Recent content by DIY10291

Very interesting. Thanks for your patience. Yes, cold tank in the attic, hot tank on the first floor, kitchen and bathroom on ground. Standard-ish ceilings. The bath tap currently has two ceramic quarter cartridges - but the new tap would perform worse? That's a shame, I thought they looked...

Thanks. The shower tap I linked to says "Minimum operating pressure of 1 bar for best performance " - do you know what a conservative lower bound is for the pressure my system likely has?

Ah thanks, that's something I never considered. I just double-checked, and (hot water is tank-fed for all three): Bath shower mixer: cold is tank-fed Bathroom basin and kitchen mixer: cold is mains-fed. I am not sure how to check whether a new tap is suitable for this setup, to avoid...

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Hi. I have an old house with a number of old taps I am hoping to replace with newer designs. None of the taps currently have flexi tails or isolation valves, but I can turn the water off upstream. I haven't changed a tap before (though have done some plumbing), so for each I am looking for...

Unfortunately the room above has a wardrobe over the area, and even if I moved it I wouldn't know how to get into the floorboards under the carpet. Do you have any experience with using nylon string or something to deal with this with the cables in situ? (Power switched off, of course)

Thanks for the help everyone. You're right - it would be better to install a new socket for the fridge than to terminate the wire. To that end, I've attempted to remove the trunking. I removed the clip, and after a bit of wiggling I am now able to bend it to the right. However, I can't pull it...

thanks. that's a cupboard it goes into at the top there, visible in the pic - so it's behind the cupboard.

Hi. I have just removed an old single wall socket. I am considering how best to blank off the wires - they are quite thick, and a fridge-freezer will now be backed up to the wall, so I guess it needs to be well-protected from the grill on the back of the fridge, and also as flat as possible as...

I recently replaced the glands and heads of two very old (20 years?) traditional sink basin taps using https://www.toolstation.com/lever-basin-tap-reviver-kit/p70902 - so they are now quarter-turn. However, they now make a loud whooshing/screeching noise - particularly on the cold side as it is...

the very top part above the handle? had a go but it's difficult to grip - wouldn't want to break it if I used grips or something and it turns out to not actually be a screw cap..?

Thanks. Had another look but can't find one. Has anyone come across this tap before?

Hi, I have an old kitchen mixer tap which has gradually deteriorated - it is now quite clunky and takes a lot of force to fully close it. I want to leave the plumbing alone if possible (so not replace the whole tap). However, firstly I can't see how to open it up - I can't see a cap to pop...

What do you mean exactly - should the exhaust pipe at the back be facing upwards, not downwards? Was it installed incorrectly?

A few weeks back, there was some rattling coming from my Hyundai i10. Checked the muffler and it was very loose, so figured that was the noise. It snapped off at one of the pipes on the way to the garage (had rusted through), so removed it, and there was no noise for the rest of the journey...