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Hi, I gotta Attersall Coronation 1902 tap which I like a lot but it has developed a drip. I habe changed thevwashers twice. The second time, I found the cold (rubber) washer that i had fitted had been destroyed. Do I need a specialist, more hardwearing washer for this tap?

Widening the pinhole seems to have been the solution. Takes a couple of mins to fill up to 6 ltrs but the valve shuts completely when full. Tried a few flush cycles and all seems fine. I wonder if the reduced bore size is part of an ecologically driven agenda to save water by making cisterns...

Drilled pinhole. Takes a while to fill up but not very noisy and the valve seems to shut off nicely. Is there a low pressure option. I seem to remember there not being pinholes in previous fillervalves I've fitted. Indeed the one I took off had a much larger guage water feed.

Or maybe I'd be better off drilling this pin hole widening it to give a greater flow? Maybe the valve would stop working if I did?

Hi again, first pic shows a filter which was easily removed but removal didn't seem to cause any increase in the flow. Third pic shows why possibly. There is some kind of plastic restrictor in the pipe leading to the valve. This wont budge. Maybe I could drill it out? What do you think?

Thanks Wayners, Think it may be a case of low pressure. Yes, gravity fed. Took hose off filler valve and it seems low. Can I get a low pressure filler valve?

Hi, I just bought a filler valve from screwfix and the 'spout where the water should come out is blocked off by design. The cistern only fills up very slowly, seemingly seeping out of the top. Have they changed the design in an effort to save water?

Thank you Foxhole. I can see a close match there. I'll get it ordered to my local Brewers.

Hi all, i'm trying to find a close match to this blown vinyl on order to make some repairs rather than re paper the whole room. Anyone got an idea where I'd find this stuff?

I've pressed both buttons independently, pressed them together prrsses and held each individually and together and all I get is a backlight come on but nothing in the display. Anyone got an idea what I should do?

Best overall I guess. Given I have one set of wiring installed perhaps dual supplied storage heaters should be avoided but aren't there storage heaters which have both day and night elements but use ony one feed? Given that electric cars (which will be charging overnight) are increasingly...

Hi, I have a tenanted one bed flat with old style (30yr old) economy 7 heaters. The tenant is due to move out soon so I was thinking, what would be the best replacement system. Any ideas?

Thanks for the replies people. Flameport that fitting seems just the job. Cheers.

Hi all, I'm fitting my own kitchen and I need to connect the cold feed to both the tap and a washing machine. There was a standard 15mm x 15mm x washing machine tee originally, with one of the 15mm outlets serving the tap tail but it strikes me that it would be better to seat the tap tail on a...

I want to put a compression elbow directly onto a 15mm isolator valve and connect a flexible tap tail onto the orher end. Can anyone steer me in the right direction of the elbow I will need pls? Chris.

Hi all, I need to cut some already fixed wall tiles to accomodate an IKEA kitchen. I guess a decent blade in an angle grinder should do (reccomendations anyone?) but there are a couple of inside corners to cope with and I'm not sure my 115mm angle grinder will manage those. Any ideas?

Hi all, I had a type 11 rad in a room but have done the calc and the room needs 6545 BTU. I wanna fit this radiator but my problem is the space from wall to front of rad. There is a door which would foul if 'wall to face' was 115mm but would be OK if that measurement was 100mm. Is it the case...

HI all, I need to cut down some kitchen wall cabinets and, as the cuts will show, want the cleanest cut possible. I have a Proline corded circular saw with a new 24 tooth blade which I tested it on some of the old cupboards and it was OK on one side of the cut when I used masking tape but I...

Thanks for your help JJ, I'll see if I can find someone in the tech dept of LG.