Recent content by Grandadchris

It’s also quite brittle. It may be when the plumber tightened his fitting it cracked the pipe causing the leak.

I’m not sure. It was fitted in the late 80s. I can also say it is mains pressure. Here is a photo.

I have a 3/8 inch (OD) polypropylene flexible water pipe that had to be cut in order to reroute it. The plumber rejoined it with a metric compression fitting which of course didn’t work. Caused a leak and damaged our bedroom ceiling. I've been looking for an imperial compression fitting without...

Bob, Thanks for your suggestion. At first it still would not budge. Then I gave it a dose of Limescale remover gel plus WD40 for good measure. Next day it moved then popped out. I have since fitted a new cartridge and all is well. Thanks for your help. Chris

I am trying to replace the cartridge in our basin Bristan mixer tap. I removed the tap lever and the large nut underneath but found the cartridge would not lift out. I then used pliers to get a better grip but then part of the cartridge came away leaving the bottom part in place (see photos). I...

Hi JohnD, Just to let you that I believe your suggestion worked. The freezer is not making any noise and is now much colder than before. Thanks very much for the tip.

That's a good idea. I'll give it a go this weekend. Got to find a home for the food first.

My Hotpoint freezer (model UH6F1CWUK) has started making a loud noise. I believe it is coming from the evaporator fan behind the top shelf. I would like to replace the fan myself but cannot see how to get at it. I have removed 2 long screws above the top shelf but that's all. Cannot see what to...