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Hi all. We live in a hard water area and every few years I take the thermostatic valve out of the en suite shower and use a limescale cleaner on it. This year, when I put the cartridge back, it wouldn't mix in the hot water at all. Presuming I'd damaged the cartridge, I bought a replacement from...

Ahhhhh, thank you. One has a working spring one does not.

Hi experts. I've just removed these isolating valves from behind our en-suite shower. I couldn't turn the screws any more and was starting to mangle them. So I've fitted ball isolating valves (the ones that are £2.68 at Toolstation/Screwfix, with the short black handles). They are directional...

Thanks, that worked brilliantly.

Mix it, then smear inside the hole, then screw the insert nut back in?

Hi all, During the floods this weekend (Storm Bert) I was bolting my flood barrier to my door frame but I applied too much torque on one bolt, causing the insert nut to come loose. Being loose, it now can't maintain a watertight seal. I should only have done the bolt hand tight - but its funny...

Okay, fair enough. I've removed an internal wall and some plasterboard to look up from the inside, and I can see its what you describe: timber inside the I-beam, with more timber attached to that, and a mesh that has been rendered over. The visible metal lip is narrow and only supports the...

Hi folks, I'm ripping out two sets of old patio doors to be replaced next week with aluminium bifolds. The RSJ across the top of the apeture has been rendered externally in a way which doesn't match the style of the rest of the house. I've realised there might be an opportunity to fix this...