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  1. R

    Sewage smell from Bathroom, no loo blockage though!

    Hello I have a mystery, my bathroom has a sewage smell appears to get far worse 5pm-9pm. I have plugged my bathroom/sink with plugs and its 100% coming from the toilet. Tried Lugi worlds best plunger, that air gun blaster and 50 buckets of hot water down the toilet for 2-3 days and no joy, the...
  2. B

    Kitchen and bathroom system legit or not?

    Where and how does the water supply work and is there only one rising main pipe and where is it usually located? I am top floor flat, mains fed supply and all 6 in the block have a shared rising main pipe (I think unless there is meant to be more than one). Kitchen: From the ground floor to...
  3. B

    second bathroom in attic query

    Hi everyone, I have a question about adding a second bathroom to a house. My parents house has one bathroom upstairs and the house is all mains fed the water tank was removed decades ago. They are converting the attic and will have a small bathroom with a toilet, basin and shower cubicle...
  4. higerboler

    How to replace the water pipes in bathroom?

    I have just moved into a flat and the water waste pipe from the flat above goes through our bathroom. And the water comes into room. I call the flat owner to say my problem but he don't interest him. I am there to find a talented plumber. Please reply me.
  5. G

    New bathroom tiling issue

    Hi all, this might have been asked many times before, so apologies. Just moved into a new housebuild and the bathroom tiling is not good! What would you say ix the largest gap to fill with silicone? It's obvious that the tiler has cust his tiles to short and it trying to hide this with...
  6. Anonymous99

    Bathroom renovation and I need to change my rad.

    I'm going to have my bathroom renovated and that includes changing my rusty old rad for a towel rail. I wanna cut down the costs as much as possible so there's things I want to do myself. In order to change the rad I'll have to turn off the lock shields then slowly drain the rad. The thing is...
  7. C

    Water Hammer after new bathroom installed

    Hi I've recently had a new bathroom installed. I've noticed when I flush the downstairs loo there was a hammer type noise under the bathroom floor when the cold feed for the loo turned off/ same with the washing machine. So I turned off the mains water supply. Opened the highest tap first...
  8. T

    The bathroom tap 300mm flexi is too short

    Hello I have had to adjust a sink hight by several mm. Now my bathroom basin 300mm flexi is a fraction too short. It does up but under tension. Is there a bush of some sort that I could use to extend by a few mm. Ideally 1cm or more. I’m thinking that a 500mm would have too much slack. Or would...
  9. S

    Various problems with bathroom - please help!

    So I bought my first flat recently (am in UK) and in a bit of a pickle as the bathroom has turned up lots of problems that weren't picked up by the survey. I have had loads of plumbers over, and have always carefully checked their reviews/tried to vet them as much as possible. However, I've had...
  10. L

    New Bathroom - Intermittent Sewage Smell

    Hi all, First post here so please be patient. We recently had our ensuite remodelled and were initially really happy with the result. However, there is now sometimes a smell of raw sewage which I have tracked to the back-to-wall toilet (it could have been the shower or the sink). It's not...
  11. gmartine

    18mm cement board for bathroom flooring?

    Third time I'll be doing this floor...first time was weatherproof TnG, 2nd was marine ply both of which were varnished and blew up because of a combination of flooding and careless use. Hardibacker is easy to get from sheds but only in 12 & 6mm which I could overlay. Any other recommendations?
  12. W

    Dead leg in bathroom

    I have a first floor flat that I am doing a refit in . The current wc is plumbed using 10mm jg. The bath is being replaced with an electric shower . There were originally 2 drain offs on vertical’s for the bath and one drain off on the 10mm vertical for the wc. All other pipe work is 15mm...
  13. @

    Cold water supply to a bathroom washbasin in a modern flat?

    I refer to modern purpose-built flats - built within the last 35 years, say. How common is it, in this type of accommodation, for the cold water supply to a bathroom washbasin to come indirectly through a cold water storage tank? Or is it far more common for the cold water supply to come...
  14. fango7

    Pipe fitting from bathroom sink

    Hi all, Bit of advice needed. Waste water pipe from bathroom sink came loose last night caused some water damage to ceiling below. My question is the brown pipe seems to have came loose, but seems to have just been pushed into thread above.There is nothing holding it in place, is this...
  15. J

    Old pipework size in bathroom

    Hi I've had to cut hot and cold feed to re route for bathroom feeds. The 22mm Copper pipe hot feed is slightly smaller then my 22mm Copper. Solder fittings just slip over it and are really loose so I gather this is old imperial pipe, so I shall use a 3/4 to 22mm coupler. However on the...
  16. @

    The cold water supply to kitchen sinks and bathroom washbasins

    For residential housing, what are the current regulations and/or recommended/standard practices regarding the supply of cold water to the taps on kitchen sinks and bathroom washbasins? Must the supply come directly from the mains or can it come from the cold water storage tank? Or is the...
  17. A

    Basement bathroom plumbing question/concern

    Hi, Im a DIY Plumber Im working on moving my plumbing in my basement to the other side of the soon-to-be bathroom. I've busted up the concrete and replumbed all the fixtures and was about to close it up and starting having anxiety that I did it wrong. Hoping someone can help me know whether my...
  18. M

    Council bathroom fitting

    Anyone worked for the council installing bathrooms/kitchens possible adaptations?
  19. JMVIllot

    Why does my bathroom smell like sewage?

    We’ve got a bathroom in a 3 year old loft conversion. Pretty much the first time warmer weather rolled around a few months after it was done, I started to notice a bad smell in there – somewhat sewage-like, but different from ‘recently used toilet’ smell. This cycle has repeated each year: cold...
  20. S

    Bathroom sink blocked!

    Our bathroom sink is completely blocked due to my silly teenage son messing about with a condom (to make a water balloon) and it going down the sink. Mr Muscle didn’t work so someone we know has tried a bottle of sulphuric acid (the trade only stuff). It’s been about 30 minutes and it’s still...
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