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Just my 2 pence re: screw in taps.... Was running some cable for my folk's new cooker yesterday... had to pull the washing machine out to lift some boards. Turns out the plumber who installed the kitchen had used one of these screw in taps for the garden tap. He had screwed into the WM...

you should use a rubber bung (you can buy these in any DIY shed / plumbers merchants). Real men just stuff a carrot into the tank :twisted:

assuming it's mains fed... 1) turn water off at mains 2) open downstairs cold tap 3) flush toilet 4) check the the float / fill valve has no water flowing through it 5) undo feed to valve 6) remove wingnuts and any screws holding cistern to wall 7) take off cistern and...

Think it's called a window deadbolt? - (allen key turns the gearing - making a deadbolt shoot out) Not finding anything on screwfix / ironmongery direct. Cheers :P [/img]

If it's being fed off a combi then it won't matter

I have one of those (£40 from Maplins) and it has already paid for itself. I hook mine straight into my laptop so you can get a really big image of whats going on. It's by no means hi def but mines a godsend when it comes to locating leaks in old properties (especially ones that have been...

Nice setup seco, im inspired!

I keep my laptop in my rucksack in the front with me...I bought a CCTV snake camera from Maplins the other day for forty notes, plugs straight into the laptop - great for finding leaks in voids :wink:

thanks for all that. where do you keep your offcuts of waste pipe / copper? you say you've got a soldering "box"...do you just chuck all of your soldering gear into your toolbag when you need it? I'd love to have a little soldering bag that will fit my torch / solder / flux etc in that I...

cheers, but if a "certain degree of expertise" is involved in dealing with the brakes, hadn't I best just leave it to the garage to source and fit them? Is it normal / acceptable practice to bring in a vehicle with some parts sourced elsewhere? I suppose I'd better get a quote from the...

the quote was from an independent garage... ok i will start getting some more detail on what will be done etc... my last MOT gave an advisory on all 4 discs / pads so if a major service involves cleaning the brakes, I might as well just get them all swapped out. there goes my tax rebate :(

thanks tom, especially liked the emergency p!ss bottle. I actually copied your method for getting small lengths of pipe out of a 4" pipe !

ahh thats what I'm after muggles! I do pub maintenance, and I generally get fed all the plumbing work but I also do everything from paving to painting and decorating, hence the pots of paint / sacks of mortar etc... How do you go about securing the racking? As you can see from my pic I've...

Just attempted to tidy up the skip on wheels I call my van. Gave up halfway through and just threw it all back in. Looking for some inspiration from other people's vans! I've got dispatch (2 sliding doors). So come on, show me your rack. (cover your eyes).... [/img]