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The main stack is to the right and the pipe emerging from the left has a slight fall towards the stack. The problem is the lower bath waste which has a fairly significant rise towards the stack meaning water from the kitchen ends up around the bath trap resulting in leaks. If I could raise the...

Yes, that's the correct site. It was a Maco part and I got the part number from the item itself. Regrettably I have deleted all the email traffic ref the purchase and only found the lady's name via my paypal account. Ref the German - I just wrote the email in English and included a Google...

Hi, it was this woman on German eBay - Claudia Brennenstuhl. Google finds her. Service was very good and hinges fit a treat. Good luck

It's just a single wide chimney with no divides. I should perhaps have said that it is in France where it is fairly normal to have only a short flue into a larger chimney. There is only one appliance, so no danger of crossover.

Thanks for your replies. Yes there is just one big opening as shown. The chimney has a woodburner fitted with a short flue and register plate. I am mindful of your advice about working on the roof (I'm not particularly happy about it myself!). There is a similar size and construction...

Chimney Rain Cover by Oscar_Whild posted 8 Jul 2016 at 4:39 PM I am trying to construct a rain cap out of concrete for one of my large limestone chimneys (1m x 42cm). I originally thought that I should cast the feet first and then use shuttering to pour the top on. I am now thinking that it...

Like it! Thanks all for your comments. It is a second floor flat, so I think my only issue will be getting up to the box to get the battery off. If I can do that, then it looks to be a fairly easy job for me to do (provided the lady downstairs is out!).

There is a TS400 in our rental flat that we want to get rid of. I have asked the tenant to get a quote from a local company but I am concerned about how this is to be done. The lady in the flat below complains about noise a lot, so if possible, I want to avoid the outside bell ringing for 20...

Update on the above and a further question please: I have managed to source and new bottom hinge from Germany and am now trying to fix. Can someone please advise how the window is actually removed from the frame to allow the hinge to be replaced please? I have put the window to the 'tilt'...

Regrettably, the pictured hinge has just failed with the central pin snapping off. Does anyone know where (if) a replacement hinge can still be obtained please? The label on the windows is MACO B21491. Many thanks in advance, Oscar

Got it. The neutral wasn't properly connected at the switch. 240V at both ends now. Sorry to waste your time, but thanks for your help.

Hi, it's a Clarke digital tester. I thought that maybe there was something else connected inline but I can't find anything else that stops working when the fan power is off.

I am attempting to replace our kitchen extractor fan with a very similar model but have found that there is 240V at the fused switch but I only measure 163V at the other end of the wire in the fan outer casing. The distance between the two is less than 2 metres. Four core cable with just live...

Thanks John. Got it running well today. 1980 vintage, I think.

Better photo here.