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Cheers for that Tony, yes I meant elbows, and since it's solvent weld I mean 32mm not 40mm pipe... not doing well today! I also didn't mention that the drain tees into the waste from the toilet and I can't get to that end - so pulling brushes through isn't an option, it has to go in and out...

Can I successfully use a standard pressure washer drain unblocking hose on a ~5m run of 40mm waste pipe which has 4 right-angle bends in it? I can get a drain snake down the pipe to unblock it, but I want to clean out the accumulated sludge as well, and before I spend the money on the...

Probably a total of 1.5 hours actually at the house - diagnosis and repair. No idea how much time he spent getting parts though, for all I know he could have got them from the merchants 5 minutes down the road, or spent hours searching. (Seems unlikely though - it's hardly a rare model.)

Sadly I wasn't around when he came back on the second day (my wife was home) so I don't know for sure. He just said he'd serviced it. I'll ask him tomorrow though - thanks for the advice, it's very helpful. I'm assuming you're saying it's a fair charge if he did the full service?

Fair comments about the servicing. As I said, I have no complaints with the guy's work. I just want a general view about the cost. And as for estimates - well, I don't see any other way of finding out what the reasonable current going rates are. Apart, that is, from asking for opinions on...

No. My fault - and no doubt the reason why the seals were so bad.

I need to ask for some opinions. The story is: On Saturday last week my boiler (a Glow Worm 30sxi) failed to fire in the morning. Switching it off and on a few times did nothing - each time it stopped with the red light flashing and fault codes F1 (no ignition) or F4 (gone out after...

Thanks for that suggestion, however I am particularly looking for something that doesn't need a key to operate, and which actually pulls the door tight as it is engaged. Maybe something like the catches that are used with UPVC doors, but which can be fitted to wooden units.

Sorry if this is a stupid question. The problem: I have a pair of wooden french doors, leading to the garden. The left door is secured by two lever action flush bolts at the top and bottom, and the right door has a standard 5-lever sashlock which engages with the left door. So far, so...