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Thanks very much Rob. Sorted.

Thanks Rob. I should have said that I don't need the syphon/stop valve/lever/flush pipe, I just need the cistern, the bucket bit, bottom entry fill. This maybe makes it harder. Grateful for a link to a source.

I've searched online and asked locally but it seems that regulations related to water conservation mean getting your hands on a large concealed cistern is hard. I fully understand the water conservation issue but if you need to flush twice then you've used more anyway. Whilst 6 litres does it...

This door no longer runs well. It squeaks and jams. The wheels under the sliding panel/door are ok but the problem is the wood underneath the alu base is rotted. The track is no longer flat in either plane. Anyone taken on a job like this? I think I can remove the sliding door and fixed...

precise outside thread size is 1.025 inches. Judging by this article https://www.bestmaterials.com/PDF_Files/Pipe-sizes-threads.pdf it may be that a 3/4 inch connector will fit. Is that right? Also if its in a real swine of a tight spot is it possible/practical to use two connectors to give...

Just had my calipers measuring... 1 inch outside diameter, including threads, 3/4in inside diameter. Is that a 1 inch?

Seems to be a good supply of 22mm compression to 3/4inch threaded connnection flexi. Could I reduce the bath taps to 3/4 inch with some sort of reducer before dropping them into place? (Then the above mentioned flexi would work)

Thanks all for comments. Is there a flexi that connects 22mm copper to 1 inch bath taps? Seems hard to find, maybe doesn't exist. Getting a compression connection on the existing copper to a new set of taps is going to be hard.

I'm changing bath taps for a newer set. Having removed the plywood panel I find the piping is 22mm. The outer diameter of the bath taps is 1 inch. Awkward as hell to get to. Was, perhaps naively thinking it'd be a straightforward flexi job but can't see any flexis for 1 inch to 22mm. Do I...

Just for the sake of completeness here's the outcome, so far at least. I raised the manhole outside the street side of the house and observed the speed and volume of water passing out of the drain. It swooshed out immediately and with gusto from which I concluded no blockage. The leak was...

It's an entirely new velux, frame n'all. I don't what that skirt is made of but will get my parachute on and scramble out there after christmas. Thanks again for the advice.

Thanks Roy. Do you think that skirt around the velux will lift up ok and be able to be flattened back down again?

You may be able to see that the broken tile is in the middle below the recently replaced velux window. To remove it I'll need to peel up the skirt that's around the velux and lift the tile above in order to lift the broken one. Does anyone know if that skirt is flexible enough for me to be...

Thanks, was hoping to avoid two efforts at climbing out of that velux window which has a massive drop in front of it. Looks like two trips needed. Will stock up on the Kendal mint cake. Thanks for all the good contributions.

Another brilliant suggestion and thanks Bosswhite. I'll dig it out and flush like a madman.... Watch this space.

Manhole I think. The access door is a good spot but it just might be v messy!

Hugh, there's no sign of any blockage from two floors higher up where the bathroom waste to that stack originates. That doesn't however rule out a slow drain away situation and as Tony says there a clue here! The power of all this combined wisdom is great! How though to get this checked out...

Hmmmm. Tony that is a fine point. How the heck to check though? It's a down pipe at the back of the terraced house, which at ground level routes under the sub basement floor and out to the street/main sewer. Richard

Thanks Bosswhite, all sounds eminently sensible and do-able.

Grateful for any suggestions on fixing this leak in the join between two sections of cast iron soil pipe. I've read about hemp and tar and molten lead on this forum but more inclined for go for putty if folk think that'll do the job. There's a photo of the offending item attached. I hope.