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A chap in his eighties along the road is starting to have some difficulty in turning his neck fully, so is beginning to have problems reversing his car. He asked me about those parking sensors that bleep increasingly as one reverses closer to a stationary vehicle. Anyone able to advise on...

Thanks, CWB. I shall try to get up on to the roof in the next couple of days to check it out. :wink:

I understand that the flashing has been in place as seen for 25 years or more, so it is difficult to see why the damp ingress should have only become a problem recently. It is interesting that you should raise the issue of a back gutter, Xenon. Not being able to conceive of any other remedy do...

No, Xenon, it's more in the area marked. Please click the pic. Will try to get that moss removed, though.

Hi there We are experiencing a damp patch in the bedroom ceiling and wall when it rains – a regular occurrence, recently. I have got on to the roof to check the chimney area from where seems to be immediately above the damp area. I have poured a bucket of water over the flashing and certainly...

A central heating system has stopped working following a new thermostat being replaced. This is a general system boiler, vented with pumped CH and gravity HW. The boiler ignites properly for the HW, but the pump does not respond despite the thermostat being on. I have checked the stat with a MM...

Well worth having fish as a major part of your diet, ColJack, especially things like sardines, mackerel and anchovies, as they are rich in Omega-3 fatty acids. In rare instance too much O-3 can result in internal bleeding, so it might be worth playing safe and asking the doc, if you are unsure...

Yeah...and probably about ten years prematurely. :evil:

Thanks for the info guys. :)

@ChrisR Fernco have some useful stuff that I need but not the adaptor I'm after. Same goes for the other three - Terrain seem only to do a solvent weld type. Thanks for the info, though. @looneyfitter To check out their products Buildcenter require all but a blood sample, but their nearest...

Can anybody give me the name or, better still, a link to the type of adaptor that allows for a plastic wastepipe (32, 40 or 50mm) to be connected to a cast iron soil stack. I have seen these before but cannot remember who manufactures them and have not been able to google anything resembling...

Thanks, Tickly. That’s a neat trick re the inlet hose. Quite right, this connector does have a non-return valve, but it seems pretty clean inside. Oddly, though this old waste pipe looks to be the gray solvent-weld type, it is actually 5 sections fitted into 5 pushfit connectors. One of...

My mate’s washing machine has recently started failing to fully discharge its waste. He lives on the top (7th) floor of a high rise and has used the machine successfully here for about 20 years or so. Currently on removing the load at the end of the cycle about an inch of water is still in the...