Recent content by ilesmark

Yeah, I would have done that (and have on occasion!) but the basin wrench, from the place i was looking at buying it from, was packaged in a way that prevented that :( Multi-tool – if any of you have any recommendations for any particular good ones, feel free to post them here. All – thanks...

Yep, that would probably have done it too. It's just irritating having to buy a tool for 1 use

All - many thanks for the further suggestions, esp the wiresaw one - that might have got in between even if a hacksaw didn't. I was loth to buy a basin wrench (or any tool) for a single use but luckily got lent one. But even then the access was bl00dy tight - would have been better off with...

Hi again all Thank you SO much for rallying around as you did. This was one of those situations that unfolded and, at the end, you say to yourself 'if I'd known xyz at the outset then I'd have called someone to do it'. 10-12 hours all told across the weekend with skinned knuckles, cut...

Hi all Am trying to fit a replacement bottom-entry flush valve in my toilet cistern - that's not the issue. What IS the issue is that it's a close-coupled one (didn't even know what that meant before today!) and I have to get the cistern separated from the toilet bowl so i can unscrew the old...