The Ultimate Guide to Washer Dryer Drip Pans
Three millimetres of water on a parquet floor doesn’t sound dramatic until you realise it’s the exact depth that lifts the lacquer and turns ÂŁ3,200 worth o…
Installation
The Ultimate Guide to Washer Dryer Hookup Boxes
Twenty-seven millimetres. That’s the exact gap I once measured between a client’s new integrated washer-dryer and the back wall—thanks to a poorly position…
What is Rough-In Plumbing: A Beginner’s Guide
Twenty-seven millimetres—that’s the exact amount a 15 mm copper pipe will spring back after you bend it round a 152 mm former. I remember the first time I …
What Causes Water to Drip from My Disposal?
Twenty-seven drips per minute. That’s what I counted once in a client’s kitchen sink while waiting for the kettle to boil—each drop hitting the stainless s…
The Pros and Cons of Using Water: An Overview
Twenty-seven drips per minute. That’s what I counted in the bathroom of a 1972 bungalow in Cheltenham last October. Not from a leaky tap—no, the tap was fi…
Can Water Shock You? The Risks and Precautions
Twenty-seven drips per minute – that’s how fast a slow bathroom leak fed moisture into a junction box behind my client’s shower unit last winter. I didn’t …
All Water and Drains: A Comprehensive Guide
Twenty-seven drips per minute. That’s how fast a pinhole leak in a copper supply line beneath a kitchen sink wasted 1,180 litres of water over six weeks in…
The Ultimate Guide to Water Heater Installation
Twenty-seven drips per minute. That’s how fast a failed thermal expansion valve leaked in a 2023 installation I encountered in a Guildford semi-detached ho…
How Long Do Water Heaters Last? A Comprehensive Guide
Twenty-seven drips per minute. That’s what I counted on the kitchen floor at 2:14 a.m. in a 1998 semi-detached in Stoke-on-Trent. The sound wasn’t loud—jus…
Why Water Heaters Leak: Common Causes and Solutions
Twenty-seven drips per minute equals roughly eleven litres a day. I worked that out at 3 a.m. while kneeling on a sodden carpet in a Lewisham flat, watchin…