Water Saving Hosepipe Bans in August 2026: What You Can (and Can't) Do in the Garden, and the Water-Saving Jobs Worth Doing Now Hosepipe restrictions are back in parts of the UK this summer. Here's exactly what a Temporary Use Ban covers, what's still allowed, and the water-butt, greywater and drought-planting jobs worth doing now.
Plumbing How to Fix a Dripping Tap: Replacing Washers and Cartridges A tap that drips once a second loses roughly 5,500 litres of water a year — enough to fill a small paddling pool every fortnight, and on a metered supply that is money running straight down the plughole. Most people put up with it for months because they assume a
Garden How to Set Up a Water Butt and Beat a Summer Hosepipe Ban: The Weekend Job to Do Now A water butt pays for itself in one dry summer. Here is how to size it, fit a downpipe diverter in a morning, and keep the water clean enough for the garden.
Plumbing How to Replace a Toilet Cistern: Tools, Parts and Avoiding Leaks A practical UK DIY walkthrough for swapping a tired toilet cistern, with the exact tools, parts and leak-prevention tricks the trade actually uses.
Plumbing How to Fix a Running Toilet in Under an Hour A running toilet is one of those household problems that people tend to ignore because it seems minor. It is not. A toilet that runs continuously can waste anywhere from 200 to 400 litres of water per day — that is enough to fill a bath twice. Over a year, that
