Recent content by man2013

Hi everyone, We have a south facing bay window in an 1890 first floor flat. The bay window has had lots of issues with water coming in - we have had the flat roof and windows replaced over recent years to tackle this. Recently the paint under the windows was crumbling off. After getting several...

Sorry, for clarity: The lights are ultimately connected to the mains. The light I removed has a push-fit connector as shown in the second link. I don't know what this connects into (not at home ATM) - would you expect there to be a driver between the mains and the lights?

We have two recessed LED lights in the kitchen ceiling, controlled by a single "normal" light switch, which have both stopped working. As they are very bright I'm not sure if one had stopped before the other or both stopped together. At first I assumed these were GU10 bulbs (which are fitted...

Thanks Blagard. Is it worth me getting an Allen key and trying to tighten the grub screw first before replacing the cartridge?

Yesterday one side of the kitchen mixer tap stopped working - I could turn the tap lever but it wasn't engaging with the base and the lever came away freely from the base. I can turn the tap on and off but only by pressing the lever very hard into the base as I turn. I'm worried this will cause...

OK cheers, that explains it!

Thanks both. Can you tell me how to position the two white plastic parts shown in the photo above? The two pressure pads work fine and don't jam, it's just the external buttons which aren't working properly. There are no other parts (no rods) - this picture shows the inside of the...

We have a Roca dual flush toilet. Until yesterday it was working fine but now the two metal flush buttons will not press down to reach the white plastic flush buttons inside the cistern (these are marked "6" and "3" for large and small flush). I have taken the mechanism apart and nothing...