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I need a couple of replacement trickle vents, but I'm having trouble finding a match. The existing vents are 455mm long and have 4 opening flaps (see photo). Does anyone recognise these and/or know where I can obtain some replacements? Most grateful for any assistance.

Thanks for your responses so far, but no-one has addressed my main question - how to finish external corners.

I'm thinking of updating a kitchen by covering the existing wall tiles with acrylic splashback panels, such as those sold in Ikea. Can anyone please advise me how to make the joins between the panels, whether it's the butt edges on straight runs, or internal & external corners? In particular...

Not sure if this is the correct thread for this question, so apologies if it should be elsewhere. I'm thinking of updating a kitchen by covering the existing wall tiles with splashback panels, such as those sold in Ikea. Can anyone please advise me how to make the joins between the panels...

Hi Everyone, My system has a Myson MPE322 mid-position valve that has given up the ghost & needs replacing. I was thinking of replacing it with a Honeywell V4073, because I'd heard they're better, but I'd only want to do that if it was a straightforward swap and didn't involve any pipework or...

Thanks for your input, kirkgas, but I'm afraid it doesn't behave the way you describe. If I turn the big nut, only the smaller nut turns with it, not 'everything above it'. The big nut turns quite easily & I can keep turning it indefinitely in either direction, without it either tightening or...

mrgas, your last comment was spot on! The 2 nuts move together - I tried using 2 spanners to separate them, but I was reluctant to use too much force. I've also tried prising the larger nut upwards, but without success so far. I couldn't find a good place to lever against & I was worried about...

Hi, can anyone advise me how to open up this tap to replace the washer? I thought unscrewing the larger nut would do it, but it turns in both directions without either loosening or tightening. I tried loosening the smaller nut, but it wouldn't move (I was reluctant to use too much force, as I...

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