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Good point - there is actually an individual stop tap for our house and the one next door, so likelihood is that it's not shared. Looks like we need some kind of tool to operate it though. The house is tiny - just a living room at the front, stairs in the middle, and kitchen at the back. I've...

If Yorkshire Water fail to find the leak, does anybody know roughly how much it would cost to replace the entire supply pipe from the mains to the internal stop tap? Awkwardly, the water is supplied from the front of the house and the stop tap is at the back, meaning the pipe must run directly...

Just a quick update on this: We've had Yorkshire Water out to try and find the leak but they couldn't pinpoint exactly where the sound is coming from - we have to wait until 13th August for them to dig up the front yard. If a leak is found anywhere up until the supply pipe goes under our house...

It doesn't stop, but the sound gets a lot quieter. It's noticeably louder below the stop tap though, indicating that the water's flowing beneath that point. Not yet (I've not been home much these past few days) but will be sure to take a look tonight. Do you know what this looks like...

Thanks for your help with this, all. Ended up using a handsaw with a straight edge as a guide and sanded down to a smooth, straight finish. Didn't quite achieve the flush fitting I'd hoped for, but it looks smart enough.

For the past few days the pipework in our house seems to be constantly omitting a running water sound. The sound is loudest by the stop tap in the kitchen and can be heard under the kitchen sink, all the way up to the bathroom upstairs. I thought it was just the toilet slowly refilling, but the...

The overhang is probably about 40mm each side, with the bottom of the cabinet fitting with room to spare. For some silly reason the manufacturers didn't include the overhang in the dimensions, which is frustrating, but it suits the room so we decided to keep it and trim down. I think a slow...

My wife recently bought a small sideboard to go in the living room alcove, however the top overhangs on each side, meaning it's about 10mm too wide for the gap (uneven walls don't help either). Given that it's unlikely to be made of solid wood, how would I best go about trimming down the top to...

Yeah, just the one side. It doesn't have to be completely solid - the dog's unlikely to jump up at it - more for privacy and blocking the view into next door's garden with climbing plants etc. growing up it. I might be able to dig about 6" into the ground, but I'm pretty sure I'll hit concrete...

We've just moved into a Victorian terrace with a small yard to the rear. I'm looking to increase the height of the wall from 3ft to about 5ft using trellis, to give some privacy and prevent our dog from reaching next door, without blocking too much sunlight. The wall is the original from when...

Thanks all for your responses - much appreciated. Had a plumber round last night who suggested replacing the bath taps to include a hose extension, which would serve the same purpose without having to route new pipes into the wall. We'll be getting the whole bathroom replaced, re-plastered and...

We're in the process of doing up our first house and are looking at changing from an electric shower to a mixer shower, which would be fed from the combi boiler in the kitchen downstairs. We recently had the house rewired and the shower is now completely disconnected from the electricity supply...

Thanks for all your help with this - much appreciated. I ended up using hardwall and skimmed over that, which actually went OK considering my lack of skills!

Hi, New here so apologies if this is in the wrong place. We've just bought our first house and had the place fully rewired, which has left a lot of ugly chasing up the walls in every room. It's an old Victorian terrace and the plaster is mostly original or really old, so it's inevitably caused...

Hi, hope you're all good. Some friends and I are looking to lease an industrial unit for various hobby purposes. The unit is adjacent to a large storage area which is in continuous use, however we need to create a corridor that passes along both units by building a wall to make our unit secure...