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  1. RonSwanson

    How to adjust this old UPVC door/hinge?

    Our front door has recently started not closing properly. Well, it closes ok, but when you try to lock it, there's a lot of resistance. You have to lift the door via the handle as you turn the key for it to lock. The door seems to have dropped on the right - the handle side. The sections of the...
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    Slow utility sink - is a pump the answer?

    I've been down before to check the 4.5m length for sags. It was sagging in places so I added supports but it didn't really help. The pipe's obviously been like that for a while and has warped to that shape but I managed to get it more or less straight. The drop on the 4.5m length isn't great...
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    Slow utility sink - is a pump the answer?

    The stacks are internal to the house with no visible signs of them or drains on the outside. I've drawn up a diagram of the layout - more detail than requested but useful anyway. I think the ideal route would have been to go under the dining room, as long as both the sink and stack were in...
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    Slow utility sink - is a pump the answer?

    Thanks for all the replies. A lot to think about. The reason I can't replace the pipe is down to cost. We had a new kitchen and floor fitted fairly recently, before we had discovered the extent of the problem. The utility room is effectively an extension to the rest of the house so is separated...
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    Slow utility sink - is a pump the answer?

    Hi I'm wondering if anyone can recommend an under-sink drainage pump which would help drain a utility sink on a long horizontal run, in the UK? Background: I have a problem with the sink in our utility room draining slowly. Because of this, when the connected washing machine pumps out waste...
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