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This is an unused ttoilet cistern in the house that is filling very slowly as a result of a small leak in the outlet. I want to stop it filling and so have jammed the balcock lever shut with some string and a piece of wood laid across the top. I am not sure if this will be 100% watertight...

I am coming around to the idea that bituminous mastic is as tacky as any other mastic (when correctly applied) Are there any other mastics that are equally tacky (or moreso ) but have other advantages ? Or is bituminous mastic simply the tackiest? (I know it cracks over time but that is...

The cable was attached to a piece of metal with an eye that was hammered into the wall when they installed the cable. However an oil lorry snagged the cable and pulled the down cable from the wall Thankfully we still have the signal and cable was not damaged.internally However I want to...

I use mastic along the vertical spaces between the slates as a quick repair job if there is water getting in under the slates. However I find it very hard to get the right colour to match the slates. Is there any way to match the mastic colour to the slates? (transparent doesn't work either...

I have just bought a tube of Arc MS-11.Have yet to try it. Which are the best comparable products? What makes the difference?

My system has an outdoor oil boiler with 2 pumps. One goes to the downstairs radiators and the other goes to the upstairs hot water tank. In the fairly recent past this pump also fed the upstairs radiators (no more) A couple of years back the pipes under the upstairs floorboards had to be...

The slates go half way down to the ground from a flat roof and are just off vertical. The facia needs to squeeze up between the overlap of the torches surface of the flat roof and the beginning of the slanted area (asbestos slates about 2 foot by 1 foot,I'd say) The slates are attached to...

TITLE (uneditable?)should be "Taking a tap apart" Damn autocorrect! Do I have to take off the little bit of red plastic at the top of the tap first? Is there a screw underneath? Or do I get a thin spanner an undo it that way? (I tried that without apparent success) I don't want to go...

Wondering what could be the problem with my radiators. They are downstairs and so I doubt there would be an airlock. When I open the bleed valve on the top (with the inlet and outlet valves closed ) there is a good influx of hot water when I open one of the valves. When I close that valve...

I have an Interpart boiler pump next to the outside boiler that seems to have got air in it . Can any explain to me how I get the air out if it is in? I have bled the cylinder in the upstairs hot press but tat has not helped. Will it eventually come back or might I actually be damaging the...

I have old fashioned filament bulbs in my bedrooms ,halls and corridors etc The fittings are for bayonets. Recently I bought some Maxim 6Watt=40Watt bulbs with bayonet attachments and am quite pleased. But can I find something along the same lines that is not so bright? Maybe softer? With...

I have an exterior wall that is lined with slates and inclined at about a 5/10 degree angle from the vertical (So very steep) The facia board and the gutter was blown off in the wind and when I attempt to fix it back using new nails/screws in the existing holes there is no purchase . The...

This is in an interior wall beneath a chimney. I have attempted to repair the leak on the outside but the dampness has persisted. The plaster itself is damp and this seems to emanate from fairly large deep cracks in the rendering (and stonework behind) What would be the best way to seal...

I just cleaned my Aga. As some will know , the paraffin is normally gravity fed into the burner under the main hotplate. This burner has 4 concentric cylinders standing in circular grooves and between these cylinders are 2 circular wicks. Now these wicks are not necessary to the functioning of...

There are beams to which are attached what I would call "latts"(?) and there was a thick (half an inch) layer of rough plaster. I would say it is a 3 by 5 foot area . The remaining plaster is hanging below the level of the latts (not dangerously) and so the area to be repaired would need to be...

Any ideas? I don't think I can get one "off the shelf" and I want to keep the bath.

As an example: https://www.proweld.ie/product/c-tec-miracle-seal/ or http://tec7.ie/product/plumb7/ What is the consensus on this kind of a product? Will it save me the hassle of pulling up my carpets and floorboards? Can I pour the product into the expansion tank outlet? Do I need to drain...

Can I replace this hose with a regular hose or will the machine not function properly unless it has the original Waterproof System hose installed? I do not need the flooding protection and I suspect it may be tripping the machine as I have to fill it manually every time because the red...

Anyone know how to make this up ? I make do with a mixture of fibreglass epoxy and acetone and am quite pleased with it but would be happier with something closer to the actual product - which is very volatile and penetrates rotten timber very well. But I often run out of it and...

it is a 9v rechargeable and was working fine until it fell in some water. It stopped but worked again after I dried it out . However it only worked sporadically and so I tried drying it out properly over the Aga overnight . I was surprised when it conked out after a second or so every time I...