Faq’s
Welcome to the FAQ section. This should answer and simple queries you may have. If you come across an issue that is not covered here please feel free to contact us.
DIY Homebase guides
- Understanding your water system
- Draining your central heating system
- Understanding your heating system
- Replacing a WC
- Replacing a bath and hand basin
- Repairing a dripping tap
- Replacing a radiator
- Installing a shower cubicle
- Working with small bored pipes
- Insulate and save energy
Plumbing Emergencies
The best thing to do in a plumbing emergency is call a Plumber
- Plumbing Emergencies: Some things to consider.
- Household emergencies > Plumbing Emergencies: Some things to consider.
- Plumbing Emergencies: What to do first.
- Plumbing Emergencies: Guidance from repair-home.com.
- Plumbing Emergencies: More from allabouthome.com
- More from allabouthome.com More from allabouthome.com.
- Plumbing troubleshooter: Quick things you can do when your plumbing goes up the spout.
- This Old House: Plumbing: A step-by-step guide to lots of minor household plumbing repairs.
Balancing radiators
- Central Heating Systems - balancing radiators: How to make a central heating system more efficient.
Bleeding radiators
- Bleeding a radiator: Tips from a Wise Geek.
- How to bleed a radiator: Photo guide from the Ultimate Handyman.
- Bleeding a radiator: How to solve the problem of trapped air in central heating system.
- Fixing Slow-Emptying bathroom lavatory
Drains and Drainage
- Fixing Plugged Sink or Lavatory Drains: Another step-by-step guide (PDF).
- Tips and tricks: Various plumbing trick.
- Unstopping Clogged Lavatory Drains: How to unstop clogged lavatory drains.
- Waterlinks advice on cleaning your drains: Includes drain tools and how to use them.
- Ublocking Drains: Tips & Advice from the Diy Doctor.
- Unclogging Drains"Clogged drains are the most common plumbing problem".
- HomeTips DIY: Sink Drains, How to Clear a Clogged Drain: "Free advice on how to clear a clogged drain with sink drain diagrams".
- Unclogging a stopped drain: This and other plumbing problems explained by China Winds.
- Unblogging drains: Various different approaches explained by Focus DIY.
- Working with soil and waste stystems: tips from Homebase UK
Gutters
- How to clean gutters: A seven-steop process suggested by eHow.com
- How to fix a sagging gutter: Another tip from eHow.com
- How to clean rain gutters: An illustrated guide from Don Vandervort's handys HomeTips.com
- Cleaning gutters tutorial: A nice little animated guide from Easy2diy.com
- Cleaning gutters: Tips on 'the art of gutter cleaning'. Includes guidance on using pressure washers.
- Gutter cleaning: health and safety issues: How to assess the risks, by the UK's Health & Safety Executive (HSE).