Recent content by Madrab

Certainly could - trouble is they don't tend to make wee bags of bonding coat - you can get wee bags of ready mix though.

Oh my - is that plaster with brick behind it? Mortar should do the job, pre mixed filler would probably end up cracking with a hole that size. Wet the area first before applying the mortar. Do a first fill leaving a few mm, then once it's dry then add a finishing layer.

To replace a £5 tap valve - they're having a laugh - don't be calling them back. They're at itI - In a monobloc tap maybe as in some cases there can be mixing before the valves but not in that bog standard deck mixer. Get someone else, could even be a handy man to do that but given what...

Given the tolerances marked on the can, I'm sure that would be fine. You taken over @just pumps role now ;)

..... if it is a shallow bath trap then it would have been fine as long as the hopper was there, if the hopper is now gone then it really should go to a 50mm seal.

Yeah - sure is - but if they have them in a kit then you would think they would be able to get them individually, unless the kits are all made up and they still have them lying around probably because they are so pricey

Yup - sure did - it would suggest the capacitor is bad - not that it can't hold its charge any more rather it cant release the energy burst when needed now, to kick start the motor. So it could read fine but just doesn't behave properly any more. If it was me then as long as the capacitor was @...

The straight through Mcalpine Antivac trap linked to should do the job and avoid having to do any major surgery anywhere else. Unfortunately a HEPvO won't make any difference, the vacuum created in the waste run by the basin draining down is what's pulling on the trap in the bath and that needs...

Yeah, I know what you mean - last thing is to see the wrong component do the pump in. Strange though - they seem to still do the service kit (28474) for the N series pre2008 pumps - and it seems to have the right capacitor in it. Obviously you don't need the whole kit at that price but you...

Anything downstream of the main stop tap (toby) at the end of the communication pipe or sometimes at the boundary, would be the homeowners responsibility. If your builder damaged the pipe on your property then it would be their/your responsibility to have it repaired If it isn't a shared main...

There will be an allan key grub screw in there - just need to find the right size. 2 >3mm usually

Try an anti vac trap on the basin, that should vent the run enough to stop it syphoning the bath.

You would think that ST would use similar capacitors in their later pumps, aint broke don't fix it type idea. I believe more modern 10uF capacitors ahould work without issue though surely? as long as it's the same μF rating then the motor shouldn't know the difference? Not an electronics chap...

If the cast iron is now redundant then cut it flat and then chisel it back so it is recessed, then fill it with insulation or some other filling material, or even a brick and then seal it right up with morter. Ideally it would be chopped and then the whole pipe chiselled right out and then the...

So you will be sealing the edge of the bath to the final wall covering and that covering is cladding? I'm not sure what's meant by cladding here, cladding is usually exterior and made up of vertical T&G panels and the widest of them are usually around 250>300mm, you do get interior panel of...