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"A Fix with Sontarans" is a specially written Doctor Who segment produced for the BBC children's programme Jim'll Fix It featuring Colin Baker in character as the Sixth Doctor. It was broadcast on 23 February 1985.

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  1. G

    Grohe cistern, fix or replace?

    Onto my 2nd loo that’s currently turned off as it’s constantly flowing into the pan. Grohe concealed but with no flush plate. Flush panel removed. I attempted to pull out the flush valve to source a replacement but the stupid previous owner put the countertop on too low down and it won’t come...
  2. as2421

    Dripping taps - easy fix or a more complex issue at play?

    Hi to all, Seeking your advice here - a very long back story to get you well informed: I am a complete DIY and plumbing novice with very little knowledge or aptitude, located in Australia. We have a small two-storey home, with a bathroom on each level. The house is about 80 years old while the...
  3. M

    Trying to fix leaky tap. Screws absent, so confused!?!?

    I’m trying to fix a leaking tap in my kitchen. I’ve located where the grub screw should be but it’s just an empty hole. I’m looking at it with a mirror and I can see the screw rails on the inside of the hole and at the bottom of the hole a little copper dot. I’m in a new build and this is the...
  4. L

    First fix pipe size?

    Hi, I'm about to pipe up my upstairs cold water to sinks and showers. It's a large 4 bed house, stopcock in the kitchen, middle of house outside wall, presently with 25mm pipe into a tap for building water. So upstairs sinks and showers are piped with tails hanging down in 15mm JG speedfit...
  5. J

    Shower mixer failure - replace or fix?

    On bad advice our builder installed a no brand/cheap built in shower mixer in our new bathroom 5 years ago. It has stopped working - and the water is almost impossible to adjust to the right temperature - and changes temp when other taps in the house are turned on/off. We have been told that...
  6. B

    URGENT How can I fix a banging noise in CH system- 14 years new drayton and sunvic valves -sealed system?

    This started last night at 11.25 and has me completely flummoxed. A banging noise that is hard to track down. When I'm in Bathrooom that has airing cupboard it seems to come from hallway when in hallway it seems for come from cupboard. The system is a grant boiler in an outside house, purpose...
  7. W

    Bath not draining thru macerator. Need a fix

    Hi, we have a bath that has been connected through a macerator and won't fully drain. Macerator is a Stuart Turner WC4C. It has been plumbed so that the sink and bath pipes go into a single connector on the macerator. WC on the other side. Bath drains most of the way then we are left with a few...
  8. Reddwarf4ever

    Fix for poorly installed shower control or good replacement

    Hi Many years ago a builder installed my Gainsborough ambassador shower https://www.gainsboroughshowers.co.uk/parts-store/Gainsborough-Showers/Gainsborough-Ambassador-Concealed/ unfortunately it was installed too far into the wall, maybe 2-3mm, consequently the temperature control arm found on...
  9. W

    I have a cracked 1.5" pipe elbow going into a 4" main drain under basement floor. How do I fix this?

    Hey guys My wife noticed water on the floor in our basement. What I can see is that the elbow is cracked where a 1.5" down pipe enters a 4" pipe that goes beneath the basement concrete floor. My thought is that I have to break up some concrete to replace the 4" pipe/clean out and reattached...
  10. M

    Half diagnosed problem, how to fix and what info to give a pro Plumber

    Like many people I have one of the dreaded pulsing showers once it is switched off. I read many posts here and elsewhere on the internet and came to the conclusion mine could be due to incorrect installation and or air trapped in the system. So diagnosing, my shower is a mixer with a thermostat...
  11. R

    How to fix Hot water but no Heating

    Hi All Seems I have hot water but no heating. I seem to have a two pump system. The green pump (high left) throbs gently but the red one (low right) does not vibrate at all. Pipe at the top of the red pump is very hot, pipe at the bottom merely hot so I presume the red pump does the heating (how...
  12. A

    Will an external thermostat allow me to set two different temperature for water/heating?

    Hello team, first of all, I apologise if this isn't the right section of the forum to ask, if so, please dear moderator, move the thread! I am here to ask help as I just moved in a new house where I have a boiler that doesn't allow me to specify the temperature for water or for the heating but...
  13. C

    Pneumatic push button flush not working, how to fix it?

    Hi all I've got an inbuilt pneaumatic push button cistern (came with the house) and the full flush is not working. The half flush works but isn't great. When I take off the cover plate I can unscrew the 'thing' from the cover plate and when I manually use my finger to push in the plunger...
  14. M

    How To Fix Spout To Shower Head Switch?

    Hi All, Been doing a bit of self-fixing recently and got stuck on this repair. What should I be expecting and how do I go about fixing the switch? As you can see in the pictures the pull handle just came out completely. Thanks.
  15. L

    Could somebody tell me what this part is and how to fix it?

    The toilet flush button on our toilet has stopped working. We tried to fix it and a piece that the button screws into has come off and fallen down the pipe - the toilet will still flush using the internal mechanism but we can't get the button to work. I believe we may need to replace the filler...
  16. F

    Can a dripping tap be too old to fix

    I have an old cast iron bath, the kind with feet, and old taps attached, one of which is dripping. I’m not sure how old it is but it was there when I bought the flat 20 years ago and I imagine it’s at least 40-60 years old as the flat doesn’t look like it’s had any work done since then, and the...
  17. D

    How to set up 1st fix incoming cold water supply

    Renovating an older property with good water pressure. Proposing combi on 1st floor, but am not sure if it should be 1st take-off... If it were to be it would mean doubling back pipework to kitchen and then back upstairs to service sinks etc.. Then there is the electric shower supply... Any...
  18. G

    Fix Triton T80 shower - temperature control

    We have a Triton T80 shower. When anyone runs more water in the house - such as flush WC - the temperature in the shower shoots up and is extremly hot - compared to the setting. There must be a temperature sensor/thermostat that controls temperature. This is obiously faulty. So when pressure...
  19. A

    Plastic kitchen drain pipe needs to fix into ceramic soil pipe, nr Redruth Cornwall UK

    My kitchen waste pipe discharges into a pipe going to my soakaway. It has now unsurprisingly become blocked (about 6 m from the drain). The soil pipe from the toilet to my septic tank passes underground about 1 m away from the end of the kitchen waste pipe with a good enough slope for the...
  20. S

    New combi fitted, how to fix noisy pipes

    changed from a gravity feed boiler system to a combi boiler and had problems with noisy pipes? About 4 weeks ago now had a new combi boiler installed, and from day 1 had noises from the heating pipes even though not on. Thought I was just up grading to a more modern space saving cost efficient...
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