Recent content by Crimea

It looks like the pipe is 1 3/4”, though, unless I’m mistaken.

Thanks. Won’t that be a bit small?

Sorry about the photo, but it is the best I can do. The bag and tape are holding the everything together. I assure everyone that it is a compression elbow.

I’ll have to take off the tape-covered one tomorrow (the only one being replaced), as it’s too dark now, unfortunately. I put the replacement push-fit FloPlast, that I had intended to fit, up to the outlet pipe, but it was far too small. I hadn’t realised the outlet was bigger than 40mm. I...

I can’t work out which compression elbow has been used. I’ve only removed the sink waste elbow, but it revealed a 45mm pipe - 1 3/4 inch-ish I guess. All I I can find, though, are McAlpine ISO 1 1/4”, 1 1/2” and 2” elbows. I’m a bit stumped, to be honest. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, My kitchen waste pipes have finally disintegrated, after 20 years and lots of football strikes. I thought I’d take the opportunity to colour-match them to the grey soil pipes, etc, but there’s too much choice online for a DIYer! It’s all push-fit currently, except for the compression...

Wouldn't the fact it opens pretty easily to waist height and can open higher and remain there, mean it's simply not tensioned enough? I'll certainly get someone in, if I need to, but I hoped I could retension it.

Sorry for the delay. I've liberally applied the chain lube and it now opens to the top, but as soon as I let go, it falls back to its previous height. The torsion spring continues to rotate and the cable supports wind around the cones, but it won't hold. I've noticed that one of the...

Thanks. Would 3-in-1 white lithium grease be just as good?

Thanks, I'll give it a go. The thing is though, I've tried to push up the door and it does lift a little, so it doesn't look like anything is actually stuck. I wondered if the coil spring hasn't been sufficiently wound, meaning it uncoils to its rest position before the door has fully...

My garage door is a steel up and over one, but which I don't think was ever properly fitted. It doesn't open fully and I often bang my head on it. It seems as if the side rollers are supposed to slide to the top of the guides, which would lift the door up to the horizontal position, if it...