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Yeah I did think about that but we have the original cornicing and I didn't want to mess with the wall that high up for fear of damaging/losing it.

Chaps, Thanks for the advice. I was going to have a stab at this next weekend, screwing a piece of timber through the wall as suggested. However, the wall is approximately only 12 inches wide, adjacent to the living room door frame and an internal supporting wall. Tapping the wall...

Hi all, I've been updating our Victorian terraced home and have just replaced all of the electrical sockets in the living room with those flush, brushed chrome jobbies. I bought a matching dimmer for the light but then hit a problem... The existing wall box is too shallow for the new...

Cheers Hugh, I'll pick a couple of packs up but call the water board in anyway :)

Cheers Easier said than done as the cover is a york stone slab... Any ideas as to the sort of drain keys I'd need to lift this? I was thinking of simply calling the water board as I don't know if it's a blockage in my waste pipe or the shared sewer and as it's the first call out...

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Hi all, Our bathroom toilet has started to back up a bit when flushed. Having thought there was a blockage I've had a 25 foot snake down both the toilet and bath waste - pulled a few small bits of hair out but no major blockage detected. Also been hammering the plunger like mad... When...

cheers guys, looks like you've nailed it there thanks. Will get me a new one

Hi, I know absolutely nothing about showers and yesterday my Triton Opal started leaking. It's about 6 or 7 years old and has been working fine. Yesterday I was using as normal and then hit the cold water button, turned the dial to 0 and changed the setting on the shower head for more power...

Hi all, new so go easy! I have no internal stopcock. I can reach the external one but have no idea what I'm doing. it has a round blue plactic cap and a white plastic valve. I assumed i simply turn the valve clockwise to shut it off but it seems to turn endlessly in both directions. What am i...