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A few full sinks with hot water and bleach and that will flush the trap. As the other 2 chaps have mentioned, it tends to be the overflow that catches detritus over time and that ends up with the occasional smell as it rarely gets flushed clean. Running the sink up with hot water and a bit of...

Measure the height of the centre on the outflow pipe at the wall and see if you can get a pan with the spigot at least at that height, if it isn't overly high.

Pick a brown - any brown Fook me - wouldn't want to come across that as the last job of the day - :LOL:

Certainly consider, if it is a combi, for the bath taps to be changed to a shower mixer. That can be a pretty straightforward and quick change for what is there already. Usually a far better shower too.

+1, I'm sure if there was to be an issue it would have reared it's head by now. HEP are a nightmare when it comes to the demounting and the fitting grabbing the inserts, it seems to come down to the way the insert is made and the open back of the top of the insert catches on the grab ring of...

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Almost looks like an NRV but the spring looks a bit mighty for that, either that or it may be like a click stop, have the controls changed their action at all?

Or one or 2 hooked screwdrivers should do it too. Some of the flush fitting McAlpine chromed brass wastes do get very tight - They did come with a hook tool as is referenced in your diag You can buy them - tho a quick call to McAlpine may sort it out, they're usually pretty good.

Or get a soil pipe boss adapter with a waste pipe blank end

Completely Understand- the thing is though, wooden batons are more than acceptable for this application and are usually very effective. The main problem it seems is the bath simply hasn't been installed properly and it's leaking past the compromised wall seal, that's what needs to be fixed...

Then the frame/batons haven't been installed properly. The whole point of batons along the wall edges and a frame/support at the open ends is to minimise the movement in the bath. If it is moving to the point that the seal is going then the woodwork isn't doing its job properly. If the...

Absolutely M8 - Apols if you thought I was poo poo'ing your suggestion, I wasn't saying that it shouldn't be used. I just find it sticky, nasty stuff and find it a mare when coming across it, I just prefer using other stuff. I do agree that too much silicone can be a mare too though.

Either slotted or non slotted as the seal would always be @ the lowest point underneath. Think about a slotted waste in reverse, when the water is draining down the waste it could always run out of the slots, so the lowest seal @ the big nut needs to be watertight. The seal in the basin stops...

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There will be 2 nuts there - the chrome one that's on the end of the flexi that connects the water to the fill valve shank and the plastic one above it that tightens the fill valve into the cistern. One stops the water dripping out of the cistern, the other stops the mains water heading into the...

Yes and no - gravity supplies can be a bit fickle and the pressure/flow through the pipework can be affected over time. It may be dropping to the point where the shower wont run and when the full flow tap in the bathroom is runs that increases the flow enough to allow the shower to kick in. Of...

I'd certainly be looking to rule that one out - If the cold on the bath in the other bathroom affects it. In a lot of cases where there is a cold cistern then invariably it feeds the main bathroom, if the main bathroom cold then affects the shower then it's wouldn't be too big a leap to think it...

Yeah, that's the danger isn't it I guess, could cause some real dodgy situations

You'd think I'd know better after being here for so long but sometimes you don't expect it from some ...... ah well, moving on swiftly.

Calm down - :ROFLMAO: like I let this place get me agitated after contributing here for so long and still here. I'm simply replying to baseless assumptions, which unfortunately some on this forum cant help making sometimes. I'm afraid you can't get any more personal when making a comment like...