Recent content by suzette

thanks again, Suzette

Hi Chris: You have described my problem exactly, and your idea of the smoke does not seem all that eccentric at all, but now you have to explain a few things to me because as far as plumbing is concerned I know as much as the average housewife (although keen to learn) firstly I should have...

Thanks Paul I understand, just wanted to add I reckon in the UK siphons on the floor were never in fashion because houses are build say with bricks on the outside and internal walls and floors made of plasterboards, so it isn't common to tile floor in bathrooms as they are likely to get broken...

i understand about the one way valve, and I don't know wether there is a soil stack open to atmosphere at the above the highest window, I presume so but this is a 1970 house in France so don't know It is normal for rooms to have siphons on floors for cleaning, recently it has become...

I am not a professional so I don't know the exact terms, each room has on the floor a siphon were say if you were cleaning the floor by poouring water with a buckect It would go away through it, I can replace the traps I can see to ensure that the smells stop, but the point is that because the...

Have bad smell coming from the basement from the waste(siphon) in the washing room and bathroom, that can be solved with a waste trap that has small reservoir for water, but have got another room where tiles have been installed, perhaps over the waste. How can I find the waste I have no plans...