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by Mike P.
Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:22 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Kitchen Mixer Tap Identification
Replies: 3
Views: 19930

Thanks for the inputs guys. Yes plumbbob, I imagine so. I mentioned the logo just on the offchance that someone may recognise it. I'v re-examined it and rather than a 'V' or 'L' across the 'O', it could be an off-centre 'T'. htg engineer - I had previously bought on speculation a 382 piece imperial ...
by Mike P.
Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:35 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Kitchen Mixer Tap Identification
Replies: 3
Views: 19930

Kitchen Mixer Tap Identification

I have a kitchen mixer tap purchased from the now defunct Texas Homecare chain (bought out by Homebase in 1999) and the spout is leaking from the base. It needs new O rings and I would like to determine the exact size for these (i.e. internal diameter and thickness). I've tried taking the spout to a...
by Mike P.
Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:30 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Repositioning of Pendant Ceiling Light
Replies: 11
Views: 29804

I'm going to thread a new cable to the new location using something similar to an electrician's 'mouse', i.e. a thin reel of flat flexible steel with a sprung ball end. The new pendant fixture has its own securing bracket which will be fixed to one of the joists either side of the existing rose. My ...
by Mike P.
Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:26 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Repositioning of Pendant Ceiling Light
Replies: 11
Views: 29804

I'm going to thread a new cable to the new location using something similar to an electrician's 'mouse', i.e. a thin reel of flat flexible steel with a sprung ball end. The new pendant fixture has its own securing bracket which will be fixed to one of the joists either side of the existing rose. My ...
by Mike P.
Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:59 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Repositioning of Pendant Ceiling Light
Replies: 11
Views: 29804

Thanks for the further comments ericmark. I'm leaning towards avoiding extra cable joints and hoping that I can feed an extra length of lighting cable into the new hole and push it in the general direction of the original hole. I have chipboard flooring upstairs, so the void between the two rafters ...
by Mike P.
Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:34 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Repositioning of Pendant Ceiling Light
Replies: 11
Views: 29804

Hello kbrownie I do appreciate your responses. The more one looks into this 'project' the more fraught with problems it appears to be, not least because of the limited access holes one has to work with. As a qualified mechanical engineer I'm not one to contravene regulations and can appreciate the r...
by Mike P.
Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:52 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Repositioning of Pendant Ceiling Light
Replies: 11
Views: 29804

Having given further thought to the task, since I presume the lighting circuit is a loop-in system and I've got to move the light approximately four feet, it is likely that there will not be enough slack cable on one side of the loop or other to move the pendant without creating some kind of join in...
by Mike P.
Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:30 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Repositioning of Pendant Ceiling Light
Replies: 11
Views: 29804

Repositioning of Pendant Ceiling Light

I need to reposition more centrally a downstairs pendant ceiling rose, but cannot gain access to the ceiling void. I realise this means that I shall only be able to move the aperture within the two first floor joists between which the aperture presently exists, but this is fine. Having cut my new ho...
by Mike P.
Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:58 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Replacing a TRV in a radiator fed from pipes in concrete
Replies: 4
Views: 4426

Thanks for the replies guys. I do normally shorten the supply pipes, fit straight soldered connectors with short extension lengths of pipe to connect to the valves so that, should there be a need to replace a valve, the olive can be tightened onto a new piece of pipe each time to ensure a watertight...
by Mike P.
Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:05 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Replacing a TRV in a radiator fed from pipes in concrete
Replies: 4
Views: 4426

Replacing a TRV in a radiator fed from pipes in concrete

I have in the past installed Drayton TRV4s on a number of radiators on the 1st floor of my house, which has a suspended chipboard floor. My previous TRVs (not Drayton) had bodies which screwed into the bottom of the radiator using a large allen key, whereas the TRV4 has external flats onto which an ...
by Mike P.
Tue May 29, 2007 4:42 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: Vanity Unit Splashback Tiling
Replies: 3
Views: 4951

Well, maybe not the unit, as it would be adhered to the basin. May however pull tiles off the wall!!
by Mike P.
Tue May 29, 2007 4:31 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: Vanity Unit Splashback Tiling
Replies: 3
Views: 4951

Had my mind changed about Serious Stuff - would probably damage unit if ever needed to remove. Will stick with silicone sealant.
by Mike P.
Tue May 29, 2007 4:17 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: Vanity Unit Splashback Tiling
Replies: 3
Views: 4951

I've now purchased some 12mm quadrant UPVC with which I intend filling the gap. I'll stick it with something like EVO-STIK Serious Stuff before sealing.

Any views?
by Mike P.
Mon May 28, 2007 5:00 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: Vanity Unit Splashback Tiling
Replies: 3
Views: 4951

Vanity Unit Splashback Tiling

I’m installing a purpose-built vanity unit at one end of a rectangular cloakroom. It is a good fit at the end of that room, but cannot be installed perfectly equidistant from each side wall because of a mains water pipe at skirting board level running the length of the room on the left hand side. ...
by Mike P.
Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:06 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Cutting tap holes in a bath
Replies: 4
Views: 8401

I did this in the latter part of last year. I used the appropriate sized cutter from a plumber's specialist kit of hole saws that I bought locally. It produced a clean hole. You will also see these kits advertised on the internet. A set of seven will cost you around £25.
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