Recent content by bdw

Thanks to those who offered possible solutions without feeling the need to be rude.

Really? If that was the case and I was a customer I would give you a wave and think I had a lucky escape.

Thank you but to me it doesn't look like a blockage. As I say the flush appears quick and normal, no backing up as the pan empties.

for the last few days waste seems to be back feeding into my downstairs toilet bowl. It cleans and flushes quickly with no apparent problem but after a while some waste appears in the bowl again. Is this coming from the drain in the street? I was thinking a blockage outside but when flushed the...

Thanks. That is what I concluded. I have now ordered them from Amazon.

I need to upgrade my smoke alarms as a result of the new legislation in Scotland. I live in a three bedroom end terrace house with hall stairs and upper landing. My Combi boiler is in the cupboard under the stairs. My understanding is that I need linked alarms with one in the living room, one...

Can anyone help?

One side of my shower cubicle has a slight leak through the silicone sealant. This has also gunged up with a brown fungus. I need to clear it out to reseal it and I'm going to have a go at doing it myself. What's the best way to get the old sealant out? (See pictures)

I have a Baxi Duo-Tec 33 Combi ErP combi boiler and it works well enough. The only problem is the time it takes to reach hot water temperature. When I turn on the hot water it can take from 30 seconds to one minute to reach full flow temperature. Sometimes it seems to almost reach temperature...

Tried the PTFE without success. Think I'm going to have to try to find a replacement rail.

It's the holder or rather the screw tightening the holder.

I'll try PTFE. (The fittings are plastic)

I have an electric Redring shower. The pray head has come loose and it won't tighten meaning that the shower head on the riser bar wont stay in position. The head has a screw that is meant to tighten the swivel head but it just keeps loosening off. I have attached pictures of the head and the...

I think I bought them from B&Q.

I have sliding wardrobe doors in a bedroom that my wife wants changed. We've had them a few years. They're still OK but she's fed up with them. I'm wondering if I can just buy new doors of the appropriate size and use the same rails? I've attached pictures of the rail and hangers.