Recent content by hogster

Thanks TicklyT, I'll take a look at that although I think the high water level is probably from me bashing the float with my camera when trying to get a decent shot of the internals! Does that whole assembly just come out of the cystern...easily?

Not sure how to add photos on here but will have a go.... oops! Sorry about the large size but hopefull it will show what I have.

Not sure how to identify the flush valve, I can get the top off the cystern but it is actually enclosed in a cabinet so I cant get a good view inside to see how to get access to it or get it apart...big job to take the top of the cabinet off as the sink is also recessed into the top of the...

We have some new fangled flushing system on our toilet that came with the house, basically it looks like some kind of vaccum set up where you push a button on the front of the cystern and air pressure operates some kind of diaphragm...sorry for the poor description, anyway just lately I've...

Thanks for that shytalkz(just worked out your user name...very funny :lol: ) yeah he's already done his "footings" although one day there was nothing then the next 2 small pads of concrete,he swears he dug down a good foot and filled it with crete but looking at the soil he's taken out I'd say...

Buddy of mine wants a hand to build a couple of brick peers(piers?) to support a five bar wooden gate,they(the peers) are going to be around 6ft tall so pretty substantial,he is of the opinion that a "tower" 2 bricks by 2 bricks will suffice with nothing in the middle except a 9" square hole!I...

Due to a number of problems we've had with our gas hob we are thinking of replacing it with a leccy one,as it will need a 30A supply can the new hob be wired into the same supply as the existing oven and to make it even easier can I just run a loop from where the cable connects into the back of...

I will try and explain what's happening and maybe someone can point me in the right direction. We have a mixer valve for the hot water on our bath,below that is a single rotary tap/valve to turn the water on/off, the temperature is regulated by the mixer, above the mixer is another rotary...

She keeps on about when I'm going to fix our dribbling kitchen tap so off I go to the local hardware shop and get a selection of tap washers... it's 5 minute job right? None of the washers fit! Maybe I should say at this point,the tap is a swan neck pedestal type,so back out to the not so local...

Mother-in-law has just had a room skimmed and asked me how long to leave it to dry before she can paint it(don't know why she didn't ask the plasterer when he was doing it)...any ideas guys?

My pressure washer(Karcher) has started acting up,when it is connected to both water and electric but not actually pumping i.e resting but still "on", the pump keeps giving little pulsating bursts about every 10 secs,also when it is pumping the actual pressure is down quite a bit. Mains house...

Fair play,never had one before so I guess I'm used to not having one,when it was working it wasn't that accurate,just a guide really. As they(lasers) are so feeble it makes you wonder why they(the manufacturers)even bother with them. Just peeves me that you pay for something that barely lasts...

Whats the general concensus on laser guided compound/mitre saws?are they worth having?I recently bought one,albeit a cheapish one,and the laser failed after the first days use,got a replacement without any problems and that failed after half a day,thing is do I pursue it and get another one or...