Recent content by McGaz

The jointing compound did the trick. My first venture into plumbing a success... but I'll keep an eye on it for a bit just in case :p Thanks again Dan.

Great - thanks! I'll try that tonight.

Hi, Last night I heard a dreaded dripping noise and tracked it down to an isolator valve connecting the mains to the cistern on the toilet. It looks like this: http://www.screwfix.com/p/15mm-isolating-valve-pack-of-10/32802 The water comes in from the bottom and the leak is at the top where...

Not yet unfortunately, the floorboard I removed was one that was lifted before and it's near the corner of the room, but the hole is 6 to 7ft away. The picture is from recording a video on an iPad and aiming a torch towards the hole - these were the best I got! Do you think it could just be...

I moved into a new house about 3 months ago and there was a strong chemical spillage on the carpet in the room at the front of the house. I disposed of the carpet but could still smell something but couldn't work out what. Recently I thought it was a bit wet cementy/rubbly and I felt I could...

Did you manage to find a solution to this? I have the same thing. There was some sort of spillage on the carpet which gave off a terrible smell, so I cut it out & the rubber underlay beneath it. The smell reduced dramatically, but it did not get close to disappearing. There was rubber...