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Nope, it fits like a welly. So I’ve taken the risk of swapping the washer that fits onto the elbow and wedging the white waste pipe in till I find the correct washer

I'm don't think its a funny size. The same washer that forms the joint from silver plastic to 40mm waste pipe fits the silver fittings and creates a compression joint. 78p if I can swing by T/S https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plumbing/d20/Washers+%26+Fixings/sd2703/Trap+Sealing+Ring/p73882 Not sure if thats the existing size that doesn't fit

i just need one of those clear plastic washers in the right size

It’s a double bowl. I can can go and buy that but I’ll be quite sure it’s won’t match the existing length of the arrangement. That at was not intended to ever be a push fit connection was it? i am not changing all of this

After nearly 2 years of service, the kitchen sink waste decided to dump everything into the cupboard. The elbow piece was connected to the short leg of the u-bend. Except when I tried to refit it, I found the clear plastic ring was not pliable rubbery material but hard plastic and did not fit over the diameter of the elbow. And there is no rim or feature on the elbow to clamp everything right when I use the threaded part to tighten the joint. what gives?

Sunny? Angel? Turkish?

Ewwww.

I’ve got a modern “original Vax” and I doubt it is as sturdy as the 121 but it does seem reasonably sturdy. I was however amazed to see it is now £130 rather than what I paid 2 years ago. I’d best reclaim it from the borrower.

Not me, I must be the only satisfied customer in the world.

How the other half live... Double (normal) sink in the kitchen in lieu of a drainer. I've promised the wife a bath sized sink in the utility - like that will ever happen. The kitchen 'fashion' for want of a better term I am seeing is 2 sinks on opposite sides of the kitchen. I've no idea why. My cheap dishwasher and fridge are ok, its the cheap wine cooler that makes a racket but @caliwag where do you stand on washing machine in the kitchen?

Which suggests I should make sure my next car has 8 cylinders rather than none.

Does anyone have a Selco account I could 'borrow'? I need some skirting board and architrave and when I got the first lot, it seemed like half the price of the online suppliers. I used one of the tradesmen at the time's account but haven't got that now. Seems far harder than somewhere like Perkins to open an account

This must be one of the newer nowtv boxes? I have 3 (different gens as well) of the basic streamers which were effectively free as you pay £15 for the content vouchers that came with them. These boxes have the catch up apps of the main terrestrial channels but no freeview functionality.

I use Now TV and am quite happy with it. It streams ok with slow broadband. Sports is not always a great picture as that is live streaming only but I can live with it. Never pay full price though. Buy vouchers off Ebay and cancel your subscription to push a discount offer from now tv themselves. it won’t suit everyone but it suits my needs for not a lot of money.

Stop it. You’ll make the ladies blush.

iPhone? A 9mm? Hip flask?

FWIW anyone who uses "mychildcarevouchers", they can avail themselves of a 4.5% discount on IKEA gift cards at the moment - expires 1st Oct.

Can you mix and match wireless and hardwired? I ask as our house originally had a hard wired alarm but it 's not working. There are 4 existing PIRs in the house feeding back to a main panel. I just assumed that the wiring could be re-used? It must be 6-8 core. We ripped the keypad off the wall and chopped that wire off so it will need a new one from the panel. But obviously the house is much bigger now and will need more sensors but we neglected to fit any extra wiring at the time. It wouldn't have been 'easy' any way.

Bumped into my kitchen bloke at the weekend, they have actually replaced a few bits of my (ALNO) kitchen. He said he's moved over to Hacker over the past 6 months and a British Co. Has a few customers with half-built kitchens. He was unbelievably positive as always but it cannot be (nor have been) easy sorting this out. My wife is concerned about it as our kitchen is not quite 2 years old but I can't say I'm that fussed. We'll have to come up with something imaginative if the worst happens.

High Quality British Construction

No idea, think its just the area unfortunately There have also been issues with the upstairs bay window roof bit that has been fixed since he's been in there. But unlikely to be still causing problems with the party wall. I have said it in the past but don't think I got listened to. As I said this extension has been there for 20+ years we think. plenty of time to cause problems when the ground is never particularly dry

It does and they did something (not very intrusive) with the chimneys original but that hasn't been enough if they are the problem. It is suggested they clear the chimneys properly this time so if this is the cause it should get resolved in the overall blitz.

Yes it is a suspended floor but not a void you can work in without lifting the floor unfortunately. The groundwater level is high locally. The gardens are all boggy but not every house on the street has this problem. It was thought the original plaster was bridging the 'damp into the house so this was replaced specifically with a break however the 'damp' is rising up the plaster again. I've seen your previous posts about damp and how material are not porous enough. All I can say is I don't know. Whatever the problem is that is causing damp focused on this party wall needs to be resolved. The house has a side and rear extension and conservatory. It predates the online planning system and with what I know about the house, its fair to assume its done to dodgy standard. I expect that the under floor ventilation is now less than adequate due to those previous changes - but he has previously told me its ok. I wonder if the rear conservatory may also be contributing to these woes. IIRC its lower than the house so could possibly be causing part of the damp bridge. The dry rot is a recurring problem so replacement of the worst timber and treatment of the remaining timber seems inevitable. My friend, like my wife, is a Scorpion so does not believe in extended investigation. So if someone says its damp and rot, that's what will get fixed and if the actual problem gets fixed in the process then that's good fortune.

I have a friend with a problem house, he’s had for about 2 years. They had a damp survey done before they bought it which flagged some things but despite repeated attempts to fix things its getting worse. The house is a typical semi but the problems are compounded by the fact that the groundwater level is very high and the attached neighbour house is in a very poor state of repair, full of junk and not lived in. Around the time they moved in they had parts of the floor lifted (<0.5m void), there was evidence of dry rot – the webs and the brown dust – on the party wall, front and back room chimneys and toward the front of the house, ground floor. The wood was treated and the bottom 1m or so of plaster on these walls removed and re-done as the plaster was apparently conveying the growth of whatever it was. Well 2 years in and the problem has far got worse. Someone has come in, put a hole in the floor to survey and it seems to be dry rot and rising damp partly attributable to a failed damp course although I suppose its possible that there was no damp course originally. He’s been quoted £7000 to fix including treatments, replacing the joists and floor boards or half the 2 rooms adjoining this party wall and the plaster, clearing the blocked up chimneys as well. Apparently the masonry is saturated. The added problem is that next door has an absentee owner. AIUI, he inherited it and it is in a terrible state, full of junk unheated, inhabited etc and this guy is incredibly slow at sorting it. Unless this house is also fixed my mate has no chance of success in fixing his own and progress in getting the absent owner to do stuff is slow. My mate has a new born and a toddler so want to get this sorted asap. What would be your plan of action if you were in his boots?

I've never bothered joining the CSMA either.