Recent content by mvdct

Thank you @Odds. If I'm honest, not the answer I wanted... but almost certainly the answer I needed. Thanks again.

Hi forum, We moved into a new home last year. The garden has a pond, which has a pond liner in it - which seems to be in tact and some fish. From what we can tell, at some point in the pond's past, a new row of sandstone stones was added to the top of the pond. These seem to be breaking down...

p.s. @terryplumb (or anyone). Any idea how old that boiler is? Thanks.

Thanks @terryplumb. The black one turned no problem at all. The grey one didn't seem to budge. It turned out it just needed some persistent encouragement. Thanks.

Hi all, I've moved into a house with this boiler - an Ariston e-combi. It's generally working fine. Although I realised today I don't know how to increase the pressure (currently sitting at 1 bar - so probably OK - but best I work this out now!). Looking under the boiler I see: Or, from...

Much appreciated @oldbuffer. Thank you.

Hi DIY not, After recently, successfully, contending with a couple of other bathroom issues (link 1; link 2 - thanks for your help with those) - we move onto the wash basin - which has two problems. Problem 1. The basin has an old single mixer tap. It has been leaking. And is loose. It doesn't...

Update. Thanks again @dilalio - followed your instructions and it seems to have worked. Much appreciated. However, in sorting that issue - we seem to have found another!

Hi DIYnot, In sorting out one bathroom issue - we have discovered another. The bathroom close coupling toilet seems to have a leak from the right hand side screw (images below). Here is the toilet. This is what the left hand size screw looks like. Old, but dry. But this is the right...

Thanks @dilalio. Will do this. Much appreciated.

Thanks @Harry Bloomfield. Sorry, should have been more clear. House new to us... but not new. (have edited original post) 1970's build.

Hi DIYnot. Thanks in advance for your thoughts. We moved into a new (to us) place a couple of months ago. The bath was draining slowly. Thought it might have been clogged. Inserted some Buster unblocked (image below). That did improve the flow. However, a couple of days later water...

Thank you all for your useful comments. Much appreciated.

Hi Diynot, In our bathroom we have a Triton Tesla Bar Mixer Shower. It's been on the wall since 2015. It started leaking once under guarantee - and got replaced in part or in whole - but now it's out of guarantee - so we need something new. Foolishly I thought I could just buy any mixer valve...

Of course. I guess it really is that easy, isn't it. Thanks @Ian H