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8 months ago I had some plaster water damage from leaking window seal (see picture below). Leak has been fixed and I let plaster dry out over the summer. Not sure the best way to paint the plaster. Do I apply sealer or I do I mist like new plaster before applying another coat? Any help...

I'm replacing a fill valve and noticed a small constant drip after removing old fill valve - see picture ( plugged with green tissue). It's been dripping for a few days. I'm trying to figure out if this constant drip is something to worry about or it goes away when I fit new fill valve as valve...

Did try - didn't move. Applied some WD40 and it works now. Thanks

Need some help figuring out if I can isolate the cold supply using the angle valve in picture below - I don't have stopcock in house so alternative would be to to switch off from the road

Can someone tell me the type/brand of fill and flush valves I need for the cistern in picture. I also need a close coupling kit - not sure where to get it from.

Picture of cistern

Are these valves and close coupling kit standard sizes?

Not sure if I got this right but internals are a flush valve and a fill valve. Are there any brands I should go for?

thanks - didn't think about a seal or loose bolt

A closer look shows the leak not in the pan connector. When I flush using bucket no leak but when I use flush mechanism get leak. Leak coming from back of cistern that sits on toilet (see picture). Seems to be directly below flushing mechanism in Cistern. Maybe corrosion of some kind 22yrs...

I have a leak from a toilet waste pipe when I flush. See attached picture. Looks like leak in the middle of bellows. Can I get away with taping up or do I need to replace? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

it's quarter turn

Kitchen mixer tap is stiff suddenly. It is 16 yrs old. Not sure how easy it is to fix or whether I should just buy a new tap. Would appreciate any advice. Thanks

I've just cleaned the spirotec filter. System pressure is 0.1bar. Question I have is can I top up my radiator with an inhibitor without draining radiator as pressure seems so low already.

Thanks. I'll take a more careful look outside at the sill - couldn't find anything first time round but given volume of rain recently maybe I've missed a small hole/crack. If window sill check fails to find anything, will get my hands on a camera.

Floor is wooden with floor tiles. Wider pic of wall and photo of ceiling directly below

I have some kind of damp patch appear on wall plaster on 2nd second floor bedroom. The plaster has flaked off. The bedroom was decorated 3 years ago. The patch is near a radiator so I thought pipes might be leaking. Had the heating system checked and it's ok. The wall is below a window sill so...

Thank you for the replies Madrab and Johntheo5. I always bleed with the system switched off. The bleed issue with radiator has been going on since last winter - hoping that it was air the would eventually bleed out. I have monitored the boiler pressure over the year and it looks stable- 1.1 bar...

I have 3yr old unvented system with a Vaillant 637 Ecotec plus boiler. The heating system was upgraded from a vented system as a part of a house extension which included extra underfloor heating, a larger 300L cylinder and a new vertical radiator in the bathroom directly above the boiler. When...

Not wet wipes but a type of fancier toilet paper that isn't so fancy - will stick to the cheaper stuff from now on!