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What do you call that wrench thing with the right-angled end which is used to tighten the big nut round the waste from the bottom? I've only got those kind of pliers with adjustable jaws, and it's very awkward to get at, so they're chewing the hexagon faces of the nut :mad:

Thanks both :mrgreen: We'll see how it goes when the new waste unit arrives... e-ven-tually, as Manuel put it in Fawlty Towers....

So... I found Plumber's Mait difficult to use last time, as far as I can remember (not very far at my age, sadly), but I still have the tub. Consistency seemed a bit stiff, so it was hard to spread I think...? Anyway, when putting it (eg) between the top of the waste unit and the basin, do you...

Well, I ordered the item you suggested from Victorian - bit of a nightmare as their site wouldn't take my order no matter what I did, but a lovely lady sorted it out for me by phone. I plan to encapsulate the unit in silicon, shove it into the hole, then hit it with a hammer :mad: Living here...

Right... by "top one" do you mean the thin one that's on the top surface of the basin?

Thanks - I seem to remember you helping me with the old one, years ago :giggle: no matter what you suggested, I tried it (Plumber's Mait etc), but it still wouldn't seal, so I used silicon. So I'm interested to read on the Victorian Plumbing web link you sent me "When installing we recommend...

Spoke too soon as usual - now leaking from the seal between the basin and drain. I remember tearing my hair out on here 5 or 6 years ago when I fitted a new tap and drain to this sink, as I couldn't get it to seal. I'm no plumber, but a normal human being should be able to tighten a simple...

Aye trouble is, people like me don't know that (I do now :rolleyes:) - I imagine those pipes have been like that since the house was built in 1994, so you kind of assume things are all OK :sleep: All reassembled now with a new bit of pipe, isolating valve etc. Seems OK so far. On the up side...

Well, soaked up as much water as I could (some has already soaked into the chipboard cabinet - don't know how long the leak's been there FFS), and everything shut down for the night. SF in the morning for some 15mm pipe, and hope I can lash it all up again. Chances of getting a plumber this...

Thanks - yeah, already did that. But I think it's the hot one - just to be sure, can you confirm that the left pipe on a mixer is going to be the hot one please?

Yeah... thanks, I'd already turned them off, but the tiny spray just kept coming... soaking the place out of all proportion to its size. It has now finally stopped - I guess it must just have been the head above it, up to the tap. So the bathroom cabinet beneath the sink is probably ruined, but...

Just found the bathroom floor wet, and there seems to be a pinhole leak in one of the risers to the handbasin. My mind isn't at its best under pressure, so... is the left hand pipe normally the hot one to the mixer tap? It feels slightly warm, but the hot water hasn't been on today. So I...

Last year I spent a day pressure washing my paths, made of concrete flags, which were dark and slippery. It did a great job, but 5 minutes later (OK, a few weeks) they were as if I hadn't bothered. I've read through every thread I can find, and the popular answer seems to be bleach, which is...

Aye quite right, but this is a young mother, and realistically, unless I can make it REALLY easy (like a gauge), I'll be down bleeding the oil line again in a couple of months :cautious:

Thanks Andrew - well, I managed to get a refund for the gauge, but this is a charity job so I don't fancy lashing out on an expensive unit. I'll buy her a big long bamboo! There's a non-working Watchman on eBay for a few quid, and part of me thinks maybe take a chance on it just being the...

Ah, I see... that's the top of the tank, so is horizontal, but I was standing in an awkward place, so it just looks like it's sloped.

What's this thing? I don't suppose there's a 1½" hole under it perchance... Access is awkward (there's a fence in the way) and I didn't have a screwdriver, so couldn't investigate...

I bought this cheap gauge to help a friend out (I have a Watchman myself, but my generosity doesn't stretch that far), but can't figure out the best way to fit it. It has a threaded neck, but no kind of nut or anything to tighten from inside the tank. The instructions simply say it fits a 1½BSP...

Thanks everybody, I ended up watching a Youtube video, and loosened the Allen screw in the end of (8) above slightly - worked well, she has heat again :mrgreen:

Hi all, trying to help a single mother out. She let her oil tank run dry (lack of funds), and now it's locked out. She got a delivery of oil today, but it still won't fire up, even if she resets it. I'm assuming there's an airlock in the fuel pipe, and it needs to be bled? Unfortunately, though...