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Try your first idea, tie up the ball cock to stop more water entering the cistern. Loosen the nut holding the pipe to the underside of the cistern and slide it out slowly, keep the bucket handy to drain any remaining water. Inspect the threads on the fitting and on the nut. Its quite easy to...

Ahhh, good one - didnt think of that. Cheers pal

Hi chaps, I have just replaced a radiator and valves. When removing the old valve i had trouble removing the olive on the pipes coming out of the floor. I did manage to fit the new valves and rad though and all works fine. Howere, there is a tiny amount of water seeping through the nut on...

My electric shower needed mains pressure and as my cold tap wasnt fed from the mains i had to take it from the loft.

I had the same trouble You can unscrew that whole attachment from the radiator that the nut is on and replace it with a new one if need be. Or maybe try a few extra wraps of PTFE around the thread and see if the nut will be tight enough with that on - although i'm sure somebody here may...

Could he have used solvent as a means if fixing??

I take it you mean the ones that clip the sink to the work top? I bought some replacement clips from Wickes but i'm sure most DIY shed will have them.

Excellent - cheers pal!

Hi folks! I have just removed my downstairs toilet so i can fit the new one. I have a clay waste pipe set in concrete. When i removed the old toilet i noticed that there was a collar that sat in the clay pipe and the toilet waste sat inside this. On my new toilet i am using a 90 degree waste...

Funnily enough i just replaced my Triton T80 shower, mine was a 7kw which, by todays standards, is quite low. My shower was fed via a 6mm cable. First of all you need to identify what cable you have already. I went on the Triton website and found that it lists its latest models as equivelents to...

Depends if you want mains or 12v as said above. I went down the 12v route and so needed 4 transformers, 4 spotlights and some bulbs. You may need a few junctions boxes also...

Yeah, i think that was his plan. He said he will test my work for me (he's a friend of the family and doing me a huge favour) - obviously i am happy with the standard of my work, fingers crossed he is! Cheers for the help!

Sorry, i should clarify there. I havent actually connected my spotlights. I am still using my old light, the new spotlights and switch etc just need connecting to the lighing circuit - something my electrician will do when he does my fuse box later in the week. I was under the impression that...

I have just done my spotlights in the bathroom. I have a guy coming out to certify my work along with my shower tomorrow. I intend to sell the house soon - do they definately check the wire colours?? I was just going to not bother with getting it certified but thought i'd do it "by the book" so...

Yeah, that'd work for me. I'd need to make it a little higher so my gate wouldnt look out of place. I'd prefer that, makes it look like i've made a bit more of an effort than just posts and chain. Cheers again pal!! Tom

Sorry, my mistake. I think i know what you mean. that may work better for me because i intend to put a gate along the fence somewhere. Cheers again john!

Thanks John! I didnt realise that you could get concrete to look so "rustic". I like that a lot! I may go for the post and chain idea after all. Where did you buy your chain from and how does it attach to the posts? Cheers Tom

Hello people, I want to put up a fence, no taller than 3 ft hight to run the length of my front garden. The trouble is is my garden slopes 10 inches per 6ft. I dont want a huge project so ruled out a panel fence on a stepped brick run. I still want it to look pleasent and the best i have...

Ok, i have searched this to death and still cannot find a definative for my problem. I need to lay ceramic tiles in my downstairs toilet. I've lifted the old tiles to fing black bitumen. the floor is unlevel and would like to level with a self levelling compound. Does the bitumen need to come...

To be honest i have only looked in B&Q and Wickes and cant find an s-trap pan, i'll try again though. What i am worried about is the base of the close couple toilet covering my soil pipe on the floor. Is there a way to bring the toilet away from the wall a bit to allow me to fit one of these 90...