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On checking my drains I'm getting a little fat build-up on a few feet of the base of the pipe work that leads from the kitchen sink. I could use my pressure washer and spray hose attachment (which is a messy pain to use) or try a liquid drain cleaner of some description. Bearing in mind that I...

Have measured the diameter of my existing crumbling, mouldy hose a number of times and it's apparently 110mm, yet the closest hose diameter that I can find for this application (cooker extractor hood fan to outside) is 100mm. Isn't there such a thing as a 110mm hose or do I use a 100mm hose and...

Thanks very much for finding that, that's not a bad idea. Will let you know if I have any luck.

Thanks chaps, yeah I had thought about replacing the whole siphon but I hate waste and it seems overkill to replace it just because of a small worn retaining ring that probably cost less than a penny to manufacture. If I can't find a replacement ring I'll probably try and make one from some...

My toilet cistern has a siphon very much like this one: https://www.plumbers-mate-sales.co.uk/macdee-metro-3-piece-oblong-toilet-cistern-syphons---08000940-640-p.asp I've just had to replace the diaphragm washer which looks like this...

Thanks but I mean the white, cylindrical, threaded piece that the handles goes through (it acts as a bushing between the handle's stem and the cistern) - if you look at this photo: https://www.notjusttaps.co.uk/user/products/large/value%20cistern%20lever.jpg see the white thread piece on the...

In the following photo there's the white plastic part that the handle goes through and then a white plastic nut is screwed on: https://www.notjusttaps.co.uk/user/products/large/value%20cistern%20lever.jpg What's that part called? The one in my cistern is getting worn inside which means that...

I've ordering a replacement head anyhow but just curious - the plastic pin in a Myson TRV 2 way head is stuck out (what causes this anyhow? can it be repaired?). This is the head: https://www.stevensonplumbing.co.uk/myson-trv-2-way-head.html?page=3 And the stuck pin looks like the one on the...

Just re-checked the measurements of my roof sheets - the pitch appears to be 146mm while the profile depth is about 50mm, maybe a tad under.

Thanks for the link - is 'Big 6' the common term for that size?

I see - well, I'm even more confused now. Perhaps I'll go and measure it myself soon. Any tips on how best to do that? BTW, I believe he was looking to replace the broken sheet with a fibre cement sheet. Needs to be very strong due to my fairly exposed location.

I have an old outbuilding which had part of an old (maybe asbestos?) roof sheet ripped off during Storm Darragh. My roofer is having difficulty finding a replacement sheet due to the profile of the existing sheets. When he measured it up I wrote down the profile which he stated was 'one and...

I'm not though, it flushes pretty easily, my current plastic lever arm failed yesterday after having been in use for a few years.

Doesn't surprise me, but how long ago?

But often things designed down to a price can have more expensive equivalents that are designed to be long lasting. Maybe I'll hunt out a bit of aluminium and make one of my own lever arms ....... how hard can it be?

This is an example of what I'm referring to: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Toilet-Cistern-Flush-Lever-Arm/dp/B0874PTLQ2 Plastic breaks. Why not make this out of aluminium or even brass? I've broken a few over the years and I'm sure they're getting more flimsy and breakable.

Funnily enough the door has been sitting in the same building for years and it's only warped ever so slightly. It's good enough for this particular job.

Thanks for the suggestions, I prefer the second type. However, I forgot to mention that this will be inside an outbuilding that's a bit open on two sides and the air can get rather damp, therefore rust could be an issue.

This is a door intended to go onto a basic frame that surrounds my electric meter and some fuses - the door will be sitting ON TOP OF the frame, it's not recessed (therefore the door is the same width as the frame). It's a basic MDF door, doesn't need to be anything fancy. I'm not sure what...