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We have very very hard water, and until I recently cleaned out the internals of the cistern limescale in the mechanism had meant many years of constantly dribbling water in the loo. The result is that about half of the toilet rim doesn't have any water coming out, the flush isn't too effective...

Yes, the pressure at the first cold tap in the house isn't what it was either. I actually went outside 10 minutes ago and overheard one neighbor askng another if there pressure had dropped and that Anglia water are looking into it, so I think that answers that then!! Thanks for your helpful...

Using the shower tonight the pressure suddenly dropped. The whole house now gets a not-very-pressurised water flow. It has always been fantasticly powerful. So I looked in the airing cupboard, the pressure guage at the top of the tank is only Reading half way towards the green zone. So I turned...

I've been redoing our kitchen and on removing one of the cupboards I found a ventilation pipe now gaping in the middle of patch of wall (Where I'm no longer having any cupboards). I could fit a vent over it (at the moment it's just a 100mm ventilation pipe full of cobwebs!) but if it's not a...

Paintgun problem fixed! Turns out the tube that goes down to pressureise the cannister was blocked solid! Full of dried locktite or something where it did up. Down to lazy manufacturing I guess. Paintgun now works beautifully! The other problem is still there - the compressor tripping out...

Here's a pic of the spraygun I'm struggling with. It's not got as many adjustment knobs as one of the top-fed types I've used in the past. I just can't see what adjustment I can do that will help. The main adjustment knob at the back changes at which point on the trigger the paint comes out (up...

I just cranked up the second hand air compressor my girlfriend recently bought me, for the first time, and can't get it to work properly. If anyone has any experience with air compressors I'd like some help (I understand it's hard to help without actually seeing it!) I was hoping to paint my...

Well, I put the whole shower mixer unit it a vinegar bath for about a day, took the rear cap off, but couldn't undo the big nut that holds the front on, so left that together. Reinstalled it, and it dribbles just as much. So I guess it's not limescale at fault? So logically it must be something...

The house has very good pressure, from a presurised Heatrae Sadia boiler or however it's spelt. I didn't realise you could filter the water on the inlets

What can be done though, except install a water softener? I know what you're saying though it's just gonna happen once a year otherwise!

Thanks for your reply; The water continues forever, so it's not just in the pipe. I dis-proved my silly theory anyway today- I disconnected the outlet from the mixer and it continues to drip from the mixer, so it's definitely just the furring up of the internals from our hard water. I've...

When I moved to my house the ensuite shower was out of use due to a stuck valve on one of the inlets Anyway it was out of use, so I actually never tested it with it's original hose set up, and completely rebuilt the shower room, with a new cubicle and rain head before finally fixing the...

Our wallstar oil boiler seems to be completely dead. It definitely worked for a little while tonight as it's still warm, but didn't do much heating, and I think it's broken cos I can't get it to kick into life by telling the central or water heating to start. There are no lights on it at all...

I didn't make a note of that when I was at the house yesterday (don't have internet there atm) will make a note and add that later. I just wondered if there was some sort of typical reason for those symptoms, like pressure, airlocks or anything?

Just moved into a new house, it has an oil fired heating system. The heating works fine, but for some reason, the hot water coming from the taps gets hot, then immediately turns to cold again. Very weird. Any ideas? The house was left unoccupied for a number of months before I moved in, is...

I've recently added a porch to the front of my house, and have relocated the wiring for what was the outdoor light, so it can be the feed for both the new outdoor light, and also the downlighters inside the porch. The outside light was in the perfect position to use as a live feed, I really want...

I've just installed a shower pump that I bought second hand. It's only a a singl impeller, on the hot pipe only, as the mains pressure from the cold tap is fantastic already. It's 5bar and does a fantastic job! The problem is, I thought, from past experience, that a shower pump had a valve...

Well the boiler's on the same floor as the bathroom. Does the hot water come straight from there I take it?