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I’ve like a low wall round a kitchen area in my livingroom. It’s always best matching it in with the other walls so I emulsion it. I was wondering if rolling on matt water based varnish (mini roller) might not be a bad idea to protect it quite well? I was just a thought as it’s easily brushed...

Circa 9yrs old Triton Dart (not sure if a Dart “2”. I see Dart 2’s coming up online looking the same as just a Triton Dart). It’s stiff to turn on being the problem. Is there a chance I can fix it by removing the cartridge? Am I right it’ll be a rubber seal inside that’s the issue and are they...

Not home plumbing obviously, but I was going to use copper pipes and solder up a water separator/cooler type radiator for spray painting to remove as much water as possible from the air lines. Like this. Most people seem to have soldered up all the fittings whereas I'd planned on using...

See pic. Push button cistern circa 10 years old. Posting for a friend I went to see if I can help because cistern isn’t filling having gradually got worse (assuming fill valve issue/replacement needed). She’d said couldn’t access the cistern and she’s right. I too can’t see how the lid comes...

In a small flat my father rents out I discovered today the old kitchen mixer tap spout has broken off. Oddly, it looks like the spout would be replaceable but of course I doubt you'd find anything to replace it with! There's a 10L unvented water heater under the sink with a serious spaghetti...

Am I right that with the later generation of cisterns (a 6/7 years old close coupled pan) with push buttons in centre of lid that if water is trickling into the pan it’s most likely the centre flush itself at fault rather than the fill valve. This seems a common problem! What’s the best plan...

It's a 3 year old Sanislim, with 99% light (no1) use. It still works ok but it making the running on/over running noise. To me, the noise sounds more rotational possibly without pump noise, so my best guess is it might be the blades spinning after the water has been pumped away. Does this sound...

I removed the wooden shelf above the cistern today to try and look at the set up. There was no access (or at least it hadn’t been considered). Cistern is occasionally running after flushing (pushing a button in sharply usually stops the water). There was no access underneath the wooden shelf...

Hi, my parents have moved house and we firstly thought the key was missing to add pressure to the boiler. However I know understand it to be the case the blue lever should add pressure. Weeks ago I tried the blue lever. A slight (very small) hiss was heard when first pulling the lever down but...

My father got an RT310 to replace a faulty RT300. The 300 has just two terminals/two pins. The connected wirees are marked “L” and “SL” on the backplate. Salus themselves said to me it’d be easy to change but I’m puzzled by it and don’t want to do anything wrong. Can anyone advise? I believe...

Due to having to shape and cut the ply on the first 5 stairs (where stairs turn) I opted just to use 12mm ply to overlay the old, worn stone stairs. It’s getting done just to be better for new carpeting. Is there anything that can be dispensed (ie from a sealant gun/spray foam( that would...

My mother is disappointed with how long thier Combi is taking to supply hot water to bathroom sink. They’re planning a new vanity unit/cupboard soon so asked me my thoughts. I see some instant HW kitchen (3 in 1) taps that’d probably look ok at a bathroom sink. I don’t entirely understand why...

I've a 2015 Triton Dart eco. It's leaking water when off and a bit stiff to turn on/off Looks like I can (just..) get a spare cartridge at £130.00. Are the chances slim of any stripping/cleaning/greasing etc fixing it? Can't say I've ever disassembled one but if I take my time I imagine I...

Is or isn’t this hazardous? This was pointed out to me today when having an unvented cylinder check carried out. There’s a lever valve at the top of the cylinder on it’s hot outlet. I couldn’t say why it was put there, and I appreciate it’s unusual, but is it in any way dangerous? My argument...

Had months of trouble free use since fitted by me mid 2019 but lately sometimes the flush valve sticks open (see picture) so water just runs into the pan. The centre plastic doesn’t drop down as it should. Seems ok for a half flush. It feels like it must be sticking on a plastic tab because...

Hi, Can you help me folks! I’ve some experience of the new type flushes but not these. It’s a wall mounted plastic cistern sitting well above the pan. It’s taking ages to fill and water is dripping from below the green plastic part when I assume it’s meant to flow out of the small white spout...

hi, I’m going to need to fix either a basin or vanity that has to be wall hung. I’m concerned about what’s behind tiles not being great for good fixings My wall make up is bricks-thick ancient plaster-dot and dabbed plaster board then the tiles. The bricks are probably about 3” from finished...

Hi, This is in regard to getting a suitable match for a currently eggshell finished T+G timber door. The catch is the colour RAL 9007 aluminium grey is a metallic. Anyone experienced the likes of this, what would be the best way to try and match it? My local suppliers can’t seem to scan it...

Ariston Aquabravo ITD unvented. 5 yrs old. The lower element wasn’t heating so had the spark who installed it all investigate today. He thought the ‘stat was daffy ducked but actually it had tripped out. Says element testing ok. We kinda knackered ‘stat removing it due to lack of access space...

I'm struggling a bit on this. Bought an Ideal Standard "Tempo" which looked ideal (no pun intended..) but it actually isn't particularly good mainly because of the inaccessible spigot and difficulty with extending outlet. I think best really is a pan where the outlet/spigot is visible from a...