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Not impressed - that seal costs maybe a quid to make and they're selling it for a load of money. Anyway, the big issue was sorted - but now I have a new one... or perhaps it contributed to the original problem. The plunger arms seem to put pressure on the "rabbit ears" and the result is a...

Nevermind... I just used common sense to take it all apart. This Geberit plastic is quite strong, I had to apply a decent amount of force but it all came apart in the end. The issue I had was blisters forming on the silicone washer at the bottom of the cistern. I didn't know that they'd form...

Hi all, I am trying to take apart my Geberit Omega 12 cistern flush mechanism due to overrun after flushing. I've been able to find videos of similar units to mine - but not the same one - online, which enabled me to take it apart about 75%. I can't figure out however how to actually...

Awesome - thanks for the steps. I've got some black heatshrink of various sizes left over from some electric guitar repairwork, likewise some solder. SOunds like a task for this weekend.

Thanks for the idea - it is a good starting point. It is probably better to give that a bash than to sit there with no light in the bathroom. Well - there is a light but it is quite blinding late at night, these were nice as they are a bit softer.

Hi - the driver is sitting in the upper middle of the cabinet itself, these appear to feed out from there. From what I understand after having scoured the internet, it is a design defect that Ikea has made no effort to address. The cable broke not too long - a little over a year - after we...

Hi all, About two years ago we had an Ikea bathroom mirror cabinet installed as part of an overall bathroom remodel, one of the ones with the LEDs along the sides. Unfortunately it has stopped working, it appears that the opening/closing movement caused one of the wires to chafe, the blue one...

Yes - thanks for that, good observation. I don't know why the insulation was lifted up there. None of the other spots have caps, but they're just covered by insulation :-(

Aha - seems that the previous owner already has some sort of mixed flow or centrifugal fan there... up until now I hadn't been able to look at it up close. Is there any particular thickness or spec lagging that is recommended? I was considering mounting the fan directly on the wall, to...

Super - thanks for the advice, appreciate it.

Hi all, I'm in the process of having my bathroom redone, and one of the things I want to do is replace the fan in the droplight/fan combo with a more powerful mixed flow fan mounted in the loft, keeping the actual light unit (just put the new fan downstream in the loft). The current fan is...

Hi all, I've had IKEA Omlopp cabinet lighting in my kitchen for about a year now, very happy with it - however just experienced my first hiccup with it. I have two big drawers, one on top of the other, and they each have the Omlopp sensor/LED fitted, however lately the bottom drawer's light no...

Thanks for the advice guys. The wood appears to be in decent shape, I'll expose them to the scorching sun here in Bucks and then treat them - then re-felt. Thanks again!

Hi all, After some advice on how to proceed with the repair the roof on a summer house in our back garden, said house came with the property we bought and it is in fairly good shape - save for the roof... however I've little experience repairing things in general, especially roofs! Would...

Hi - thanks for the reply, my wife is leaning towards trying to appease them... however I get the feeling that they won't be happy with that either. They're not happy that the vent would be on the roof not far from the actual location, they're insisting it be placed on the far side of the...

Hi, Not so much a DIY query, as a builder is doing this work, but what happened is that we moved our kitchen from it's old location to an existing extension in the rear of the house (just purchased house, built in early '60s). The builder put the extractor fan exhaust directly out the...

Many thanks - appreciate it!

Hi all, I'm going to get my feet wet and build a wee stool (more like a table) as a footrest. It'll be my first project since I built things in school ages ago. However the only saws that I have in my arsenal are a Bosch multisaw and a jigsaw. From prior experience as a kid, I know that...