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All done :-) Then pump started making noise :cry: I'll cover this in a new post my house is draining my wallet & energy

got new stopcock !!! just have to hope that I can get the old olives off, don't fancy reusing old bits . thanks for advice on tis one. I'll post when done. BTW universal stop cock key £10 + VAT :shock:

Evening all, I have just a look (not living there at mo) and I did find that the nut was ¾ turn loose, tighten up but the slightest of drips is coming out the back down the key length if that makes sense. a) Is it easier to replace the component that comes off the tee-piece, it would...

My house seems to be never ending plumbing job at the moment :cry: I had to turn the mains off yesterday so that I could reseat the toilet after tiling and I noticed that it was leaking just behind the key. I thought that maybe this was because I had left it fully open after I turned it...

I have just removed a radiator to decorate and the water that came out was jet black. My CH system is run from a back boiler and is approximately 9 years old. There are 7 seven radiators and a convector heater all running off the same system. I recently had a new valve fitted by the waterboard...

I bought some pozi head screws from my local timber merchants at the weekend, I asked the mature chap behind the counter what ones he recommended as I wanted to use my powerdriver. I was doing a lot of boxing in and fixing. some of the screws I had to take back out as I hadn't secured the boxing...

Thanks Vince, It would appear that the "fitter" didn't use a washer behind the back nut so consequently it was lose, this is where the water was coming from. I have learnt a very expensive lesson this time around, I should've believed in my own ability and done it myself. Thanks to...

I wouldn't have him near my house again, that's why I haven't called him back. I went to a national plumbers merchant near work yesterday and had a chat with them. they sold me the correct fittings for the toilet waste, so I refitted that last night and now have no leaks from there!!!! I...

:wink: doesn't help me Kev :lol:

Help!!!! I had a local oddd job man fit a new bathroom suite for me yesterday. and today I have had to: 1) put a new push fit flexi pipe to hot water on the bath as the crimp on the one that he had used was leaking 2) replace waste on bath room shink as that was also leaking 3)...