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Opening up the fireplace after removing the cast iron insert and find a rounded lump of extremely hard concrete in each of the back corners. Suspect the insert wasn't original (house is 1906) due to the mortar and rubble that was behind it which came out very easily with an SDS. Did these lumps...

My old style WC light pull has been tugged too often! The old switch/isolator seems to be a lighting circuit loop in and out with a pair of reds and a pair of blacks at the top and a single red and black off the load going to the ceiling rose (effectively 3 x T&E but actually 1 T&E, 2 single...

My sons house so no pic atm. This shows the dis-assembly of SIAMP's.

It's a SIAMP Trueflow cistern and a flavour of SIAMP fill valves, most likely a Compact 99B. Changing the whole valve has to be the last option due to access to the bottom of the cistern. Do these valves dis-assemble ?

After flushing the water the cistern continues to fill at full bore and chucks it down the overflow (middle of the flush valve) ... so must be an issue with the fill valve. When filling, the float lifts as the water comes in but doesn't shut off the water and the level rises above the float and...

I have 2 panes with cracks in the corners. Seldom if ever open the sashes. Replace the panes or treat with glass epoxy ?

Contacted Arrow Valves... they suggest a £2400 BTHW 1 :LOL:

As I understand the cat 5 DC pipe interrupters are intended for open outlet applications ie urinals, otherwise the water would discharge out of the vent holes. Are there any inline fittings that are suitable or do you have to go down the AUK1 air gap route. The WRAS...

I've done the top half of the 1882 house in lime mortar (nhl3.5 and black sand) and now need to patch a few bits in the bottom half. Can't figure out what's been used as it's hard (like cement mortar) but has a creamy/pale surface but it's black underneath. Anyone got suggestions on how I get a...

I have an Alpha 200 Stratum ( Siemens) split load consumer unit with Siemens mcb's/RCCB from early 2000's. The 80A 30 RCCB 3SM3317-0 is burning when the 10Kw leccy shower is on. I've found an identical used replacement for the RCCB off fleabay 'cos I refuse to pay £250 for an equivalent...

My favourite 18/8 stainless pan almost parted company with it's handle yesterday when the top 2 of the 4 spot welds came away. Luckily I spotted it before attempting to carry the boiling pan of spuds to the sink. Can't get it spot welded locally but there seems to be some highly rated...

1882 property, original soil stack, top 3/4 is cast iron and pings when you tap it, lower 1/4 is unknown... grey finish and much duller sound when tapped. Anyone identify what it could be ?

6 years old, never touched as always fully open until the missus had a tweak and chucked out some black ( the o-ring perishing) and now weeps. There's no nut to tighten as it has a circlip so looks like a partial drain to sort it out. Anyone know what size o ring ? Retail is £39 a pair...

Son's bought a standard 3 bed terrace with a loft conversion which has 4th bedroom and ensuite shower running off the boiler. Fully double glazed so heating is not an issue. Currently has a Baxi duo-tec 24Kw which spec says will deliver 9.8l/min.. confirmed by filling a 9.5L bowl downstairs in...

It's been suggested I use the following mix to re-point the side of a 1882 stone built house. 1 x 3.5 Hydraulic lime 5 crushed dust ( Travis Perkins) 2.5 black sand (aka Bowland Stone mortar) I've seen local walls done in mortar and it's very dark when it goes on and lightens over time. Does the...