Recent content by wlmartin

A big thanks to all who assisted me. This afternoon I (feeling quite frustrated and a little deflated by the situation) visited homebase and bought 1 x All Purpose Hosepipe Connector (Warning, these are a pain to deal with, because the tap isnt a standard type you have to have the right...

I know it shouldnt, we are going to replace the ballcock/cistern flush thing whilst we fix this, as for some reason it was filling up for no reason constantly unless we weighted a specific amount of coins on the float.

So in my picture where there is something connected to the toilet and something connected to the external soil pipe, are both of these called "Pan Connectors?" (and for some reason the people who installed this toilet before us have decided to join 2 of them together very poorely?) If that is...

Something that I have thought of that again seems silly question Is a toilet supposed to be connected in this fashion? It has a pipe from outside, some kind of connector and then another connector (which I have been calling the collar or the cuff) connecting to the toilet. What I am...

Adrian, thanks for the help so far Toolstation is a bit far from us, so i was thinking a bit closer say a wickes or screwfix http://www.wickes.co.uk/Soil-Pan-Connector/invt/431972 This seems to be similar to what you suggested. It is my hope that all we need to do is a) Connect the...

I was thinking about getting something like http://www.wickes.co.uk/Flexible-Pan-Connector/invt/431577?source=123_4 To connect between the cuff and the outside pipe This should work right? (thanks for all the advice you all, this has gone from being a disaster to something that we may be...

You think that the toilet could be draining into the pan when overflowing and since it is a trickle, slowly building up an icy blockage in the pipe? I hadnt thought of it being that, just shows that leaving a problem to go on longer than needed can only come back to bite you in the bum later!

Adrian80, Thanks for the advice... call me a complete n00b but how can a pipe like this re-seal itself?

The pipe looks like My plan is to hot-water-hose the outside of the pipe and if that fails stick it straight down the stack. This seems like it should work well enough... This leads me onto the other problem - the leaking joint I am unsure of a few things 1 : Is this pipe...

Ah this sounds like a good idea... and something I was thinking of myself. So just soak the outside of the pipe with the hose. It sounds like you might have done this before... any idea how long it takes?

Q : few kettles of boiling water down the pan? A : The missus suggested that and since I am out of other sane options that seems an idea to try, my concern is that if I have a 50 litre pipe (just for arguments sake) with say a 10 litre of pure ice, above that is 30 litres of cold water and...

I have a bit of a story to tell.... if anyone can offer some advise I would greatly appreciate all input! I flushed my toilet this afternoon before soon realizing that it was blocked. Anytime a toilet usually gets blocked in our house, as we have no kids it is down to excess toilet...