Is a dark lintel stain from water or internal sweating?
Building
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I have a very dark stain above my window on the lintel plaster, it doesn't feel damp. I painted it but the dark brown stain came back. I also noticed a stain on a lintel above my bi-fold doors. Is it water coming in through the rendering and settling on …
Cistern leaking at overflow join
Plumbing
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Our toilet cistern is leaking from where the external overflow leaves the bottom of the cistern. Is this something we/I can fix myself?
3 port valve
Heating & Gas
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Hi My central heating diverter valve is passing and I need to replace it. The valve is a Salus sbmv32 but I cannot locate one locally. Can I use any 22mm 3 port valve to replace it? Thanks
Central Hearing Leak
Plumbing
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I’m looking for some expert opinion in a problems with my central heating system. We have a condensing combination boiler which was fitted in 2015. Whenever we have used the boiler we have always had to periodically top up the water to 1bar as it would drop every few weeks. …
water weeping from joint
Plumbing
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what should I do about drips from compression joint that goes into cold water tank?
Fitting new bath / shower mixer
Plumbing
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New mixer has fixing nuts to fit on to 25mm legs, but existing legs measure 30mm across the threads - how do I get round this without removing bath panel etc.
Waste water not draining away
Plumbing
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I recently fitted a new kitchen sink, the sink has a deeper base and so the waste kit goes lower than previously. The main waste pipe that leads to the outside is fairly high and sits just below the bottom of the sink. This means there is a lot of …
Limescale Airing Cupboard on Ceiling
Plumbing
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Three central heating pipes ( one assumes) enters the expansion tank in the loft above from the airing cupboard. A brown condensation stain has developed on the ceiling below the expansion tank with brown limescale crusting. The stain appears to be old ( it is dry now) and the system …
Toilet flushing
Bathroom Fitting
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Help! My toilet stopped flushing, I searched the net, found the problem was probably a worn flapper. I bought the full kit, a Dudley 88, which was the same model as in the tank. I fitted it, fairly straightforward, but it refuses to dump the water, just trickels the water …
Recommended shower head to increase water pressure?
Plumbing
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Are any of the shower heads that say they increase water pressure actually any good? Can anyone recommend one if so?