Recent content by Rob Gooch

Ahh that’s fair enough, it was more of a cost issue instead of gaining space, with having 3 sockets that will all need bringing forward into a false wall, along with coving and skirting. My theory was to ‘localise’ the work to just the chimney breast instead of the whole 15ft wall. Thinking...

I’m in the same situation, my chimney breast isn’t as deep though, only about 90mm. Rather than use a stud wall to make the wall flush I would like to remove the chimney breast and fill the precast flue with insulation. Any advise on if this is possible would be great

Update:- I went to wickes to get a new inlet valve with a brass tail but they had no stock. As a last ditch attempt i bought a tube or fernox ls-x to use with my current plastic tailed valve and, voila, no leak for 24 hours. Thanks again for your comments and tips.

I’ll be following this post with interest, hopefully you can add details in the projects section. I have a driveway down the side of my semi about 8 feet wide and was thinking about building what you describe. Not to house a car just for storage that looks nicer than a shed. good luck with...

Thanks for your replies, it’s not leaking from the cistern base- I’ve just checked that with toilet paper and it’s bone dry. When I was assembling it, it didn’t feel cross threaded, and I have crossed threaded stuff before so I know how it feels if that makes sense. I got a bigger adjustable...

My toilet has developed a leak from the bottom entry inlet valve and I am looking for some advice. On close inspection the leak was coming from the connection between the copper pipe and the plastic tail of the inlet valve. A quick trip to wickes and I got some new fibre washers. I removed...

Hi gasplumber, if you type “7zap Mercedes” into google it should lead you to Mercedes parts diagrams. Just enter your chassis number and hopefully you will find what you need