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I've got a Grohe Eau2 dual flush cistern and the discharge valve sometimes stays in the raised position after a full flush. (It is 6 years old so just out of warranty.) Part number for a full unit seems to be Discharge Valve, dual flush AV1 42 314 000 The leaflet that came with it has a lot of...

Tx all for the contributions - much appreciated. We had to rule out a solid roof at the start on the basis of that the adverse impact on direct light into the house would be far too great. (The joy of living in a 300 year old cottage with tiny windows :( So it's doing the best we can with that...

Yes, about 15yrs old, with several blown panels ☹️

Tx Notch 7 for the explanation of the difference - much appreciated :) I managed to find a Tech Spec for Planitherm. Looks like Planitherm has up to double internal and external light reflectance values over Cool Lite and double the u-value. I'm swaying towards Cool-Lite on the basis of lower...

Can SKS help me with an independent view. I've got 2 quotes in to completely replace conservatory glass. The brief was, as far as feasible, to extend the months we can use the conservatory by controlling the high temps/ ideally glare in summer and maximising light and heat retention in the...

Tx nickjb and woody for the advice. Floor now repaired and looks very sound :)

Just had new garage doors fitted and there is now a 20mm channel of depth varying from 2mm to 10mm across the width of the garage after which the main concrete base of the floor starts about 20mm higher No cars will drive over it - just BBQ's and the like. I don't want anything too fast...

Thanks guys for the advice - much appreciated. The knots shows no sign of bleeding but I've got some left over Zinsser bin that I can use if I do come across any :)

I'm just starting to decorate a boot room where the ceiling and walls have been clad in knotted pine and then varnished. It was done about 30 yrs ago. I want to repaint to a much lighter colour as well as fill in some of the gaps around the worst knots. Any advice on how to proceed and...

Thanks guys for all the advice. The holes seem to be pretty recent and they're too neat to look as though they're are part of the history of the timber otherwise I would have left them (should have been less careful taking the nails out - it might have looked a bit older:) ). I'll test out on...

Yes, I've got some of the sawdust as well as some large splinters of different colours. Needless to say some of the holes cross the growth rings which go from light red to quite dark.

Hi, I've salvaged a great piece of very old elm and sanded it down to make a feature of it. Unfortunately there are a few nail holes that now look quite unsightly. They're no more than about 5mm in diameter and are clean (ie no rust staining). What is the best way to fill them so they'll be...

Thanks Bernard - looks like just the product I need

I'm wanting to put up something on an old garden wall which is now part of a conservatory. The wall is made up of primarily of flints on the outside and rubble behind. The wall has recently been repointed so (a) it looks nice (b) is sound. There'll be a backing board of thick marine ply (about...

Tx foxhole - appreciated

I've managed to get hold of a diagonal slice of old elm trunk - about 100mm thick, 1m wide and 0.5m across. The grain and bark are stunning so I want to hang the piece on a wall. The wood has been seasoned in an open dry barn for a couple of years so the moisture content of the wood is good but...

Thanks ToTC. That's just the type of thing I'm looking for, except it is 3 mm too large to get through the current hole in the mirror and I might not get away drilling without damaging the mirror surface. If only there was a smaller diameter one but I've drawn a blank on finding one so far

The attached photo shows the control unit of a handsfree switch of a heated bathroom mirror. Mirror was manufactured about 3 years ago and sold by bcdesigns. They can no longer get the parts as their manufacturer ceased trading. The four coloured wires at the top of the pic go through to a...

The sensor unit seems to be intermittently faulty. The IR sensor seems to work sometime but not others. If I switch a room light on that is on the same fused circuit, the mirror light sometimes comes on. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement unit and sensor to drive both the heat pad...

Tx for the reply. To keep my first question fairly simple I omitted a couple of things. The gutter has been inspected both sides for hairline cracks and has been water-tested (no leaks or cracks found) and watched during massive downpours (eg today we had 10mm of rain in an hour and the...