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    Communal Stack Overflow

    All sorted. Plumber has just fitted a one-way valve. It works perfectly.
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    Communal Stack Overflow

    It's a leasehold flat where the council own the lease. The council are legally responsible for maintaining the communal pipes, but they say there is no blockage (beacuse it cleared itself), so there is nothing to do. They should be cleaning the stack regularly, but they don't. I've spent the...
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    Communal Stack Overflow

    Bahco, how do you suggest I sort the drains if the council refuse to do it?
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    Communal Stack Overflow

    I forgot to add that water not draining away isn't a problem as I can just switch appliance off if this happens. If I don't have a valve, then ALL the waste water will flow into my flat, which is much worse, as I don't have any way of stopping it.
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    Communal Stack Overflow

    Is there any particular type of valve that you could suggest? Would any plumber be able to fit one?
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    Communal Stack Overflow

    Cleaning pipes would be great, but council have refused to clean them. I'm still trying to persuade them, but I don't hold out much hope. They don't carry out any maintenmace that they are supposed to, so apart from a court case, I don't see how I can persuade them. I need the valve solution to...
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    Communal Stack Overflow

    I live on the 2nd floor of a 6 storey block of flats. My sink, washing machine and dishwasher drain into a shared stack. A few weeks ago, the stack became blocked and the waste water leaked into my kitchen (via open washing machine drainage pipe) causing considerable damage. The blockage...
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