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See photo. Looks like 6 inches. I’ve been to three merchants this morning - never seen one like it but I did find very similar online but the spindle is much longer. Someone suggested Workwin??

I try to avoid plumbing jobs. Is it likely that the existing bar is soldered on or a screw on? If the former then that’ll mean getting a plumber. I only ask because I don’t want to make things worse by disturbing the current bar.

I see what you mean. The blue colour - but I haven’t found a match on the internet. In your experience is it possible that I could find a workable alternative? I don’t want to replace the entire bar.

Is it Wickes?

Thanks Chris Please see attachment.?looks like bat wing or wavy line. No idea of name of model.

Very good - but does anyone know what make/type?

Hello Can someone kindly tell me what this (see attachment) is properly called (so that I order the right thing)? It’s the cartridge out of a shower mixer bar. Many thanks

I'm happy to fix it to the wall properly But I don't want to wire it into the fused socket until I've given it a run. That sounds ok? Thanks

I've just bought a 1.5kw panel heater. I want to test it before hard wiring as it means moving a lot of stuff around. Can I run it for an hour or two thru a 13a plug? The instructions say don't do it but I can't see what the problem is.

Thanks John Is there a usual diameter for these things? I'm guessing at around 22mm

My shower/bath mixer tap is playing up. I can move the collar up and down enough to see the flat bit where presumably I can unscrew it but none of my spanners or wrenches are thin enough to get into the grooves. What sort of wrench or grippers are going to do it?

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I can feel the flats when pushing the collar down. Have I got to turn off the water before taking off the top? Pic attached

I've just moved into a property and discovered that the mixer tap will only feed the shower and not the bath. The mechanism appears to be a chrime collar that I presume moves up and down to select either bath or shower. Are these things straightforward, i.e. what could the problem be and hiw to...

SuperSparks I am well aware of the worst that can happen - but would it not be obvious when I turned the power on and the the light didn't "work". Obviously I wouldn't touch the thing before cutting the power again. What I meant was what would happen if I attached the supply neutral to the...