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    Toilet Flush broken - replacement?

    Hi everyone, Apologies as I am not aware of the technical names for things, I have attached photos! The toilet stopped flushing, when I had a look it turns out the part labelled with the green arrows (in the pics) had two clips barely hanging on. It seems these clips hook into a tube in the...
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    How to get bolt/rod off!!! Changing cloakroom mixer tap

    Hi everyone, I hope you can help. I am in the process of changing the cloakroom mixer tap as it has stopped working. Im trying to remove the threaded rod or bolt but there is very limited space to move and I don’t know which tool will do it!! None of the tools can be placed at 90 degrees to...
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    Bypass Nest Thermostat/Heat Link to turn on heating - Vaillant boiler?

    Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well. Just wondering if it is possible to turn on the heating from the boiler only as the nest heat link (3rd Gen) seems to have stopped working - no lights. We have an engineer coming round next week to change the heat link, in the meantime we wondered if...
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    Missing/replacing TRV

    Hi everyone! Hoping you can advise. We had all new radiators fitted about a year ago and they all have trvs except one. It has a pin but no head. I asked the plumber at the time and he said he fitted one but it must have got lost, I forgot about it until now. The radiator works absolutely fine...
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    New cooker hood - schuko plug??

    Hi everyone hope you are all well. Just looking for a bit of advice. We recently bought a new cooker hood from a large UK supplier, but when it arrived it had a Schuko plug (it’s bulky and L-shaped, I think maybe “type f”). What is the best thing to do in the situation? We contacted the...
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    Outhouse to utility- asbestos concerns?

    Happy new year everyone! I was just looking for some advice about converting a brick shed/outhouse which is about 2 metres detached from the main house into a simple utility room. Just washing machine and dryer really. There is already water plumbed in and we can get electricity in. I was...
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    How to work the heating and astronomical energy bills!

    Hello Everyone! Just looking for some advice on the heating system in our house and how to work it! There is a Vaillant Ecomax boiler and Honeywell RF DT92E1000 Wireless Digital Room Thermostat - no programmer. The only way I have found to get the heating on is to turn the thermostat on at the...
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