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I've always thought that 100% plastic seats were a bit thin and seemed cheap and ready to break. Do you have any recommendations?

Thanks. I've also just found my receipt, it's under two years old, I wonder if B&Q would honour the two year guarantee and replace it ........

This is the seat that I have: https://www.diy.com/departments/bemis-ultra-fix-denver-white-round-standard-close-toilet-seat/303657_BQ.prd The inner rear edge of the seat has a very tiny chip in it, no idea how it got there. The chip is maybe 2 to 3mm long. I want to cover it to avoid water...

Thanks again Chris. Think I'll probably go with the compression elbow because it'll be easier to dismantle if ever required.

Ah, I see. Thanks. That explains why the old elbow never seemed to fit right and sometimes came loose (it was installed before I moved to this property). So something like this? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282352950701 In my case it's for outside use of course but I can't see how that would...

The waste pipe in question (and the bit that sticks out of the wall) has an outside diameter of 43mm and I need a new Pushfit 90 degree elbow joint for it, something like this: https://www.homebase.co.uk/make-push-fit-90-degrees-bend-40mm/12831236.html In fact I had a spare one that was marked...

Thanks John, I assume that the motor just uses two bearings of the same size/type?

Thanks, that gives me some hope. I'm going to check out Heating World of Spares tomorrow but just out of interest where did you buy the parts for yours?

Thanks, but is an average layman such as myself allowed to work on an oil boiler which usually requires an accredited service engineer?

I have an intermittent fault (strange noise) with my Danesmoor 15/19 which could be the oil pump, the motor or the fan. As the fault is intermittent and only happens for a few minutes at a time I'm not planning on doing about it right now, however I have some prices for the above parts for my...

The noise continues for some minutes after the boiler has fired up.

Oil Boiler is a Danesmoor 15/19 For a few days now, and only intermittently, when the boiler has been off for a few hours and then turned on there is sometimes a noticeable rattling/oscillating sound. This last for a few minutes then stops. There's nothing obviously physically loose under the...

Nope, no cat. I'm wondering if at some time when cleaning the bath some grit got stuck in whatever sponge I was using to do the job. That's the only possible cause I can think of right now. Also, they are definitely scratches at the moment because when I stand in the bath they don't appear to...

Thanks. Tempted to get a new bath but only want to go down that route if there's no other option. Does it then sound like my current bath is a lost cause?

Only just noticed that my plastic bath has a number of parallel scratches on the base - these start around about the mid point and are heading in the direction of the plughole end of the bath (but aren't at the plughole). The top one is the most noticeable and is about 17 inches long - not only...

Thanks for all of the helpful suggestions. Think I'll use Wago connectors for the wires but having never used them before which ones should I go for?

I need to replace an old halogen floodlight but need to cut the current wire that exits via some brickwork and then connect that to the wire on the new LED floodlight. So I need a waterproof junction box that will handle both the older grey 'rectangular profile' wire and the new black 'round...

Thanks, I've never heard of them. Have they been around long? How is their customer care in the event of any issues?

Interesting, why is that? The room it will be in can fall to 10 degrees or so in cold winter weather but it's usually probably around 14 degrees in average winter weather and of course warmer in summer (the room also faces south (only with a small window though) so can get very warm in summer).

As title. Thanks