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Thanks I'll give that a go. Is there anything else I can do if that doesn't work? Is there a specific rubber seal that should go under the gland nut or is PTFE all that's needed?

Hi all. My main stop tap is leaking from the spindle. I have managed to undo the gland nut and have tried repacking it by winding PTFE around the bottom of the spindle and tightening the gland nut back down but no joy, it still leaks from the spindle. Any ideas? The tap is from the 30s, on...

Hi! Just bought our first place and we seem to have a lot of work to do all of a sudden! So there are 3 rooms (92sqm) with floorboards that we would like to expose and varnish (I think). The majority of the boards are in good order but there are some bad ones and large (6mm) gaps in...