drain

hi all, im looking to redesign my front garden bed but before doing so i want to prep the area and plan ahead. as you can see there is soil all the way up to the wall of my house. I am hoping to put a thin gravel border surrounding the brick wall to come between the wall and the rest of the bed...

For the past few months we have had a bad smell in the corner of my son's downstairs playroom, seemingly coming from under the floor. The room next door to it is our kitchen, and the smell seems to come and go, but most prevalent when we run the sink tap for a while. We have 3 manholes on our...

Hi all. I'm a new member and would really appreciate some advice. We moved into a new (to us) house and the ensuite shower trap was slow to drain but usable. It's a low profile one (see photo) and we can't get access to put a rod down and a plunger doesn't work. We've tried every type of...

I wish to drain a pressurised central heating system, but I don't have a drain off point. I wondered what the best way to empty the system is? Cheers

What can I do about my flat roof terrace ponding. The guys who installed it created the sloped roof using firrings. However when it came to the drain they put another circular piece of torch on roof felt around the drain and into it. This has created a little mound where the drain is and it...

its been recommended by a pest control company that I fit a Metex Nordisk TX11 rodent stainless steel drain blocker. We have had an issue where the flexipipe connecting the toilet to the drain has been gnawed. They are charging £300 to supply and fit. Has anyone used this drain blocker? It...

The shower cubicle (Shower tray and door) was removed from one of my bathrooms, leaving a tiled closet with a functioning tap and a drain pipe at floor level. The washing machine was moved into this space from the kitchen, water was fed from the shower tap to the washing machine, and the washing...

Hi, I plan to drain radiators again in order to facilitate switching out a leaking brass auto air vent. I have some old Fernox biocide which was needed after a previous fungal bloom in the expansion tank. Just curious if these have an expiry, assume best to buy a fresh bottle. Plan to add Fernox...

I want to to ask if there are potentially problems here that could cause damp. There are spouts of water hitting the missing mortar. There is also splashback from the dripping gutters, which were previously blocked and over flowing for months. Many thanks for advice

I can’t afford a plumber so i have done my share of plumbing repairs but I am stumped. When I run water in upstairs bathroom sink or Tub/shower, water leaks through to ceiling below. I can flush toilet between them and no leak. I have looked in access panel and tub drain and back flow and...

I can’t afford a plumber so i have done my share of plumbing repairs but I am stumped. When I run water in upstairs bathroom sink or Tub/shower, water leaks through to ceiling below. I can flush toilet between them and no leak. I have looked in access panel and tub drain and back flow and...

Shower water going into the shower drain is pouring through overflow pipe outside at high level. Assuming it’s blocked down the line somewhere ? What’s the best fix ?

I am planning to change the layout of my small kitchen from a U shape, to a two sides galley with two straight runs in each side. The sink currently sits under the window at the end of the room in the U which I wish to get rid of. I’d like to move it to sit on the interior wall of the room...

We have a stubborn plumbing issue that multiple people have been out to address but can’t seem to fix. We had our bathroom redone in March by a less than competent builder and have pretty much always had issues. We have two basins, a bath tub, a separate shower and a washing machine connected...

Hi all. I need to replace a radiator in the kitchen, the 10mm copper has split so using this opertunaty to replace it with a towel one and also need to remove both valves and make the pipes shorter. Its a gravity fed system and the last radiator in the system , I have a bung kit, i know i can...

My soil pipe on the downstairs toilet seems to be partially blocked. Now I know it can be rodded but I was thinking of another way. With the toilet removed and exposing the soil pipe I was thinking of making a reducer to fit over the 4 inch pipe down to a garden hose pipe size and then turn the...

Hi , I have installed a soakway but due to heavy clay, it drains extremely slowly. Building control advised to install overflow just to the ditch at the side of the road for any excess to drain into. (as it is only rainwater) The land drains (old porus red pipes )that run across our land...

Hi guys, Digging a soakaway, initially dug to 2.5 meters deep - but after a month of testing it was not draining at all. Clay layer seems to go on forever, we have a hilly field to the side of the soakaway - theres lots of red clay very old land drain pipes which run across our property a...

Hello! I live in a 1918 terrace. I've had the downstairs bathroom moved to the front of the house upstairs with separate sewage and grey water pipes. The back extension will be a kitchen with a sink, washing machine and dishwasher. There's a downstairs toilet that flows into a cesspit that's...

Hello guys, Recently bought a new property, allegedly the system has been serviced regulary, performance states otherwise I have a central heating system running an ideal combi boiler. There are 2 cold rads that don't ever get properly hot. that I know have sludge in them as when you bleed...