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Thanks for the responses. Given a total lack of suitable tools and a method for disposing with the shed, I am quite tempted to contact a local company who can dismantled and dispose of the shed for me.

Afternoon all, I need to remove a shed in an overgrown corner of the garden. According to our home survey the wood on the wooden rear panel is rotten and we need to shift it anyway to put in a garden office later in the year. Fairly sturdy structure, with large window in the front panel...

You did say that on Sunday, but yesterday turned out to be the the earliest I could get to the DIY store to pick it up. In the meantime I thought I would try the arm method rather than leave it. Thanks again.

Thanks regsmyth - so that's a kind of open/close mechanism? Not sure I am following still :oops: Why would you have the sleeve in, in the first place? The good news is that a plunger and drain rod finally did the business tonight - it took a few goes in the pouring rain but it's now clear...

Thanks, but not sure it is plastic (and to be honest I am confused about what pulling up the sleeve would accomplish). Another question - if it is congealed fat - is the plunger solution likely to work for it or am I looking at using the worm? Presumably the manhole depth will allow me to...

Thanks for all the responses. There is a manhole next to the bathroom drains so I will check that out this evening when I am home. Will I need special tools? I guess if it is full then it means I have a blockage a bit further down, and if it is empty I can localise the blockage, assuming...

'Someone' tried that this afternoon. I can just about reach the point at which the drain tapers down to a point and despite getting up as much gunge as I could - no joy. It's weird cause I cannot get hand any further as it gets so small so it must go left or right. When poking down with a...

Yeah I think you are right - I'll pick up a rod + plunger tomorrow. What happens to the water once it reaches the taper point? I just tried tipping a bucket of hot water down it from a height but I only succeeded in splashing stinky water on myself. I just hope the next-door neighbour...

Hi, Our drain has blocked - it's outside and it's one of those ones where the gutter and kitchen waste pipe just spew waste water directly onto a small grate on the ground adjacent to the kitchen wall. That part of the ground is lowered slightly - it's all concrete. Right now it's...

Okay, so the instruction I got with the oven were the same as the one I found online, and closer inspection reveals that it details wiring a plug to the oven rather than into the mains. Of course it comes pre wired hence the confusion. It can be wired into the mains, but it's all rather...

Thanks for the response. It's not on it's own circuit - the trip switch went one night and killed the oven and the fridge. The weird thing is that the oven has been delivered since my opening post and my partner says it has a plug on the end... crisis avoided.

New house, first real attempts at any DIY, so learning lots, but quite green :) Replacing old single oven with new, and forgot to check (lesson learned) how it was connected to the power supply. New oven requires hardwiring according to instructions but the old oven was plugged into double...

Sorry, forgot to add link, post edited.

Yeah you are probably right - what we did end up doing is moving the washing machine so it is close enough, but the problem is of course I cut the end off the original hose, and I being stupid I did not leave enough hose on the piece I cut off to join it back using the coupling I bought. Why...

I could not find a piece of 22mm waste pipe on today's shopping trip, but I did find a 2.5 m replacement hose of the thicker 25mm ish diameter so I thought I would just replace it entirely. Unfortunately fitting it to the washing machine seems to be more complicated than I thought. The...

Thanks TicklyT. I'd need to buy a piece of 22mm copper pipe in order to achieve that as 25mm end won't fit into the 22mm coupling to start with (without the use of said piece of pipe and clip) so I think I might as well just get a 22/21mm waste pipe and use the existing coupling. Cheers...

What's the standard diameter of a washing machine waste pipe? In our new house I am trying to plumb in the washing machine but the waste pipe is not long enough to reach the stand pipe. The pipe measures 22mm, so I went to the DIY shop and bought another waste pipe and a 22mm coupler and...

Okay, so a fresh think means I now understand the winter/summer settings and feel a little stupid for not realising earlier! Unfortunately the problems are not fading - when the boiler is not on it seems to leak very small amounts of water. We left it with a tray under while we were on...

Great thanks. John, you were right regarding the radiator ends. A quick trip to the DIY shop and all sorted now. Many thanks. I am now having a little trouble with the boiler for heating hot water. I had to turn the temperature dial right up to max in order to provide enough heat to...

Morning John, I'll grab a camera and take some snaps. One other question re: pressure though. I just this morning pressurised the system from cold, all good - pressure up to just over 1, air vented from the boiler and it is now heating up. The pressure is rising along with the post above...