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Good shout, sounds logical. Might be explained by these modern water saving shower heads. I took the hose off and noticed the inlet hole was quite small so I've drilled it out to 10mm. Will see if that makes any difference (y)

Thank you for the suggestions! Nothing untoward on the taps, they feel firm, no movement on the heads. Yes, i've just given it a try now (the water temp on the boiler is set to 60 which seems to be the maximum) When running it went up to 68 then slowly came back down over the space of a...

Hi all, hoping someone can point me in the right direction with an issue i'm having with my hot water system. Boiler is a Worcester combi about 5 years old, never had a single problem until recently. The shower is built into the bath tap with a lever to switch to shower head, like this one...

Hi All, I am soon going to replace a window at the back of my garage and the access door (not bit main door jobbie). I managed to get hold of a window for free :sneaky: but of course it isnt the right size for the existing window hole, so i'm going to have to cut myself a big hole in the wall...

pretty much sounds like it must be the valve body getting stuck fully open and closed

Thanks for the quick reply. The house rainwater goes into the mains surface water drainage, no issues with that. I am sure you are right about porosity, we are on fairly heavy clay so the water just collects and puddles. When the rain stops it does drain away fairly quickly, but right now the...

Hi all, I have a little flooding problem in my garden i hope someone can advise how to fix. The garden slopes away from the house and has a bit of patio at the top and then lawn down to the bottom, the very bottom of the garden has a small patio which is above grass level. Because of this the...

get yourself a little bench grinder, they can be had for £20 and will come in handy for sharpening blades, drills etc

a little whetstone will do the job just fine, i bought one from The Range last year for about £3 and it does a fine job of sharpening chisels and other hand tools

Agree with this, i bought an aluminium frame greenhouse a couple of years back and while the frame is still good, the corrugated panels weaken and crack very easily, just lost 4 of mine in the last couple of weeks :(

I'll try and find some flow restrictors

Ok makes sense, then I shall just have to run them down the wall :)

Is that based on technical or cosmetic acceptance!?

Hi all, Looking to put a radiator into the bathroom (tower type as it's a narrow wall) being a bungalow the pipes are all in the loft, is it acceptable to have the pipes inlet the top of the radiator rather than the typical bottom entry. To save me having to run pipes down the wall and back up...

Checked the stopcock and is fully open

Yes it is, how is that going to make a difference?

Hi all, I have an issue with both the toilet and washing machine where they consume water far too quickly! When I had to replace my washing machine a little while back I noticed that when it fills with water it does so very quickly and when it shuts off I get hammer down the pipes (same thing...

fair point :)

Looks like the done thing is to continue the bricks straight and drop the slope on the highest one, extreme example: Not going to be easy to DIY especially using engineering bricks. Maybe I will have to have a step after all

Hi All, Planning out a new pathway in my garden to join the patio at the top to the one down the bottom. I've got the basic idea of what I want to achieve, 2 450x450 slabs wide with an edging stone of block paving, much like this but less elaborate ... The patio at the top is higher than...