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Just make sure the 'radiator' you mention is not a heat sink for a solid fuel fire. I don't know much about your systems as they are rare in the UK sorry

Tank size and recovery time are all you should focus on, if the tanks are together i recommend one massive tank opposed to 2 small tanks. If the tanks are at different places in the building then obviously 2 small tanks will be the way forward or one with a circulator pump and LOTS OF LAGGING...

1. Professional leak detection is worth it's weight in gold. 2. If its not leaking then the hot water can be circulating with thermal convection currents in the system - very common

Top Position or 'I' - Always on, depending on thermostat Middle Position - Running on timer Bottom Position or 'O' - Off If you want the timer to run then select the middle position and the times you want it fire up, at these times the boiler wakes up and thinks 'whats the thermostat say' if...

Easy one this is - Go out and buy the best MAGNETIC WATER SOFTENER you can afford for your budget. clip this over your pipes where your water comes into your property and sit back. As for the grass - simply buy a fertiliser if you even need it! the water difference will have very little impact...

Well its a good question, what you have here is an instantaneous hot water unit, they are popular all around the world. What this boils down to (sorry) is the efficiency of both kinds of unit, how much hot water they supply per unit/kw etc of fuel or power used. Just because it fails to...

the best thing i can do is point you towards this: BTU CALCULATOR Alternatively pick the average of what both plumbers say am sure you can't be that far out.

Well i must say - my advice i'll give you is for informational purposes. You will be breaking UK laws to open the 'Machine' - Combination System Boiler up and this could be dangerous on so many level. For the time being lets look at these steps and see how you get on ok. 1. The 'machine' has a...

WOW you have been busy, good to see people taking the time to take photos etc. Basically mate its this simple, it's your house and i doubt very much your going to have plumbing inspectors sniffing around too much. Why do you even need the vent? All this does it prevent full bore plugs of water...

Not sure about your local laws in America but i would definitely get the hacksaw out and chop a good 1-2 feet out of this pipe work - taking the cracked bit with it. On the white plastic side i would then go to the merchants and get a socket/coupler for that size pipe and 2ft of the white pipe...

Well firstly, am Richard De Vere of Plumbnow.me I have worked converting bathrooms into disabled level access shower in the UK and have done maybe 20-30 conversions. The impey system is a good one to use and is the market standard for what your trying to do. you can cover these with a Vinyl...

Well if your taking out a fibre glass bath and this is supported with legs and not concrete packing then i would think the floor level will be very rough and whatever the builders could chuck under it at the time, when you take out the bath i would take that section of floor down by chiseling it...

Ive just replied to your other thread Rob did'nt see this one. If the problem is inside your house it will be one of the only ways too increase flow in your house. Say for instance your house has a section of pipe that is 3/4" and this has two 1'2" tees of of it this is good. but i suspect your...

Rob if its a major problem and your up to the task i would do this.... 1. Trace the water feed as far back as you can work on it, the main stop tap, the well pump, the tank etc basically the source of water for your property. 2. Look at the size of pipe and take a good guess at its size, go...

Plumbing In London Are you guys mad? blaming the anode in a HWS? my simple advice mate if there is sand in your area and not soil (mud) then a broken pipe is most likely the cause - also consider in most countries they use sand to pack a bath in/ off the ground? spaces behind bath panels...

this is not the case - toilet paper is toilet paper, a properly working sewer line should be able to facilitate kitchen roll or babywipies! the problems like this occur when there is a design fault (gradient) or breakages, roots, a dip or sag etc in the line. These problems cause the water to...

Plumbing New Romney You are mistaking pressure for flow rates, if you turn off all other apliances in the house and go to the outlet you say has no pressure then open it quickly does it spray out for a second then cut back - this is a sure sign of flow being the problem and not pressure.

To be honest I would leave the old vent in and connect on, depending on your local states laws and regs though as they stipulate different things all the time. In the UK and Australia (my areas) they would say a vent pipe has to extrude past a roofline about 1m away from a window etc up to 3m...

When you say airlock this is rare, especially under a sink. Whats far more likely is that when you have turned off an old valve you have dislodged sediment in the pipes and this has been caught up in a filter - but that's only my generalized answer. If you want to make sure its not an airlock...