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What's the best way to insulate the recess of a fireplace (when I say best I mean both cost effective and safe!). As you will see from the photos I'm using quite a lot of heat out of the back of the recess (when they did cavity wall insulation this bit wasn't insulated). I've had the following...

Hi there We've got a shower which has been playing up and I now can't move the right hand dial enough to get the shower warmer. It has become much harder to turn - so you can't turn it further than a lukewarm temperature. Any ideas what might be causing this? We do also have an issue where...

We have got a shower which is connected to a shower pump in our airing cupboard (Salamander Pump 96-021 38). The shower has a rainforest head and then a normal head. Turning the left hand mixing dial turns the shower on/off and allows switching between the rainforest head and the normal head...

DONE IT!! A lot of twisting and pulling....... O-ring is broken which will explain the problem. Thanks ever so much!

Lifts and comes up a bit but doesn't lift out (either by lifting or lifting and turning).

Will give it another try. It hasn't come out that easily so far....

Thanks for the response - I'll take a look at getting the cap. I can't see the isolation taps for the water. Other issue is that there's no screw for the riser so I can't get it out (or can't appear to work out how to get it out to replace the o-ring).

Thanks that's helpful. I'll try with some ptfe tape - there isn't a screw at the back of the riser to take the riser out completely so I'm not sure how I'd replace the o-ring on the tap.

Hi there, We have got an apparently unbranded (or at least I can't find a name for the brand) tap that is leaking. It's leaking on the base of the riser (where the black washer and white plastic piece) seems to be. I'm not quite sure how to fix it so thoughts welcome. There is space for an...

Hi there, I need a bit of help - sorry, this is a simple question I think! The washer in my kitchen tap needs replacing (the spout rather than the taps themselves). I want to unscrew the central spout, but in order to do that need to turn the water off to the tap. First photo shows the tap /...

Thanks. Sorry, I've not explained it very well. When you press down on the handle, the whole of the handle lifts (i.e. the old padlock currently in place isn't doing anything). I'm not sure fitting a new padlock would work as the same issue would just occur?

Hi there, I'm after some ideas of how to lock an iron garden gate The lock doesn't work - previous owners had a padlock on it (which also wouldn't have worked) - and we dont have the key for that. Any ideas?

Thanks all - I will give that a go! Many thanks.

Hi there I’ve got a garden gate (wooden) that I’m putting in. There is a 2.4m fence post that I am using on one side (will use postcrete to fix it in). The other side of the gate will go against a garage wall. I’m trying to work out the best way of attaching it. Do I put in another 2.4m fence...

Great thank you. Will do. Silly question, but if I don't activate the alarm then am I right in saying it won't / shouldn't go off? It has been going off when it has been activated.....but not when it hasn't. Is that right?