Is Plumber’s Putty Toxic? Safety Precautions to Consider
“Oi, Kevin, this stuff smells like my old Airfix glue—are you sure it’s safe for the kids’ bathroom?” The customer’s nose wrinkled as I cracked open a fres…
Safety
The Benefits of Using Stain-Free Plumber’s Putty
“No, no, no—put the rag down!” I shouted across the showroom kitchen at the DIY superstore. A young couple were frantically scrubbing the brand-new composi…
Residential Water Pressure Standards: What You Need to Know
The shower curtain clung to my leg like wet tissue paper—not from steam, but from silence. No rush. No roar. Just a trickle, slow and stubborn, as if the w…
The Ultimate Guide to Toilet Types: One-Piece vs Two-Piece
I’m crouched on a 1970s avocado-green bathroom floor in Crouch End, torch between my teeth, trying to rock a one-piece toilet sideways so the wax seal will…
Troubleshooting Common Toilet Problems: A DIY Guide
Twenty-seven drips per minute. That’s what I heard when I opened the bathroom door at 3 a.m. in a semi-detached in Bury. Not a leak. Not a faulty valve. Th…
The Ultimate Guide to Toilet Installation: A Step-by-Step Guide
Twenty-three millimetres—that’s the exact gap I stared at last Tuesday when a brand-new Vitra S50 pan refused to sit flush against a newly tiled wall in a …
The Ultimate Guide to Installing a Washing Machine
Three hours into what should have been a 45-minute job, I was lying on my stomach in a Belfast kitchen, arm buried behind a Zanussi ZWC1301, fishing out th…
What is Plumber’s Putty: A Comprehensive Guide
The sink leaked for 11 days before I noticed the drip. Not because it was quiet—because it wasn’t. Every 3.7 seconds, a single drop hit the porcelain basin…
The Ultimate Guide to Utility Sinks in Kitchens
Twenty-seven centimetres. That’s the exact width of the gap between the dishwasher and the back door in my old flat in Bristol—a space so narrow it swallow…
Vaillant Boiler Heating Issues: Troubleshooting Guide
Twenty-seven drips per minute. That’s how fast the tap in Mrs. Ellis’s kitchen was leaking when I arrived—cold water, mind you, despite the radiators hummi…