On my last visit to England I bought lots of plumbing associated stuff (not pipes or fittings as the sizes are different). As a beginner to plumbing I came back armed with lots of stuff. B&Q were selling tubs of "plumbers mate". I had absolutely no idea what it was used for but bought some anyway because I'd heard the stuff mentioned on this forum!
Anyway. Today came time to fit the new toilet. However, since taking out the old one the Mrs had laid tiles in the bathroom. This meant the toilet was now too high to fit the existing soil pipe. Plumbers mate to the rescue - I cut a bit off the new sleeve and pushed that in between the toilet and soil pipe and packed it out with plumbers mate. Job looks like a gud'un Thank you folks!
However, I've still not found a use for the basin wrench I bought. It looks useful for something though. I didn't seem to need it when installing the new wash basin yesterday.