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Hi All, My tenant is moving out in a few weeks and there is an infestation of carpet moths which have chewed through the wool carpet. I am planning to throw the carpet and underlay out and get a man made fibre carpet. I thought it might be worth while spraying something on the floorboards...

Cheers Hugh - what would you replace the AAV with? There is a window right next to it. There isnt an open vent at all so I am thinking of just extending that soil pipe 900mm above the window and having it open? It will be 3m away from the main windows of the house (but still lower down - but...

Hi I moved into a new house about 9 months ago. Around 3 months after moving in I started to notice an intermittent sewage smell in the bathroom upstairs. For the last few months I have been checking all traps and trying to pinpoint the smell. There is no issue with the traps, I believe the...

Hi, Any views on the Fernox TF1 Sigma Filter? Good offer on at the moment at city plumbing £64 including chemicals. Are they easy to install? I did a magnaclean about 7 years ago. Thanks

Hi, I have a novorol roller garage door system. The whole rooler door managed to come off its rollers. I have fixed back but when I "open" the garage door it only goes half way up and when i "close" it then it continues to run even when its fully closed. I think there is some height setting...

Its not pumped - just drains in soil stack by gravity. No easy access underneath either. It just feels like there are bits missing to it

Hi, I have recently moved into a new house. I took the shower trap apart to clean it and I think there is an internal part missing? Shouldn't there be a small trap/container in the trap itself? Can i buy replacements? ShowerTrap2 by SkipFeeney posted 16 Nov 2020 at 3:00 PM ShowerTrap1 by...

Hi All, My toilet is leaking when its flushed - there are drips at this point here. ToiletIssue by SkipFeeney posted 16 Nov 2020 at 11:54 AM I thought it must be related to where the flush valve meets the cistern / basin. However the flush valve can be removed from the cistern so I removed...

Hi, I am trying to cut some high gloss pelmets. I am using a chop saw with a 40 teeth blade and its chipping it quite badly. If i invest in a 60t blade will that make a difference? Also is there a technique to it? Do I turn the pelmets upside down and plunge the saw downwards through it...

Hi, I am creating some bench seating in my Kitchen. There is no radiator in the kitchen which is roughly 40m3. When i removed the kitchen units to fit the bench I have noticed there is some central heating pipes capped off. I am now tempted to fit a 200 x 1200mm rad in the base of the seat...