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I've just fitted a new 'bowl' type basin (i.e. with no overflow) and a chrome bottle trap (as under the basin is exposed I wanted it to look nice). Connected everything ok but the basin is very slow draining. Could this be because of the bottle trap? Should I replace with an S-trap? Or...

2 words: Bad neighbours. I'd have to go onto my downstairs neighbours' 'half' of the back yard to put a ladder up to where the vent comes out and they won't let me(!).

As part of a bathroom refit I want to install a Zone 1 rated extractor fan. There is a convenient hole in the wall out to an existing airbrick. If I install the extractor fan into this exisiting hole how would I attach it to the inside of the airbrick to ensure that the condensation doesn't...

That's really helpful. Thank you.

Is it best to fix it before tiling or tile and then fix it by drilling through the tiles? If I do it after tiling would the weight of it be likely to crack teh surrounding tiles or would the weight distribution mean that wouldn't be an issue? Thanks

I have a heavy (25kg) bath screen to fit over the bath but it's being attached to a partition wall (stud). What is the best way to fix it? I was thinking of bolting some battening on the studs and fixing the screen into that (as I have to replace some crumbling plasterboard with aquapanel...

I've had to saw through the pipe to lift out an old shower tray as the previous owner had gummed up the joints with mastic and allsorts of c*@p. As I'm replacing the shower with one over the bath what do I do with the rest of the waste pipe? Thanks

Once I've disconnected the electric cable and made safe how do I disconnect the water supply to the defunct shower unit so I can remove it? How do I seal the pipes securely? (The wall where the shower unit was located is going to be plasterboarded so the pipes will be hidden.) Thanks

I have an old (and not working!) electric shower which I'm replacing with a bath/shower mixer so I just want to disconnect the old defunct shower. How do I do this safely? I'll need to disconnect the water and the electric supply so I'm not sure if I should be posting in a plumbing forum too...