Replace seal on franke inset sink
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The seal around my franke 1.5 inset (under granite worktop) is disintegrating. Don’t want to pull it out without knowing what to replace it with. Can silicone be used as it seems to be more like a rubber gasket?
Flooded bathroom
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Bathroom keeps flooding. I turn off mains supply so I can clear excess water. When I turn supply on bathroom floods again. Unable to find a leak but pipe above stopcock is wet
Toilet lower than soil pipe - is that a problem?
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My toilet is about 30mm lower than the soil pipe, will it cause a problem? or do I need to raise the toilet height?
Remove loo seat - mystery nut type
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Struggling to remove a loo seat - There are no obvious ways of undoing anything on the top and on the underside of the bowl there is a nut type I can't figure out how to remove. It seems like some kind of nylon/plastic nut and is v tight - …
Does mains need to be turned off when disconnecting washing machine?
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Hi, does the mains water supply need to be turned off when disconnecting a washing machine with one cold water inlet pipe or is switching the cold water inlet supply valve off enough. I cannot find my mains water tap, it's not under the sink and boiler has 3 taps …
Turning off tap using screw under sink?
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Hi there, im just wondering is it OK to turn the hot water kitchen tap off by the shut off screw/valve under the sink for a couple of days ?
Outside toilet
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Hi I have an outside toilet which it part of my outside sheds. Quite a few years ago the toilet did used to work but now it just doesn’t get any water supply and I don’t know why.
How to connect stand pipe to McAlpine P-trap?
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Should be really simple but has me stumped! But then I'm not a plumber. I have a McAlpine 1 1/2" anti-vac p trap (SC10V) that I am trying to connect a stand pipe to for my washing machine. The connection out to drain is a 1 1/2" multifit threaded end …
Stopcock removal
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Recently moved into an older property and it turns out the neighbour has access to turn my water supply off. He has access to the stairwell stopcock in his property along with his own individual property stopcock. Is it wise to have the common stairwell stopcock removed and leave us …
Toilet tank pausing a few seconds after flushing before fill
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Wonder if anyone can help. I have a push button toilet. After I flush the toilet there tends to be a pause of maybe 2 - 6 seconds before the tank starts filling up. It fills up fine it is just the few second pause before it starts filling after …