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The hot water stopcock under the sink (brass one in the middle in the photo) was turned off for some months, and on turning it back on, nothing comes out of the hot water tap in the kitchen mixer tap (the cold tap works fine). Cold water flows fine from all other taps. Water flows from the hot...

Neighbour replaced the guttering at the front of his house, and when it rained heavily, water dripped down on to the brick party wall below, at the guttering join. He said he would fix it. Be careful what you wish for! Rainwater now drips onto just our side of the brick wall below, through a...

Neighbour has built an extension and replaced his roof guttering (see below). It leaks at the join, which is a few inches on our side from the party wall. The new guttering (on the right) is a different design/size. And the downpipe should be further in to his side, based on the approved...

This toilet and sink waste pipe is for the upstairs bathroom. After some years, these suddenly became disconnected from the outside down pipe. I am struggling to get them to stay connected, and without there being any leaks. The one the right seems to be okay, but the one on the left leaks...

Hello, From time to time some water appears to come out from an overflow pipe just above where the water enters the u-bend trap under the kitchen sink. This property has been recently acquired and is awaiting renovation. We think that the people who lived there before had a washing machine to...

I bought a new Bosch VeroCafe TES50129RW coffee machine on eBay a year ago, but it had been purchased retail some years before that, so it was out of warranty. After cleaning and replacing the brewing unit, I must have somehow failed to return it to its correct configuration (or indeed to any...

Recently taken back an ex-rental property which has two Hager consumer units. The second one is just for the storage heaters. It has a red main switch on the right, and six black switches on the left. I have no experience with storage heaters, but as far as I can figure out none of the...

Light switch is very flaky, and keeps coming away from the kitchen wall. Not good if you're about to try and sell a property. The 1-gang 35mm deep steel back box has its lugs broken off. Can't see how I could replace it as the gap in the tiles is too small. The left hand screw has a 40mm...

31mm long, 13mm across, 6mm tall/deep. The hole in the middle has a screw hole, but the thread is stripped. I have tried B&Q and ToolStation, but cannot find a new part, even as part of some larger set. Any ideas?

Hinge failed last week - door now hanging off bottom hinge). New kitchen being installed next year, so for now we need a stop-gap solution. The door itself (melamine-faced MDF) is 490mm wide and 550mm tall (533mm without the trim), so seemingly not a standard size that can be easily replaced...