Recent content by stevep

Phosphoric Acid is dosed into the supply to ‘coat’ the lead piping . There’s still thousands, if not millions, of houses supplied by lead piping. I know mine is !

They’re easy enough with a couple of pallet trucks, empty obviously and on decent ground ! I’ve done it a few times.

Spirit of salts is Hydochloric Acid. Unless you’re using industrial strength HCL , you should be fine.

Have you actually tested the water hardness ? It could be that the ion exchange resin is ‘spent’ and needs replacing. Test just before you regenerate the softener beds, as you could also possibly be over-running them and the resin is reaching the exhausted state prior to regenerating. It is then...

Harpic in the black bottle will also remove this.

I’ll second this. I have one also, and it’s a beast !

I have today come into possession of a brand new, in the box Tormek T3, truing tool and stone grader . I realize that this is now an older model so would anyone be interested in buying it ? If so, then I'll put it on the for sale page ( if I can work out how to put the photos on ! )

I was having a blonde moment.....forgot the hot comes from the top !

If you are happy with the hot water flow and pressure, can't you just fit pressure reducing valves before the cold taps to balance this out ? Your risk is emptying the hot water cylinder quicker than you can fill it.

Of course we're interested !

As someone who spends most weeknights in hotels, going some where new I would nearly always start with a Premier Inn. No, they are not always cheap nowadays but you do know what to expect, which is a clean , warm room with a decent bed ! You can always look for somewhere cheaper /closer to work...

You could do a lot worse than look at a Ford S-Max. Big , comfortable, not too low for the old uns, good on fuel and very reliable. With all the seats down you have more space in the back than in a small van. I really do miss mine !

I still do that occasionally !

Power stations have been making an absolute fortune recently , with prices up to £900 Mwh.

My ex next door neighbour had several cats, and when they left the new owner completely gutted the whole house. He ended up having to replace all of the floorboards downstairs to get rid of the smell.