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Hello all, I put up a towel rail at the weekend and whilst everything seemed straight and level according to the spirit level, alas when it was all screwed in and attached to the wall the right side has ended up a bit lower than the left. I was wondering if there was anything I could do to...

Great. Many thanks.

Hi all We need to replace a rotted fence post in the garden and I was just wondering if I could get some advice on the length of post to get. I found that fence posts seem to come in two sizes - 270cm and 300cm. The existing post is 180cm in length above ground - so I'm guessing the 270cm one...

I bought a basin wrench from Screwfix. Just the job. Tightened it up and no more leaks. Another one of those jobs where it’s easy if you’ve got the right kit. https://www.screwfix.com/p/basin-wrench-11/14631

Got some of those washers today and fitted one tonight. Unfortunately it still leaks just the same. I don’t think it’s the length of the tail at fault as there’s plenty to screw into. Could it be that I’m not tightening the nut enough? I can only do it hand tight as it’s impossible to get...

Thanks - much appreciated. We’ll pick some of these up from Screwfix tomorrow and get one fitted.

We replaced the flush valve in one of our toilets today. Everything went ok until we put the water back on. When we put it back on water began to leak quite quickly from underneath the isolation valve nut (as indicated in the photo below). So we isolated the water again. We tightened the...

Cheers. I'll give a heating engineer a call on Monday to get the problem looked at. Will report back!

Hi all For the last few days our Ideal Icos HE15 boiler has been firing up even when both the hot water and and heating are in the off position on Drayton programmer. The boiler keeps firing up every 3 minutes. It stays on for a couple of minutes and then goes off again. This cycle continues...

Hi all. Looking for advice on repairing some scratches in the top of our wooden garden table. I've put a couple of photos below. The scratches don't seem too deep but I think they'll need more than a light sand to get them out. Is there any hope for repairing scratches like this? I was...

Thanks. It's a weird one as it doesn't seem to affect all channels - for instance BBC One appears to be affected quite badly and shows no signal frequently, whereas other channels work absolutely fine.

We’ve got a Humax HDR-1100S box with two cables connected from the dish. Over the last week or so we’ve noticed that the signal has started to drop out (live tv goes off, comes back on, goes off again etc). It actually appears to have gotten worse over the last day or so. I’ve checked to make...

Cheers. I’ve ordered a new valve - thought best to replace so as to get a new o ring/washer as well.

Yes I recon the leak is coming from the threads. I’ll get some ptfe tape and give that a go. Is it necessary to count the number of turns made when turning the valve off? Thanks very much for the advice. Much appreciated.

We’ve noticed a very slight leak coming from the bleed valve in one of our upstairs radiators. It only leaks when the heating is off which makes sense as it obviously expands when it’s warm and seals the leak. The leak appears to be coming from the bottom of the hexagonal nut where it goes...

No haven’t lifted any up as there isn’t any physical movement and they’re grouted in. The cracks are hairline so nothing is loose. We’ve got a tiler/plumber coming to have a look at the weekend see if he can shed any light on it.

Hi Ken. The cracking tiles are some distance from the appliance and aren’t near a radiator. The nearest appliance is a couple of meters away and is the dishwasher but we’ve had the kick board down and looked underneath the dishwasher and it’s completely dry. The same goes for under the sink...

Good evening Ken It doesn’t look like there’s a leak - we turned the mains water off today for several hours and the meter reading didn’t change. Additionally we left the mains on afterwards but didn’t use anything that draws water and again the meter readings didn’t change. The tiles that...