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Not this particular panel but I struggled with the flipper panel on a walk in shower and the seal was like this, rigid and bloody hard work. In the end I used one of these old knives (I have a couple I got from my nana and use as butter knives). The handle is slightly rounded and worked well at pushing it in! Had blister on my finger though.... didn't use anything else as you had to put sealant on the metal and push the seal into that.

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Good news is it looks like the flipper panel can be replaced as I've taken it off just now. Bad news, chip and scratches hes in slate ecfect shower tray thingy. Any idea how to repair?

Wow, so strange. Does anyone know if you can just replace the flipper or if whole glass has to come off. It looks like it's just the flipper bit that smashed.

Woke up to this, it's our spare shower and not regularly used. Been in for about 3 years with no issues. Any idea what can cause this? Didn't even hear it. Its the flipped thingy

Thanks Should I have a permable or non permable grout? I am presuming the brush in grout was permable? The slabs were laid on compacted MOT topped with a mortar bed of sand and cement. There is a fall on them and no drainage issues I have found the stuff we originally used it was https://www.tilingsuppliesdirect.co.uk/product/ultratile-propave-external-tile-grout?srsltid=AfmBOoqqWIztTfMWVL_E19WjgWZK8c2mKeKDwOqF5pSjqX0xMuMbyOvq

Thanks Should I have a permable or non permable grout? I am presuming the brush in grout was permable? The slabs were laid on compacted MOT topped with a mortar bed of sand and cement. There is a fall on them and no drainage issues

Mix it with water to store it? I am still unsure which is the best stuff to buy.

Should I get something like this https://amzn.eu/d/cNvWTLc or https://shorturl.at/zeAQW or something else?

We got the Sentry for £20 new off Ebay which is now fitted. We are going to see how we get on with this and if we notice any limescale difference.... if not we will then look into Combimate but I still have reservations about adding anything to the water that could impact on health like salt or phosphate.

Some of the grout is coming out of our porcelain outside (likely from frequently hosing it because the training of the hens to stay off the patio isn't working wel, we even got a cat who is petriefied of said chickens)! The grout is a very dark grey. I can recall a brush in grout being used but I can't remember which one. Can anyone send me a link of a dark grey brush in grout please and if there is any way of keeping it once opened without it going hard? Thanks

Thanks, thats good to know. I'll try the cheap Ebay one with low expectations!

I think we may just try the Sentry as an easy option to see how we get on and then if it doesn't work we can explore other options. I'm worried adding things to water if it may impact things like people on low sodium diets and we would have to tell our Airbnb guests staying with us! I've seen a seller Ebay https://ebay.us/m/wAecMl and I'm tempted to just get 2 and fit one on our cold water entry in the utility and another on the Quooker as an additional backup (the cold feed doesn't come in the kitchen but I guess it wouldn't do any harm fitting another). If it doesn't work then we will have to go back to the drawing board. To get a cold 'hard feed into our kitchen Wrekin said their plumber would charge at least £500 and would involve quite a bit of work and drilling walls which I really don't want to do.

Any thoughts on these two options? This is the reply from Wrekin. With regards to polyphosphate, It is a scale conditioner, not a softener. It doesn't remove the calcium, instead, the polyphosphate dissolves slowly to coat the calcium to change its format, so it adds the polyphosphate to your water by coating the calcium, it is food grade and usually comes from fish oils. Calcium, looks like a Jaggard snowflake underneath a microscope, and when heated, sticks together like a jigsaw puzzle causing limescale build up. Poly phosphate coats the calcium into a ball shape, so it bounces off each other when heated and slows the process of build up down. It won't help with your skin, but it should help against your taps, toilets and showers. With your quooker, I am unsure how they work, but I am sure they have like a boiler, which constantly heats water? In which case, if you re-boil the water over and over, the calcium in the water will revert back to its original state of the snowflake shape and may cause limescale build up. Poly phosphate is a slow dissolving material, so the items on our website should be ok for whole house, but we would need to check your flow rates. You will also require an annual service and fresh or a top up of poly phosphate - We sell ours in refill packs so you can empty the cartridge in to a sieve, rinse and rid of any build up, and put it back into the cartridge, topping up when necessary and reinstalling. Other Poly Phosphate systems have cartridges that don't open, but you need to change instead on an annual basis, which encourages unnecessary waste and expense. If you are looking for a scale conditioner, I would actually recommend our life science Sentry. This is an electric device, but the beauty of it, it does not require any plumbing or servicing! Just a 3 pin socket. It pulsates small pulses through the pipe so that the calcium changes into a ball shape. If you ever move, you can take it with you. Would also save the costs of a plumber and any messing of the pipework, so might be a better option for you? This is a one off cost with no servicing required. The manufacturer suggests a 15-20 year life approximately and I think it costs less than £5 electric a year - which would be cheaper than a service on polyphosphate. Again, if you are re-boiling water over and over, it can reverse the affect and revert back to a jigsaw shape, but that's the same with any scale conditioner. Again, it won't help your skin, but will help the toilets taps etc. Some of our customers try the sentry first (as it is a one off cost) and see how they get on. Because there is no plumbing involved, if in a year they change there minds, there is no additional plumbing work in removing plumbed in systems, which can add to the labour cost. Both the polyphosphate and sentry achieve the same thing, but in different methods. With both the polyphosphate and the sentry, you will still have calcium in the water, so you will notice scale in the kettle, but it should be in a powder form and should be far easier to clean as the calcium is treated, its easier to wipe away. Any calcium in the water, treated or untreated, can dry your skin as it is an irritant. The only way to remove calcium from your water supply and stop any future calcium build up, is with a water softener. (That does require salt - anything that doesn't require salt is a conditioner not a softener) Water Softeners also remove existing build up over time too. Poly Phosphate: https://wrekinwatertreatment.co.uk/products/vih10-bl-pp-scale-inhibitor-refillable-whole-house-system-10in?_pos=4&_psq=pP&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Sentry: https://wrekinwatertreatment.co.uk/products/water-king-sentry-scale-conditioner?_pos=1&_psq=sentry&_ss=e&_v=1.0 We have the Polyphosphate and the Sentry's in stock, if you would like to order one of those instead of having a softener installed?