Recent content by Merlin5

Hi guys. My heated towel rail was installed in 2012 and works great but the corners of most rungs are rusty and the chrome flaked off. It hasn't got worse as I now always make sure to dry the rails after a shower. It's a very small bathroom which does have a humidistat fan over the bath and I...

Thanks. This one? https://www.diy.com/departments/kilrock-limescale-remover-500ml/184474_BQ.prd I'll try my Domestos first and if it doesn't work I'll get some Kilrock. I'd be surprised if there's anything stronger than Domestos or Harpic though considering they're acidic.

Sorry to bring up an old thread but as it's the same issue as I have I thought I'd post here. I've just used Viakal on my glass shower door a couple of times and it didn't work. Then I used Cillit Bang Power Cleaner 100% Limescale Remover and that didn't work. I've still got a glass door...

Thanks pal, that's a very comprehensive answer! Tomorrow I'll have a go at adjusting the white plastic crosshead screw and see what happens. Otherwise I'll try and get to the diaphragm washer. I certainly hope I don't need to remove the whole cistern and valve, it seems a bit fiddly and I don't...

Hi. Whenever I turn the shower or bath tap on I get water flowing into my toilet (situated next to the bath) from the toilet cistern and that gives me less water pressure when using the shower. I'm not sure how to fix it. I don't know if it's the inlet or outlet valve that needs cleaning or...

That's not what I asked.

Hi guys. My gas engineer is coming to service my boiler in a couple of weeks. Last year he added Fernox F4 Express leak sealer into the boiler which works well. He set boiler pressure to 1.5 last February and it dropped to 1.3 shortly after but has stayed at 1.3 which is fine. Before using...

:D By the way, B&Q have a switch (looks the same as the one I need) on clearance for 0.50p. https://www.diy.com/departments/b-q-2a-1-way-white-pull-cord-switch/178030_BQ.prd I drove to my local B&Q but none left which was a pity.

Excellent, thanks! I'll order that switch. Easy peasy then, as I see the two screws on that Amazon photo which will take the two brown wires. Yes, don't book me to defuse a bomb for you, I might confuse the red and brown. :D

Ok, there's a dozen switches in my MK fuse box and I flipped the red master switch which turned everything off. Removing the mirror was easier than I expected. I thought I wouldn't be able to rest the mirror (only a small wash basin below it) and would have to hold the mirror while unscrewing...

Thanks Harry, I'll assume by main switch you're referring to a master switch in the fuse box that would turn everything off in my flat.

Thank you very much chaps. I'll switch various fuses off in my fuse box tomorrow to find out which one turns off power to the bathroom mirror. The wires connected to the mirror won't shock me once the fuse is off, right? Taylortwocities, that switch you linked looks good and dead cheap! Maybe...

Hello chaps. The pull string for my 9 year old bathroom mirror light pull string has been threatening to stop working for a few months. I'd pull it and nothing would happen but eventually, say a day or two later, I'd pull it and it would turn on or off. For the last week or so I've had no luck...

Definitely helped me, I don't think I'd have thought or bothered to turn it the opposite direction without you putting that thought in my mind. :)

Hi John. Another update. The fan is actually working properly. The morning after my last post, it came on after a few minutes. And it's come on everyday since. But it's been taking quite a long time before activating itself. I took your advice and screwed it fully anti-clockwise and it came on...