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I have managed to remove the complete fitting by bending back the 3 tabs and tapping gently from above with a hammer and small piece of wood. Once out, I could see that in fact, the plastic outer ring (photo 1) was removable as it was clipped in, however, access to prising this out would have...

Wow, thanks everyone for such quick replies and for the suggestions. The chrome ring (from the underside) seems to be held firm and I have not been able to twist or turn it. I have tried to lever it gently, but there is no movement at all. There are 3 metal tabs in the recess above, so I think...

Hi, Hope someone can help me please. The light on our Ducal Welsh Dresser has stopped working so I would like to replace it but am unsure how to access it. The power comes from a transformer that is then fed through the top of the dresser and the bulb and cover are in a recess in the top of...

Great info, thanks Iamchamps. Have taken the battery out and plugged in the charger.....still no life, so sadly it's going in the bin!

Hi, yes, thanks, I have tried charging it a few times, but nothing at all when plugged in. Left charging for a few hours and nothing working. Any way of easily identifying if it's the batttery or not, apart from getting another battery?

I have a very old Samsung e2121b phone (ok, you can stop laughing!) that went in the washing machine a few months ago. It doesn't work now. Completely dead. Nothing hapens when you try to turn it on. I took it apart at the time and dried it all out but it didn't help. Just wondering if it is...

Thanks. I am actually having a new electric roller door fitted and the fitter said they would attach 2 new wooden posts behind the existing rotten posts, attaching to the brick pillars, then clad both old and new wooden posts, attaching the new roller door to the new wooden posts. Just had a...

Hi, The bottom half of my wooden external garage door posts are rotting. Replacing the posts competely is not possible for various reasons. My question is, if the posts are covered with pvc cladding, will the old wooden posts continue to rot, assuming they will not be exposed to the weather...

Hope someone can advise please. My son bought a flat which has a Logic 24 condensing boiler. The boiler is around 5 to 6 years old. In the last year it has frequently started to make a horrible hammering/banging noise when drawing hot water either from the kitchen or from the bathroom. Also...

All great advice, thanks! Most neighbours seem to still have their arches. I expect once I have done mine the others may follow! Arches are a bit 80's aren't they?! Main things I have learned here from the forum is to cut out the arch very carefully, then replace with plasterboard and skim on...

Got it now, thanks.

Excellent, thanks! I will try and keep it as plasterboard only without any wooden framework. Please can you just clarify what you mean by "thin coat corner beads"?

Thanks for replying. Apologies I wasn't very clear in my description and am probably not using the correct terminology! To try and clarify: The existing arch is about 6 feet wide at the base. I do not intend to fit doors, I am just looking for a squared off opening. So will it look best to...

Many thanks for the replies and advice. You have given me the confidence to give to it a go and start by carefully cutting out the arch using a new saw. As the interior width of the arch wall is 14.5cm, is it best to get some planed wood exactly 14.5cm then get a narrow piece of architrave to...

Hi, We have an internal archway that we would like to remove and square off. The house was built in 1989 and the interior walls are plasterboard. I have removed a small square of plasterboard at the bottom of one of the vertical sides of the arch (photo 2). It appears that the plasterboard...

Excellent, many thanks for explaining. I will check the filters. I guess going back to a 22mm valve is one option (assuming I can find one) for a small improvement but a better bet would be to fit a pump for a significant improvement.

Thanks, just to clarify, are you suggesting loss of pressure by changing last couple of feet from 22 to 15 is likely to be less than 25%? Yes, the old old valve required 22mm feed. When looking for a new shower I struggled to find any valves that took 22mm pipe so went for a cheap 15mm valve.

Thanks terryplumb, really appreciate the suggestions. I will do the bucket test next week when I visit my Mum again. I did use copper pipe so that should be fine. I did run the water supply through the pipes before connecting to the mixer so should be no blockages. I don't recall any filters so...

Yes, sorry for they typo it's Triton Kaho I still have 22mm feeds from the loft (about 20 feet distance) it's just the last couple of feet that go into the back of the mixer that I have changed to 15mm. Would that make that much difference to the pressure? Thanks.

Thank you. The new shower is definitely not electric. It's described as 'Manual single lever mixer shower'. I don't think the previous shower had much pressure so it's hard to say how much less powerful (if at all) the new one is. Water does come through but it seems quite gentle.