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Hi all... Figured I'd have a go at replacing the old leaky toilet in our WC, as we have another bathroom to use if I make a hames of it :-D. This toilet was put in I would say around 2000, we bought the house a few years back and are slowly replacing things. I removed the mask behind the...

Hi all - have a bit of a slow leak under our bathtub, looks like it is coming down from the drain - based on the trails left over time. We only discovered this as a pipe broke, it looks like it has been like this for some time. Can anyone recommend a product that would seal this?

Hi - apologies if this is the wrong forum! I'm looking for an access hatch or lid to cover a drain in our conservatory. I'm not sure of the proper term. Not sure if it is a manhole cover, as it would be a very small man who could fit down there. The previous owners of the house put a...

Hi all - I've been experiencing droplights and extractor fan in my bathroom stopping intermittently, not sure where to troubleshoot. It started with one of the droplights flickering and then stopping altogether. I thought it was the bulb, but before I could go get a replacement it came back...

Hi all... I am replacing one of the ceiling pendant lamps in our '60s house. I took off the ceiling rose cover and took a picture of how the existing (IKEA) lamp was wired. I replaced the lamp with one that has a blue, brown and green/yellow wire. I connected the blue and brown wires to...

Hi all, I am trying to take apart my Geberit Omega 12 cistern flush mechanism due to overrun after flushing. I've been able to find videos of similar units to mine - but not the same one - online, which enabled me to take it apart about 75%. I can't figure out however how to actually...

Hi all, About two years ago we had an Ikea bathroom mirror cabinet installed as part of an overall bathroom remodel, one of the ones with the LEDs along the sides. Unfortunately it has stopped working, it appears that the opening/closing movement caused one of the wires to chafe, the blue one...

Hi all, I'm in the process of having my bathroom redone, and one of the things I want to do is replace the fan in the droplight/fan combo with a more powerful mixed flow fan mounted in the loft, keeping the actual light unit (just put the new fan downstream in the loft). The current fan is...

Hi all, I've had IKEA Omlopp cabinet lighting in my kitchen for about a year now, very happy with it - however just experienced my first hiccup with it. I have two big drawers, one on top of the other, and they each have the Omlopp sensor/LED fitted, however lately the bottom drawer's light no...

Hi all, After some advice on how to proceed with the repair the roof on a summer house in our back garden, said house came with the property we bought and it is in fairly good shape - save for the roof... however I've little experience repairing things in general, especially roofs! Would...

Hi, Not so much a DIY query, as a builder is doing this work, but what happened is that we moved our kitchen from it's old location to an existing extension in the rear of the house (just purchased house, built in early '60s). The builder put the extractor fan exhaust directly out the...

Hi all, I'm going to get my feet wet and build a wee stool (more like a table) as a footrest. It'll be my first project since I built things in school ages ago. However the only saws that I have in my arsenal are a Bosch multisaw and a jigsaw. From prior experience as a kid, I know that...