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I need to replace the washer on the ball valve of my WC. I cannot work out how to get the top off the cistern. It's not the cable type button assembly as it won't lift off so I took the buttons out expecting to find a screw inside the housing This is what I found. How do i get this off...

I really don't like my hinges.. I've also discovered that my other hinge has a bend in the band too. It's made from 5mm thick steel it's impossible for me to straighten so they are going back to the supplier tomorrow...I think I might have been expecting too much for 8.50 a pair )) I'm...

That's why I'm asking because I'm not sure if the gate will drop with 2 hinges fitted. I spent a lot of time building the gate so I want to get it right

I've just built a new garden gate and decided to fit Hook and Band hinges. When I slide the hook into the band there seems to be between 2 and 3mm movement of the hook pin inside the hole in the band. If I fit the band along the centreline of the top and bottom rails of the gate and the hook...

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I'm putting in a phone/broadband extension in my house so I can locate my Home Hub 5 and a phone in my office I'm planning on putting a NTE5 Master Socket Adapter Plate onto my BT Master socket and hardwiring the extension into the back of that. I'll be using CAT5e external cable to a module...

Firstly sorry for the long post, just trying to give as much info as possible I could do with some advice on bleeding my central heating. We bought a Bungalow last year which has been refurbished and extended. It's an oil fired Combi system driven by a Worcester Greenstar Heatslave 18/28...

That's going to make the job much easier if the compression fitting at the bottom of the old valve body is the same size as my new Drayton valves. When I looked at the nut on the compression fitting on the bottom of the old Caleffi valve it looks bigger than the one they supplied with the new...

Hi guys, this is my first post here so be gentle with me. I moved into a bungalow last year where the central heating is using 10mm plastic speedfit piping. I have a number of radiators that seem to have very old Caleffi TRV's fitted. The current valves are fitted with one of those Drayton...

Just thought I'd add my experience with paint here.. Having been made redundant a couple of months ago, decided to re-decorate all the upstairs rooms of our house prior to putting it on the market.. I've always used Dulux paints previously for everything, but after reading about how it is...

The next Standard size door down from 610mm is 533mm.. Merchants and sheds only stock the most popular sizes of doors. Merchants like Travis Perkins usually have a weekly delivery from Premdor and Jeld Wen, if you can use a 533mm then I would go to a merchant and order one, they should have it...