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I've had a contact from somebody on our street via WhatsApp - they'll be my backup if this: MCALPINE DOUBLE & 1½ BOWL SINK KIT WHITE 40MM (71787) doesn't work! Thanks to @Hugh Jaleak and @terryplumb for their suggestions & advice. Dave UPDATE: NOW SOLVED!

That's a couple of good ideas there Hugh (love the play on words for your username btw). I agree that the McAlpine stuff is very good - I've used some of their fittings before. Thanks Terry. That's three votes for the McAlpine waste kit then! I'll update this thread once I've fixed...

@ianmcd Apparently nobody in Sheffield, Dronfield or Chesterfield!! Dave

Thanks @ianmcd Hadn't noticed that! Dave UPDATE: Sadly, I get the response: Sorry! We don't have anyone listed that covers your area at the moment. Dave

@Notch7 Not a Facebook user I'm afraid. I have asked the local 'Whats App' community if anyone knows a local plumber but I'll try your suggestion in my other thread first. Many thanks Dave

@conny Agreed - that would be ideal. However much in this house is, for want of a better description, "non-standard". As the arrangement worked before with no back-flow into the washing machine or sinks, I think it should be okay as it stands. Will try the "washing up glove" idea posted by...

@Notch7 I thought I'd seen something like that somewhere - couldn't see it in the Toolstation catalogue however. Thanks @just pumps The pipe on the lower right of picture 1 is a push-fit waste (approx 40mm in diameter). There is a grey "straight coupler" (if that is the correct term)...

Hi, I am trying to sort out my daughters kitchen sink waste (what an absolute nightmare) and have posted a question in this section of the forum. Failing that, is there anybody that could do the job for me URGENTLY as my daughter has been without a sink for over a week now and can't get a...

Hi Folks My daughter has replaced her kitchen sink. Her old sink was a 1 1/2 bowl single drainer in resin and has been replaced with a stainless steel 1 1/2 bowl single drainer. The washingmachine drains into the same waste as one of the bowls via a spigot (is that correct?) A "plumber" took...

Thank you for clarifying that. I'm planning on applying a fair amount of "Sticks Like Sh*t" (which I have found to be an excellent, "grabby" adhesive) so surely the plywood wouldn't flex? As an aside, I've had a look for thinner cement board - specifically AQUAPANEL - but it seems that 12.5mm...

Thanks for the replies. @foxhole I'm puzzled by the comment "9mm ply is too thin to hold tiles". Can you please elaborate? - thanks. I agree that the 'tub slop' is too sloppy to be an adhesive (I'm part-way through the job which I'm doing for a cash-strapped friend). It seems to be okay as...

Hi, I'm after some general advice here. I'm tiling a small cloakroom. I've already installed a vanity unit and I am now tiling around the walls. One wall has an ugly pipe and I intend to build up the surface either side of the pipe with 9mm plywood, then tile over the top so that the...

Thanks John Dave

Hi John, To answer each of your questions one by one. Nope! No again Last new rad approx 24yrs ago Boiler is 2 floors below Nope! Which? There are two radiators in the bathroom (one of which is cold at the bottom but eventually warms, the other warms all over and quickly), and one...

Hi Chris, Worked fine for the 24+ years it has been there until this October when the CH was started up after a 6-month summer lay-off. There are two rads in the bathroom and the one opposite gets toasty hot. In fairness, the rad I'm talking about eventually gets hot at the bottom but it...

As the title says, I have one radiator where the bottom is cold (or at best mildly warm) whilst the top is hot (too hot to touch). We recently had a can of inhibitor injected into the CH filling loop. I'm gussing that this is a build-up of sludge? Given that the rad is small, I can easily...

I totally agree with the above post Ian. It costs nothing to say thank you or to tell others how the situation developed (hopefully solved), but means a lot to folks that have spent time and taken the trouble to offer help and suggestions. I always try to recognise folks that have been truly...

The replacement capacitor arrived this morning. Turned mains supply off (& verified), removed WR1 (SCR) unit from the wall managed to prise the clips holding it together apart (without breaking any) de-soldered the old cap and re-soldered the new. Re clipped everything back together, put WR1...

Ahhh.... Noted! Dave

Thanks Bernard. Aware of this but thanks anyway. I have a solder sucker (I really need to get out more and meet people). Dave