Homeowner Forum / Plumbing / October 2007

My 4 rads downstairs TRV's all make an annoying hissing sound after an hour
or so, i know the valves are OK because i have swapped them round with the
upstairs ones
ps

I am trying to remove my kitchen faucet and cannot disconnect the outlet hose
fiting.  Any suggestions?

I have an existing baseboard heater running along a wall in my living
room. Behind the wall is a garage half of witch will be converted into
a work room. The Radiators in my house and the baseboard are T off a
main hot water line that runs around my house to the furnace. Should I

I recently bought a house which was built in 1924 and has been added onto and
remodelled at various times since.  It is in Northern California where air
conditioning is unnecessary but heat sure comes in handy sometimes.
The house is about 3400 square feet, two story with an attic ...

I am putting a mop sink in a mudroom/laundry room which I am having
remodelled.  The mop sink is pre-cast terazzo (cement and marble chips) from
Stern-Williams.  It comes with a drain body cast integral, which is designed
to be connected to a three inch cast iron drain pipe via a ...