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Hi, No, I did not ask him. As he is a "granite and marble repair" man, I thought he would only deal with the repair of the worktop and when I emailed him about my problem, he did not suggest to repair the sink. Silly me, I will ask him if he can do the 2 things. If he can't repair the sink...

Hi again, I have notice that the undermount metal sink is detached form the worktop. The joint of silicone is dry and rotten and nothing else seems to hold the sink in place. It is resting on the plumbing plastic pipes! Water must have leaked through the gap left by the missing silicone and...

I call it glue but it is a kind of sticky foam. Must have been a self adhesive trunking.

Hi, How do I remove glue on plasterboard? I had to remove some cable trunking which was glued to a wall made of a painted plasterboard. In some places a bit of paper came of, in other places there is glue left on the wall. How can I recover that please? Thanks. Letty

You were right Johnny. This is what the marble repair pro emailed me this morning: "The crack is due to a mental rod that was inserted into the granite underneath to strengthen the sink cut out however the bar has rusted and swollen the granite making the crack. The crack can be filled to...

Thanks everyone. I found a "Granite and marble repair" local guy on Google. I asked him to come and have a look just for the piece of mind but if expensive, I will buy that Jolly filler which looks good and easy to use, am I right Andy? Letty

What are your suggestions? Me, I will thank everyone who helps :)!

You mean about 2 inches from the top? If it is a crack then I suppose we have to replace. Correct? I saw some videos for replacing a section of clay waste with plastic pipe and a rubber flexible coupling. Could we use this to attach a plastic pipe vertically after cutting the clay pipe below...

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I don't think so, I will check properly in the morning.

Yes, it looks like it's bending to go under the wall towards the outside where the manhole is.

The pipe is all clay going into the soil. The collar is part of the pipe, also in clay.

Yes, I know they are rotten and they'll be replaced. But what about the broken pipe? Letty

Hi all, We are redoing a bathroom. Reached the floor boards and under. We have noticed that the toilet clay drain is damaged, look at the pictures. How do we fix that? Do we have to call a drain specialist? Can we do it ourselves and how? Maybe it does not need to be repaired!? Please tell me...

Hi Johnny, I would like to avoid a specialist, it will cost me hundreds, no? Not sure that kitchen is worth it. There is no metal bar under that section of granite. I had a trade in the house the other day and he was surprised to see that crack as granite is so tough, he said that probably it...

Hi, I have a huge crack in the kitchen granite worktop starting in front of the sink and expanding both side of the sink over 1 meter maybe. It was a tiny hairline crack 2 years ago so I did not bother. 2 years of tenancy later and the crack is so big that I fear loosing half of the worktop...

Hi, By acid I meant this: https://shop.wessexcleaning.com/one-shot-drain-cleaner When I opened the lid of that drain, there was a pile of muck standing there, I removed 2 dustpans of grease and other smelly rubbish. I just want to be sure that nothing worse could possibly blocked the drain...

Ok, thank you very much. Letty

Hi Woody, If we build this second isolated wall, and I think we should as the original is a cold single wall, do we still have to re-open this blocked air vent. Because this vent will be then hidden behind the new wall? Thanks. Letty

Hi, We had the place checked by a company called Kenwood Plc, specialist in damproofing, dry rot ... They said that the problem was just caused by lack of ventilation. So there is nothing serious there. I was just wondering if I should wipe the wall with a cloth and some specific chemical...