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Thank you flameport for your comprehensive reply. I'm sure you're absolutely right about using new fittings and pipe - start with a clean sheet so to speak. By the way the Insinkerator is at least 20 years old! - I believe this is past its normal life but it still works well and doesn't leak at...

Thanks for your advice. I’m fairly sure it’s a 90mm dia. sink waste. The WD is an Insinkerator and I’m fairly sure there’s no internal trap – not least because there’s an external P trap! In any event I intend to dispense with the WD. But my fundamental question is the connection to a new...

Thanks for your quick response, you would probably be right normally BUT I have a waste disposal unit at the moment which I intend to abandon. And I'd still like to know the various fittings that can connect to a strainer basket and allow me to continue with 40mm compression fittings ie T29, T12...

Thank you for your advice. I've seen McAlpine P traps with adjustable inlets which would presumably be suitable? But in my case I wanted to use the existing trap which is some distance away so I'd need a short length of vertical pipe and a bend or two to reach it. I thought a tailpiece was...

Hi - I want to replace my sink basket strainer. Can someone advise me what fitting I use at the lower threaded section of the strainer so I can continue off in 40mm plastic pipe and fittings to my existing trap. I've seen the fitting used but I don't know what it's called - basically a plastic...

Thanks for your interest. No, the battery wasn't returned, but having mentioned it registered 6V the supplier and warranty firm immediately said that a reading lower than 10.6V voids the warranty. I didn't check the voltage after the initial charge but it must have been fine as I started the car...

Unfortunately I didn't have any choice as my car was not road legal at the time and I anticipated the MoT in a few weeks. It was a procedure I'd done before without any problem. I ran my car for about 10 minutes in which time it was up to temperature. Of course many people use their cars for...

Thank you for all the replies. I did not "regularly" start the car but just 5-6 occasions over a 2 month period before the battery failed. The battery was disconnected each time so a parasitic leak seems unlikely. And my car had started immediately first time - I would not expect this to "deep...

I bought a Yuasa 12V 45Ah car battery on 30th May 2023 for my Toyota Corolla from a major supplier on a major selling site (I won’t name names but there isn't many) . This is the same brand fitted to the car when new which served me well for many years. On receipt I charged the battery as...

That's one solution and I did see some more elaborate fixes in much earlier posts. I did find a few lanterns under hilo PIR as mentioned earlier but they seemed quite pricey. Actually I could simply get a dawn to dusk light and take advantage of my neighbour's motion sensor! - we have adjoining...

Thanks for that. I checked your link and it seems that particular model only comes on at dusk when it detects any motion (powerful enough to illuminate a football pitch!) and after a short while it goes off. Yours is probably a more refined model?

Very true, fish & chips is almost a luxury now - about £10 at my local chippy.

I did a search as you suggested and found a few suppliers. Hilo PIR lights seem very expensive (£60-90) vs normal dawn to dusk models (£20-30) - there was me thinking modern technology was as cheap as chips!

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

I believe this question was raised 15 years ago but technology has moved on! My neighbour has an outside wall-mounted security lantern - it comes on at dusk and off at dawn. But additionally, after dusk, if it detects motion the light increases in brightness for a short time. I can't find such...

I’ve been using some well known 2-part fillers on external timber. I’m aware of the fast setting time but the problem I’ve found is that if I try to fill the back of a crevice the filler is just too “gooey” to push back and then very quickly changes to an almost unworkable state. Can anyone...

For anyone with a similar query, my neighbour asked a licensed contractor to quote for his garage roof replacement (our garages are paired). They don't bag up the asbestos but take it directly to a facility in Swindon - I believe the charge is £350. They replace the roof with metallic sheets...

Thanks jeds, that was my original question. How much would I save if I arranged disposal vs (probable high?) costs a builder would have to pay? Regards.

No, as I said my Council won't accept it but have a tie-up with the Corporation of London who will collect it provided it's double-wrapped and taped up. By the way I think my Council has been bankrupt 3 times, surprised they haven't spotted a money earner.

Thanks for all the helpful replies. I'm hoping my son will help me with my garage (he did volunteer). But it will probably take longer than 2 hours, nothing in my house has ever been straightforward! I don't think H&S is misplaced with asbestos - it's generally acknowledged to be dangerous...