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Ok, so he didn't know this yesterday and did what he could from inside the house..... So on Monday do I suggest he goes in her garden first thing and try that first? IF that doesn't work, is jetting from inside the house a possible solution? Thanks so much for your help mate.

In their defence, the gormless woman next door had told me last week that she didn't have a drain cover either, so to my knowledge the only access was FOUR doors away, and that's what he was going by, right up until the point (when they were leaving) that the gormless woman came out and...

Oh no, that's not good news. I did suggest yesterday he look in neighbour's drain, but they were done for the afternoon and talking about this jet thing on Monday. What should I ask him to do when he returns? Is there any way I can do this myself, if I venture in next doors drain? Bear...

Good morning folks. This follows on from my question the other week, as we have a blockage somewhere in the drains, mostly affecting the downstairs loo, which bubbles and fills up if we drain the bath, and doesn't flush properly itself (fills up and slowly drains). Our house is the end one...

Tony Thanks. The houses are only about ten years old. The homeowners are responsible until the drains reach the road, and I think it's just my house affected as next door report no problems at all.

Hi folks. I live in the last house of a row of four terraced houses that share a drain down to the main drain in the road, ie. we're furthest from the road. The only manhole cover I can find is in the front garden of the first house, ie. the one nearest the road. Would that be normal...

Right you are, thank you.

I've got gravel out the front so I assumed there wasn't a manhole... now I think about it, when my neighbours took the turf up to gravel theirs, there was a manhole cover, so I might have one after all. I'll try the bottle of clever stuff I've bought, plunge it some more, and hope for the...

Ok ok, calm down.... I was in a panic, in fact I still am. Plumbers don't understand this 'cos you don't worry about complicated tasks or big bills, unlike the rest of us!

Is there anybody there??? :shock:

Morning. When the bath drains, or the upstairs wc is flushed, this causes the water in the downstairs wc to bubble. The downstairs wc also does not drain properly when it is flushed; the bowl fills with water and drains slowly. Is this a blocked drain outside? If so, I take it we need...

No problem, I've rung him and said no thanks 'cos we want a Corgi chap. Why do I feel guilty?! i should have checked with him first I guess Thank you all for prompt advice, you're stars.

Now I'm confused. Use him or ring him quick before he buys the pump?

Thank you, that's fine then. Cheers.

Plumber reckons I need new pump in my Worcester combi boiler. I asked if he's Corgi and he said no, but tells me that's ok if he just does the water, not the gas side of it. And the pump is water so he's all right... Is he telling me the truth? Thanks guys. :?