Recent content by RobFJ

Thanks for the suggestion. Not quite the same part and the content seemed to cover just changing the refill level

Not much to photograph in situ - the cistern has a fixed plastic cover over the whole top with a small access point at the front. The length of the new part is 280mm !

Right at the end of the warranty period (now expired), a grohe engineer replaced one of these valves in a leaky cistern. As we had two others in the house, he kindly left two more flush valves in case those failed as well. We're now getting both of these not closing properly so there is a...

There is a small grating in some tarmac that the rainwater from the garage roof flows into - then into a c4 inch pipe that goes vertically down a long way. I'm trying to get the leaves out of the vertical pipe but it goes down much further than my arm. So I need something to get another 18-24"...

I need to replace a chrome shower door handle (Model No NRXC/1000). It is circular and about 70mm in diameter; it comprises two threaded parts that fit either side of the curved glass door. Trouble is I can't get the old one off. (I'm assuming it is a combination of lime build up and just being...

Has any one worked out a better way of stopping the cut edge from fraying. I've tried turning it underneath and that's OK until I move the membrane; ducktape lasts a season but the edge then has to be recut.

I've installed a smart heating system and, in doing so, replaced all the old TRV's with smart TRV's but left the two hall radiators just with their original manual valves. The characteristics of the smart heating system and how it handles the water flow means I can either have these two rads...

* UPDATE * The problem seems to be that the piston in the TRV isn't fully retracted when the TRV was first screwed onto the radiator (you can tell if this is the case if you're having difficulty screwing the TRV onto the valve because there is not enough thread). The solution is to take the...

* UPDATE * The problem seems to be that the piston in the TRV isn't fully retracted when the TRV was first screwed onto the radiator (you can tell if this is the case if you're having difficulty screwing the TRV onto the valve because there is not enough thread). The solution is to take the...

I'm into day 3 of fitting this and trying to get the whole system fully working. It is a 3 channel system, has 2 room thermostats, 13 smart trv's and 2 smart plugs. All trv's have schedules and are allocated to the correct rooms and channels. Almost everything worked fine first time - apart...

I'm into day 3 of fitting this and trying to get the whole system fully working. It is a 3 channel system, has 2 room thermostats, 13 smart trv's and 2 smart plugs. All trv's have schedules and are allocated to the correct rooms and channels. Almost everything worked fine first time - apart...

I’m using evostick impact contact adhesive. Any advice on how to clean the brushes after use - a couple of solvents I tried did not work. Thanks

Just to conclude, The fault turned out to be a partial short on an external cable running under the mortar in the outside wall. Its insulation had been slightly damaged 20+ years ago when a pergola had been put up and had got worse until it failed. Moisture would get into the cable completing...

Thanks to everyone for comments and suggestions - much appreciated. There is an outside light, on a 2-way switch which, on closer inspection, is either fully illuminated or slightly illuminated depending on whether it should be off or on. (Easy to spot in darkness - almost impossible in sunshine...

I've got an intermittent fault on a lighting circuit that I've been monitoring for over a month. There are three unusual things about it : it only happens about every third day and then there are usually multiple trips over the space of an hour or so before things settle down again. about half...