Recent content by richw

There's no way to join the plastic without using compression or push-fit fittings. So you're a bit stuck, unless they replace it all with soldered copper. My kitchen was recently gutted and re-plumbed (new boiler, in new location). The kitchen was partly timber floor, partly concrete. The...

Back in 2012-ish, I replaced a failing Biasi combination boiler with an Intergas 36/30 with weather comp sensor. After much faffing about with the curve settings and observing the differences in behaviour, I concluded it was a bit pointless in my situation. I had largely old (1970s) radiators...

Yes! When I was a teenager, people would ask me for computer help, and that was generally bothersome, so I quickly learned to say 'no'. I offered with this because they had rang a few people and I got the impression they were not interested (I appreciate that, on paper, it's a small job with...

I did stick some old 2.5mm T&E cable down there, as a bit of a home-brew scraper! I used to have a cheap Chinese endoscope camera, but I think it will only work on my old phone. Grr...

I did manage to slowly pour water down the overflow and see it come down the waste shaft, via the slot. Before I knew about slots and integrated overflows, I was wondering how it worked. I didn't have the waste aligned with the overflow at first (the instructions don't tell you!) so when I...

I have given up. I put a hose down the drain and slowly poured water down. No problem. Connect up either bottle trap and stick plenty of water down, and it just fails to flow. If I hold the bottle traps under the bath tap, they both fill and flow out as expected. Unfortunately, the in laws...

I am on site. The drain pipework looks ok, and I tried sticking a bottle brush in. I connected the trap directly to it, no basin waste involved, and once the trap fills, it doesn't drain away. The same with the old bottle trap. I am starting to think there is a blockage, but how can this...

Not yet - I'nn going to head over soon. I already went to TS and got a couple of basin mates, just so I can avoid faffing about with maite or silicone. Annoyingly, I forgot to get some solvent weld pipe and fittings, as I may have to break that apart to inspect/clean. Why is it always the way...

Funnily enough, I did think that maybe I'd obscured the slot (my first attempt I didn't realise the slot was a thing - I've not done a basin before!) but part of my second attempt was checking it was all clear and lined up correctly. I'd had the idea that if the overflow couldn't allow air in...

They only said 'slow', not 'holds even a tiny amount for many minutes', which is what I'm seeing. Even the tiniest little bit, just beyond the plug hole, will just sit there. It's bonkers.

The waste pipe is fine, I assumed, because it was all fine before I started, although they said it could be slow to drain (no surprise: I cleared out loads of black gunge from the trap and where that joins to the waste pipe. I wish I'd connected only the bottle trap (forgetting the waste and...

Yes, if I just let the waste flow into a bucket, it works. But that's not ideal. :). I have also poured water directly into the basin overflow and know it flows through the slot into the waste pipework. I started doubting the trap, so I stuck it under the bath tap for a while - it isn't...

Sorry, I didn't take a pic. It is all basically the same stuff in principle. Old waste was identical, but a touch shorter, and needed the rod mechanism. My in-laws bought a replacement tap from a merchant, and were told it is essentially the new version of the one they had (looking at them...

Sorry, I meant the bottle trap! If I start unscrewing that, then it seems to 'breath', and the basin drains (mainly down the drain, and slightly out the side of the trap!).

Hi all, I've spent a few hours on this, to no avail, and it's driving me crazy. Suggestions welcome. My in-laws bathroom basin mixer failed (broke apart). It was a Bristan mixer with a rod/lever waste and bottle trap, installed almost 20 years ago by bathroom fitters. They bought a new one...