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The pictured drain gets blocked periodically - everything drains into it - shower, bath, all sinks, dishwasher and washing machine so every so often I need to clear bits of hair and food out of it (I realise it could do with a good repoint!). Today it's really blocked - I've ladled all the...

Yes, couldn't come back for a month.

Arrr getting a plumber within a month is apparently a challenge where I live! I obviously can't replace the whole part as it's soldered in place and I'm happy to drain the system myself but my concern is that if I get the spindle (if that's the correct name) out, it might be too rounded to...

It was behind a cover I'd never taken off!

Thanks for all that info. Looks soldered to me so I assume it's either trying a new washer or call in a plumber?

So no point at all trying to tighten?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/hdCMJPyAgp1bFVkZ6 any good?

This radiator valve is leaking, I suspect since the plumber drained the radiator as part of a boiler install a couple of weeks ago, the nut is rounded and it's hard to tell if it is (was) square before and I have tried with an adjustable spanner but no joy and don't want to round further -...

Tired of weeding patio and currently suffering from a back injury so looking to do a final weed and then fill in the gaps with 'something', but not sure what product to use. I've found pour in mixes, dry mixes to hose down afterwards - for each of these there's branded products but these can...

No, but fairly sure I could cover a gap in a roof tile. Would it be helpful to silicone my bath, nope. I could be wrong but in this specific situation where I'm not trying to avoid paying a roofer, but avoiding someone climbing on an old roof I'm trying to squeeze a couple more years out of... I...

I'm assuming they take the standard ones i.e. the plunger is long so the standard sized tube fits in the end, although I could be wrong. That fits with pictures of ones I've seen.

To a man whose cannot reach the tile he needs to with his existing sealant gun it does...

While I admire your innovation It's a steep pitched roof so I don't think so acrypol would be viscous enough. Thinking more along the lines of...

Take your point if you're on a commercial build with a scaffold around, but as a DIY'er ... I have an old torched roof and some of the tiles e.g. the side and top rows are cemented - if they crack a roofer has previously told me that replacing them can end up causing more damage to other tiles...

I was looking to see if there was such a thing and came across a website: https://longreachsealantguns.co.uk/ But not currently available. In the absence of being able to find a roofer willing to replace a single tile this would be incredibly useful! UPDATE: I heard back from the company -...

Ahh thanks both - this makes sense. I just looked at the product and it is described as 'treatment'. So I think I need to look at an oil based paint. I actually looked at a coloured bitumen paint but with the drying time, the fact they stay tacky for weeks and that they seem to smell for ages...

Just built a playhouse from a kit for my toddler. Looks great and I painted it (very carefully I may add) with two colours of shed and fence paint. It was for rough sawn wood as that's what I thought I had, however... The paint looks ok in most places but if you run it lightly with a damp cloth...

I, ahem, dropped a big mug down the stairs and it has made a real mess of one of the tiles. This is one of a couple of accidents and I'm just wondering if there's a product to use that will help me to make a half-decent job of filling it in. I'm far from a perfectionist and it couldn't really...

LOL - that's like when I tell my toddler that it's not the ghosts he should be scared of - it's the burglars ;)

It seems to be the week for doors going wrong but I'm also thinking about my windows at the moment. I've got very old upvc windows and they're very VERY drafty. I sometimes think I must have left the one next to our bed open but...no, it's just the wind whistling through it somehow. Most of...