 4:50PM

you could take out home emergency service

hammondm · 1 June 2005 at 4:57PM

Hello Ian

I have a problem with the shower unit I installed in my en suite. Because the size of the gap was c20cm wider than the shower tray itself, I built a bridging shelf which overlapped the shower tray. This was then tiled and plenty of mastick applied. However what pools in the corner of this shelf, and I have discovered a significant leak.

Despite numerous reapplications of mastick (removing old first) the leak is still there and I have been advised that the only way to get rid of it is by increasing the angle of the run off into the shower tray so that water does not 'pool' in the corner. Is there anything else I can do to ensure a waterproof seal on the shelf?

thanks

WaltD · 1 June 2005 at 5:04PM

Hi Ian!
I have a traditional gas fired central heating / hot water system, with a header tank in the attic, boiler in the kitchen, and hot water cylinder in the first-floor airing cupboard. There is a switch on the control box that lets me select "heating and hot water" or "hot water only". But just lately, it makes no difference which way I set this switch ... the central heating stays on anyway! What could be the cause of this problem? It always worked correctly before.

Thanks!

Big_Koz · 1 June 2005 at 5:11PM

HI Ian,

I have silly night storage heaters that are useless that I am going to replace with a new combi boiler, radiators, etc. I've seen a great deal on https://www.mrcentralheating.co.uk for all the kit but would need it fitted. How much do you think something like this should cost. Please bare in mind that all copper and fittings are included. Also the Mrs wants these old cast iron looking radiators (against my advice!) but they look like they take a lot of water to fill - pushing running costs up. Is this the case or do they generate more heat to take balance things up?

Many thanks

Sean

philhuff · 1 June 2005 at 5:13PM

I've got a dishwasher sitting here waiting to be put in place, although I'd need about 4-5 feet of pipework to get it connected. I'm adeqaute at DIY, so is this something I could reasonably do myself with little risk? Or should I leave it to a plumber and, if so, what sort of cost would be reasonable?

STANSMID · 1 June 2005 at 5:13PM

Hope this is the right link! my plumbing question is how do I stop the overflow from my toilet-it has a plastic ballcock so I can not bend it as oin days of yore and the water level keeps drifting up to the overflow level

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pennies2pounds_3 · 1 June 2005 at 5:14PM

Hi Ian , My mum has an oil fired system and has no hot water but the heating still works luckily the immersion works too any ideas would be welcome TIA.

Keris · 1 June 2005 at 5:25PM

Hi Ian,

Thanks for doing this.

I have a (possibly) stupid question and a not stupid question:

Our electric oven has broken. We want to replace it with an electric oven and a gas hob. I don't know who we would get to install it (since it involves .. erm .. "getting" gas into the kitchen). My sister says a plumber. Is that right?

And our pipes are extremely noisy. When you empty the bath you can hear the water in the loo and bubbling up the sink, if that makes sense. Nothing actually comes out of the sink, it just sounds like it's going to. And it's really loud downstairs too. Is this just because the pipes are old? Is there anything we can do about it? If we need new pipes how much is this likely to cost?

Thanks again

Keris

Mint1955 · 1 June 2005 at 5:26PM

We have a new to us (but 3 year old house) and thought that when it got hot just lately we could turn of the heating and just leave the hot water running from our gas central heating boiler. Problem is some of the radiators still get hot. The only way we can get cold rads in some rooms is to turn of the thermostatic valves on the actual radiators. Is this normal. Regards Sheila

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