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Hi all, Hope you’ll be able to help. I’m getting the hallway and stairs of my new house replastered and realised we’ll have to sort out the door frames too prior to plastering. Not sure if the architraves need replacing too? They're all just a bit beaten up through a lack of maintenance and...

Morning all, It looks like the previous owners of our place thought it would be fun to play hide and seek with the washing machine inlet and cold water valve and as discovered from my previous plumbing post, stuck them right behind a kitchen cabinet they fitted. Here's where I'm trying to cut...

The non return valve on the cold feed, is that under the sink where the current valve is? And you’re spot on, I thought it would and it did spurt water out so looks like the isolation valve is on

Cheers mate, yeah I sorted that last night, both the front legs were not positioned right at all

My confusion is more that on another multi locking external door for example the key operates the deadbolt and that’s the “lock” as per the image below but the front door doesn’t do that. Seems as the deadbolt comes across on lifting the handle but the door doesn’t lock until the cylinder is...

Do you think it’d be wise to get somebody out to sort the whole system out before we start moving white goods in?

Update - Had a response from the estate agent and the person who gave us the keys failed to communicate they’d turned off this bottom valve by the stopcock. Thanks for all the troubleshooting though. The lack of access to the washing machine connection is something I should rectify

To the left is the dishwasher connection. I have had this in the off and on position too to test. The valve doesn’t seem that secure also.

Cheers for all the help, I’ve managed to get it somewhat through. Right Left So doesn’t look like anything left but the right side is the interesting one. Looks like the washing machine is the lower connection. Then there’s a valve on the top? But not a clue how they would have turned...

Would the dead latch be visible in that first image? The door does lock and feels secure but I can't see anything that is a deadlatch (that I would have seen). Essentially when I close the door and lift up the handle this brings the deadbolt out but doesn't lock. Turning the key then locks the...

Hi all, Hoping to get some more expert opinions on whether the front-door multi-point locking system is secure in my new house, as something appeared off with me. I still need to replace the euro cylinder within, however, when turning the key the multi-point locking system doesn't seem to...

So this pipe, connects to the tap outside from what I can see This pipe, is the washing machine connector but I can't see where this is connected too, but water is coming out of it when running the mixer tap not on it's coldest (so some warm is mixed in)

I contacted the estate agent on Friday and still had no reply annoyingly...

Managed to pop the plinth off No joy of anything underneath. And it’s odd to me then that it would be behind the back of the cupboard (where you can’t access) as surely he would have had to cut more out to be able to isolate if there is another isolation valve.

It doesn’t. There’s an inspection chamber in the garden close to the kitchen doors that I don’t have the means to lift, could the water have been turned off there? Also don’t know if it helps but when I run the mixer tap not on it’s complete coldest, water starts coming out into the bucket...

So it’s a Potterton Assure Combi. The only other thing I can see is the blue valve and piping under the boiler which seems to match the instructions

I don't have a ladder to get up to the loft at the moment, but from the upstairs taps working fine, I'd say maybe that'd be the case. And no, the hot water is run from the combi-boiler

Honestly, not sure. Surely it would have been odd for the previous owners to turn it off? If so I don't have anything to lift the inspection chamber up. There's one in the garden, so i'd imagine it'd be there.

Afternoon all, I’ve recently completed on a house, and currently have no cold water coming out of the mixer tap downstairs. The stopcock was shut so I've opened it and the boiler and hot water are functioning properly, and we have cold water upstairs in the bathroom. I've checked the...

Thank you for the reply. I did not know that, so thank you very much for that. This is upstairs so the only thing above it is the loft space. I'm assuming that's where I'd be able to see which direction the ceiling joists are running? Sorry for the basic questions, I've only ever lived in...