Recent content by Busted Tool

I do realise this. The pipes are insulated in that hessian material, but that is quite insubstantial. Any ideas as to what should be done at this stage?

We have some leaks in the (concrete) ground floor of our Victorian house. I have pulled up the laminate flooring, underlay and plastic membrane to investigate further. This has entailed removing the concrete over a 3 to 4 sq metre area – this has taken quite a while using a drill with a few...

Touche! :) :) :)

Sure this guy wasn't moonlighting for The Village People?

Thanks, Simon. What I did not mention was that the folks connection is only 500mhz as this is the maximum available in their area on the BT line. In fact it is currently running at about 245 mhz – I am trying to determine as to why this is with their ISP. Now I use Live Messenger (I have a 1...

I have recently tried to get my elderly folks pootered-up. They are now on-line and are prepared to go as far as renewing library books etc but will not venture anywhere near the minefield (their terminology, not mine) that is the on-line transaction. They do not seem altogether enamoured...

Thanks for the advice, Pointman. No, it is not a dual flush siphon. Yes, it is a symphonic loo and the device you described as an Airex was obtainable. The first one I tried was too broad for the (standard) syphon but the replacement fitted fine and hey, ho the loos back to working order. Thanks...

I have recently replaced the defective siphon in our (pretty old) close-coupled WC using info from previous postings on this great site. The job worked pretty well but for one thing: the flush is now much less powerful. The previous siphon was of the round type. Perhaps the replacement siphon is...