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Remove the basin and flip it upside down so you've got the elbow room you need to re-fit the waste properly with a Basin-mate, then get jiggy with your jigsaw. Those units are usually supplied without any cutouts. the holes were probably made by the installer with whatever hole saw he had to...

It may be the angle you've taken the picture from, but the fittings don't look very 'square' to me. If there's any misalignment between the waste fitting and the trap, meaning you have to 'spring' the pipework to engage the union nut, or the mating surfaces don't meet squarely, then the joint...

Multiple master sockets on a single line can also do for broadband speeds roughly what myxomatosis does for rabbits. That may even be at the root of the problem the OP is trying to solve.

For a 'secret' fixing, cut a bevel on the edge of four lengths of batten slightly shorter than the width of the headboard. Fix two battens to the wall, wide edge outward, bevel facing up, and two to the headboard, bevel facing down, so they hook over the ones on the wall.

Water pipes are usually buried between 700mm and 1200mm deep to protect them against frost. It's usual to bed and cover the pipe with sand or sifted soil to keep any sharp stones in the trench or backfill from damaging it. The perforated pipe is likely part of a land drain, nothing to do...

Immersion heaters do not last forever. Two common failures are:- Soft water - the slightly acidic water corrodes the element jacket, which pinholes, so the innards of the heater get damp enough to pop the breaker. Hard water - limescale builds up, causing local overheating of the...

Do the screws run horizontally into a fixing block or bracket under the pan, or vertically (or thereabouts) straight into the floor? Cadmium plated or passivated screws are supposed to be rustproof .... until the plating gets bruised by the screwdriver as you install them - hence the plastic...

First, to be sure of the source of the leak. If water only appears when it's flushed, or shortly afterwards, then it may be the doughnut washer between the flush valve and the pan, with the water appearing around the bolt holes as it's path of least resistance. Judicious tightening of the...

Maybe the flexi tail has reached the end of it's useful life, the rubber liner blistered and closed up the bore...... .... or maybe there's just a lump of crud wedged in the relatively small bore of the flexi pipe.

Forgetting the 'pressure' for the moment, how does the flow rate compare with the old tap? Taps suitable for gravity systems have less restrictive waterways than those made for mains pressure systems. This can give the illusion of a loss of pressure whilst the flow rate hasn't changed. It...

You may be lucky, and find there's a large hemp gasket under relatively soft and thin pointing.... ....Or the gasket may be smaller, or non-existant, and the pipe collar completely stuffed with a strong mortar mix that's set harder than the collar.

'Waterproof' tile adhesive and grout isn't waterproof - it doesn't keep water out, it just means the grout is not softened by water soaking through it. Ideally the wall behind the tiles should be sealed to the tray before the tiles are applied so any water that gets behind the tiles can't...

Make sure there's enough space for the drier to rock n' roll if it wants to. You don't want it knocking chunks out of the boiler every time it starts dancing about a bit as it tumbles a load of wet washing, or if it's forced to join the dance when the washing machine starts spinning a load.

Push fit fittings won't fit solvent weld pipe! They are different sizes, and made from different materials. Check that waste pipe hasn't been pushed too far into the stack, causing an obstruction which is the source of your blockage. The correct rubber boss has a lip to stop the pipe being...

Use some appliance leads with moulded on IEC connectors on t'other end? Maybe stuff some silicon sealant into the pin holes in the IEC connectors for good measure? Make some dummy fuses from, say, a piece of wooden doweling? You could tell the lads the lead they are working on is for, say, a...

It could be a water leak somewhere you haven't noticed. Close your internal stop tap, and see if the noise stops. If it does not, close the external stop tap and listen again. If that stops the noise, there may be a leak in your service pipe. If you have a water meter, you could see if...

You should remove the redundant wiring if possible. Taping up the ends of live cables is not acceptable - the tape dries out and falls off. :idea: Don't forget to make notes / take pictures of what connections go where before you start, just in case things are't connected the way you...

A flow restrictor (a fancy name for a washer with a small hole in the middle?) fitted in the hose between the shower valve and head may provide a solution.

3mm X 25mm or No. 6 X 1" plain steel or plated screws, and plugs to suit (usually the little yellow ones are fine - there's no weight there). No need for brass screws.

630mm will give about 0.06 Bar static pressure at the shower head. Although it is a positive pressure, it might not generate the initial flow required to start a positive head pump. Even if there is enough initial flow when it is first installed, a small accumulation of limescale in the...