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toilet blocked
Plumbing  •  616 views  •  0 answers

hi, my toilet is blocked, I've tried two plungers and a liquid unblock-er. And a hanger. but it still the water rises to to top. it slowly drains the there's little water left at the bottom of the bowl. Could you advise?

Moving oil tank?
Heating & Gas  •  615 views  •  1 answer

I want to move the oil tank in the back garden a few metres. What parts and equipment would I need to be able to do this?

Remove paint from resin bound gravel
Driveways  •  613 views  •  4 answers

I have a resin bound patio and some paint was spilt near it. That would have been ok but then someone walked through it and onto the patio. They have left several footprints across the patio. These aren’t ‘dense’ with paint - you actually don’t see them at first glance …

downstairs leak
Plumbing  •  613 views  •  1 answer

downstairs flat have ceiling leak but my flat directly above is bone dry. have checked attic and boiler for leak but bone dry

Fitting wall units, finding fixings
Handywork  •  612 views  •  4 answers

Hello all New home and adding 2 wall units to existing utility room. I’ve got IKEA Enhet cupboards which Mount by screwing 2 screw/ bolt into wall then hanging cupboard before tightening with washers inside the cupboard. There’s a void behind the cupboard (through a plastic bracket) of approx 22mm …

Does the whole gas hob need replacing?
Heating & Gas  •  611 views  •  1 answer

I own a flat that is managed by an agent. The agent says there was an emergency call last night because the tenant couldn't turn off the gas hob. They have advised that the whole hob needs removing and replacing. I've done some quick reading and it seems that the …

Sink water supply line not coming off?
Plumbing  •  609 views  •  2 answers

I’m trying to replace my bathroom sink and managed to disconnect the cold water supply line. Now the hot water supply line is not coming off. I’ve unscrewed the nut by the line seems stuck. Any suggestion?

Tap gushing in off position?
Plumbing  •  609 views  •  1 answer

We turned our water off to fix a leaking tap, after cleaning it and putting it back together we switched our water back on. The tap now gushes water when off

Waterfall tap fault
Plumbing  •  606 views  •  1 answer

I have a waterfall style bathroom tap that when I switch on, the water is travelling under the edge of the spout and back over the tap and resulting it ending up on my floor. I can’t see any build up of limescale on the tap that is causing this. …

Broken my tap after changing washer?
Plumbing  •  603 views  •  1 answer

I replaced the washer on my bathroom basin tap and the water stopped dripping, but now I have another problem. I turn the tap to turn off the water and it stops fine, but even after the water has stopped the handle keeps going for a little bit more before …

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