If you have a blocked outside drain, then you will need to call our home emergency cover team to arrange for a drain doctor to come round to your property and give them a strong jetting and thorough clean. But most minor drain blockages can be repaired with very little effort using an outside drain…
Do you have standing water in your garden? This can be a major issue – insects and other pests can colonise standing water, leading to long-term pest control problems. Your lawn can turn into a muddy ditch should the problem not be dealt with quickly, and your property can become more susceptible to flooding. If…
Pipes should not normally make noise; domestic plumbing systems should be almost silent. However, a number of minor issues can lead to noisy pipes and noisy plumbing systems. You do not necessarily need to contact a plumber if your pipes are noisy; although the noise can be annoying, it probably does not indicate that there…
If your radiator is not heating up properly, identifying the source of the problem can be a challenge, but with a little time and a lot of patience, you may be able to get your central heating back on without making a claim on your cover. Are all the radiators cold? If all the radiators…
Bubbling noises from radiators are quite a common issue, but dealing with this problem does not necessarily require any specialist technical expertise, and you may be able to stop the annoying bubbling in a few minutes with the right tools. So if you have a noisy radiator and are hearing gurgling or bubbling noises, the…
It can be very stressful if you discover you have a leaking hot water cylinder. If you have some form of home emergency cover then now would be a good time to contact them to see if they can help! If not, then a local plumber or engineer should be able to come and replace…
You don’t need to call the plumbers in if your tap is leaking; with a couple of quid and a little patience (and by following this advice), you’ll know how to fix a dripping tap in no time. The following advice has been compiled by our plumbing and home emergency team and it should help…
There’s nothing amusing about a toilet that won’t stop running! If you’ve flushed the toilet once, but it’s been flushing continually since, you don’t need to panic – in almost all cases, you can fix this problem in just a few minutes and with no specialist skills at all. How to fix a toilet that…
If your toilet won’t flush, it’s enough to make most people feel down in the dumps. A home emergency cover service plan with 247 Home Rescue will see your plumbing system covered – we will respond to any incidents that result in the loss of water to your toilet facilities – but you might not even have…
A leaking toilet is unpleasant and may even be nauseatingly disgusting. Repairing a leaking toilet might be an unattractive task, but it’s not necessarily particularly complicated, and you may be able to fix your toilet without too much effort. Where is the toilet leaking from? Clear up any water from the floor with your least-favourite…
