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Sorry to hear this Den, hope everything goes well for you. :hugs:


I've got dentist this AM :erm:

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@den, @Tinky. Best of luck guys.


My Moan: I thought I'd fixed the leak in my rainwater butt and was going to have lots of nice rainwater for my plants. Turns out my fix has been split off by the pressure and no water. :(

I'll have to try and put a patch on the inside, trouble is to get to the leak I have to get right inside the butt. Hope I don't get stuck. :erm:

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:disturbd: I'm trying so hard not to say something naughty :disturbd:

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Oh gosh, did I really, innocently say that? :dunce:

Rummaged around and found a tub of "plumbers mait" non-setting mastic. A good dollup on the inside over the crack and perhaps a reinforing piece of cloth spread with the same might do the job.

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Talking about leaks I have discovered a small one underneath my bathroom sink, problem is it is attached to a unit, does not seem to be anything lose, worried sick about it, incase we have to renew the whole unit,

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There's only one thing i can think of that will fix the problem .

















a new water barrel ;)

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I'm giving a repair another shot: Cut a circle of HD polythene, spread the mastic over it and then with a couple of made up tools have fitted it inside over the crack and rollered it down with a small wallpaper joint roller taped on the end of a stout cane. The mastic has completely covered the polythene to the edges. Looks like it might do the job.

If it still leaks then it's a new one. :(

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Looking at it again I discovered that the rubber seal is broken, so hopefully that can be replaced. Thanks hero. ;)

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1 mile from work this morning and the heavens opened and its was stair rod rain, on max my wipers weren't catching up.

Got to work and as usual it floodedin 3 areas.

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New chair delivered yesterday after the obligatory 3 month wait after ordering it. Footstool brought in. Delivery man goes to assemble rest of chair. Comes back into house and removes footstool. Chair has been found to be heavily damaged when carton is opened.

Now waiting for news on how long replacement will take to come.

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Even if you can't get a new rubber seal the non-setting mastic that I mentioned can be used to gum up the joint and stop a leak. Its designed for use on the joint at the rear of the toilet or rainwater pipes.

The stuff I have is in a small tub but it probably also comes in one of those tubes that you put in a "gun".

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Thanks for your help. ;)

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Had that a couple of occasions - time to pull over and wait for it to stop/ease.

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Thinking of you den :hugs:

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Just got back home after being discharged from hospital and their probable diagnosis for the excruciating back , hip and abdominal pain which l had for nearly a week was that my Spinal stenosis had got worse thus l to see the specialist again as soon as they can arrange it.

For the meanwhile they are putting me on a controlled pain drug.

Thank you everybody for all your kind wishes.