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Sorry to persist with this and your help is much appreciated. I'm wondering if rather than drilling a hole in the plastic if it is possible to cut out a small section of the downpipe near the bottom to give better access to poke around in the bit underground. If successful in clearing the...

How would I remove the pipe from the ground? Would that mean disconnecting it from the top?

Just by tapping the pipe I fairly certain it is blocked from below ground level so not sure what to do. It appears to be one complete length of pipe from the swan neck downwards as I can't see any joins.

One of the plastic down pipes from my guttering seems to be blocked as water is coming out at the bottom of the swan neck at the top and running down the outside of the pipe. If I tap the pipe you can tell from the sound that it is full with water as there is no echo unlike the other down pipes...

I'm not sure how you tell the difference. With the kitchen tap I can stop the water with my hand which I gather you shouldn't be able to do with mains. The water board did come out about a year ago and said it satisfied minimum requirements.

Thank you. I took the cap off as you suggest and tested the pressure using a mug. It is clearly low but the pressure on kitchen tap is still a bit better. I have put back together without making any other changes and things are a bit better than they were before. I think I will go with changing...

Thank you. I can't find any instructions to disassemble the relevant parts to check this. Can anyone point me to a download. My other thought is that as this is off the mains, has a flow restrictor been fitted somewhere. As my mains pressure is very low where would this be fitted and how could I...

Much appreciate all your help. I assume there is no way of repairing the existing inlet float valve in situ. I'm guessing there must be some debris blocking it somewhere but can't see any obvious way of taking it apart within the tank to clean.

My toilet cistern is getting slower and slower to refill. It's never been extremely fast and I know my mains pressure is not brilliant but this is now a problem. I am thinking of replacing the inlet valve completely with something better but how do I go about it and what would a better type be...

Thank you - Yes I did use a limescale remover and the O rings on the spout would be about 20 years old so that is probably the issue. I will do as you suggest and see how I get on.

The valves are compression and there is no grub screw holding the spout to the base at the swivel joint. What I have noticed is that the leak stops once the taps have not been used for about 30 minutes if that gives any further clue to the cause of the problem. The leak is worse when either tap...

There has been no drip from the spout. It is only since I cleaned limescale off from around the swivel joint that the leak has started so presumably the limescale was acting as a seal. Is the possible solution to replace both hot and cold valves and if I can remove the spout (there is no grub...

It's a slow trickle of continuous water definitely coming from the swivel joint of the mixer tap even with both taps in the off position.

I cleaned a lot of Limescale build up off my kitchen tap yesterday and now I have a leak. The leak is coming from the swivel joint and continues even with both taps turned off. The fact that it is still leaking even with both taps in the off position does this mean it is something more serious...

Thank you - Apologies for my ignorance but is it then the control panel that determines how many mA it needs to draw or does the transformer send in this case 1000mA regardless?

The transformer supplying the control panel is marked as Output 12V DC 350mA. This has become broken but spares are no longer available. I do however have a spare transformer for the outside bell push / intercom which is marked at 12V DC 1000mA. What is the significance / meaning of the mA...

Replaced thermostat - all working well now.

I need to make the flex to the lamp in the photo longer so it can reach the nearest socket without using an extension cable. The main halogen bulb is rated at 300w. If anyone is familiar with this type of lamp is it possible to rewire it with a longer flex or is there going to have to be a...

I have contacted the manufacturer of the existing thermostat and immersion and they are happy to replace the thermostat free of charge. However they are stating that this is unlikely to solve the problem alone as it is probably being caused by an air gap at the top of the tank. If this is...