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Hello - looking for a bit of advice. I have a concealed cistern in a house I've just moved to, and I think the diaphragm in the syphon style flush has gone. Hopefully an easy fix, and I am reluctant to replace the whole flush system as we are having the bathroom redone in a month or so. From...

Hi, Just had an outside tap installed and as the drill was coming through it blew out 2cm of brick. Looking to repair this using the following: - Mortar - Mortar dye - Waterproof sealant (once cured) Basically rebuild up the brick face with a similar coloured mortar to cosmetically repair...

Hi, I need to hang some reasonably heavy curtains into an external wall of my wooden frame house. Will the below plugs work? I can’t seem to find any that advertise curtains specifically I’m thinking the Timco ones if I can find a stud, or the fisher ones if I end up drilling straight into...

Hi All, I'm looking for some advice on the probable/possible materials I would need to fix a dropped floorboard in our upstairs hallway. We have JUST had new carpet fitted, and I think today during a furniture delivery something very heavy (oak wardrobe) has been dropped on one of the...

Hi, I have recently bought and moved into a new house. We had a full survey done and the surveyor gave the “external walls and brickwork” the top rating. Since moving in, I have noticed a few cracks in some of the bricks. As far as I can see, none or very few of the cracks extend the full...

Hi, I’ve just had some movers in and when getting an awkward wardrobe up the stairs they’ve knocked the slanted part of the ceiling causing a crack to form across a newly decorated ceiling. Is there an easy/best way to go about repairing and repainting this?

Hi, I’m having an issue in a new property where the shower must be all the way to the “hot” side to get hot water at all, and if you have it on full pressure the cold dilutes it. Inside the shower ‘lever’ I’m seeing this. It is a 20 year old system. Is someone more knowledgeable than me...

Hi, I have recently moved into a new house. The previous owner said that he had asked for the hot water flow to be reduced from the tap, as he once let a bath overflow and didn’t want to repeat this. I can only see one isolation value which is fully open. Is there any way to adjust flow using...

I’ve just moved into a new house and the plumbing seems a bit off. I’m trying to work out what could be wrong - it looks like I have three tanks (plus a boiler downstairs). Could anyone identify what the smaller red and white ones are for me?