Recent content by stevediy

Thanks for this. I am sure this would work but rather than give it a go with my cheapo reseater I decided to buy a 'proper' Monument tap reseater. I got confused about which style reseater I needed because the tap is a 'trad' design but the works are modern BS5412. I can report a success. I was...

Thanks for the info'

We have a high quality Pegler Sequel sink mixer tap that drips badly. I would like to repair this. We are in a hard water area and the tap seat is eroded. I tried to smooth the seat using one of the cheap plastic body re-seaters but this would not cut deep enough. I then got a multi tooth...

It is still working fine after a few days so I think the problem was certainly the faceplate. The engineer who came to fit the replacement would only go as far as to say the connections seemed a 'bit loose' - understandably not wanting to acknowledge any blame on behalf of Openreach. I think...

Thanks everyone who offered advice. My bodged connections gave a strange sound quality to the phone when in use so I contacted BT and asked if I was entitled to a proper working face plate as part of the BT service - I was - the Openreach engineer visited, in five minutes fitted a new one and...

Thanks for this suggestion. What if a screwdriver had been used to make connections previously? I came accross a diy web page that suggested using a screwdriver as an alternative to the IDC tool. A small slot head screwdriver with its tapered blade would neatly seat a wire in the bottom of the...

I have got the extension working! I will go into detail on how I managed this as it may help others with a similar problem. I noted that a poster in May 2009 seemed to have a similar problem. I got the extension working using the Screwfix kit cable I described in my first post. The cable...

Thanks for this. I only bought the extension kit because it had the IDC connection tool ( I saw the term 'punchdown tool' on other diy sites and thought it was another name for the same thing). The wire is solid core but I can get a different supply and try again as you suggest. This would be a...

Can anyone help with this telephone extension puzzle. We have two extensions, one works fine, I replaced the wire and socket for the other but cannot get it to work. I am completely baffled by my failure. This started when we had the Openreach engineer visit to replace the faulty outside...