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London Mike,many thanks for that link,at face value it certainly looks that it is indeed possible to do what I was asking about,I shall certainly be looking at it in more detail now."even" if one of those ideas last's just 4/5 yrs,for the cost of the materials involved it will be no big problem...

hi people,my daughter has just moved into her first home (single mother 2 children) and money is very tight,attached to her home is a single garage which she would like to use as a dining room(the floor is block paving)...she has been told she would need to install a damproof course (which i...

Hi,yes...checked the tanks...and also along the underneaths of the overflow pipes...bone dry. ....there definately is no leak(I can see) in the loft as the problem is happening above any of the pipework in the loft....if I did not know better I would say the drips are coming from the actual roof...

That's an option....will try it later....cheers.

Hi guys,I recently noticed several drips in different places along my fascia boards running down the boards from the top behind the guttering(dripping onto conservatory roof)...the drips are coming from the top of fascia board in several places along it, as a guide they start above the two...

Hi,thanks....I've never heard of Masonry screws but having a quick read on them they seem to be the type of thing I am looking for....cheers

Hi, that was my thoughts too BUT as I am not a lover of heights and didn't fancy using a drill up the ladder I thought maybe I could pop up the ladder with a cpl of masonry nails and bang them in quickly ...that's why I thought there may be some kind of heavy duty type nail that was more...

Here are some pics....arrows show the unfixed (loose) area. cheers.

hi guys,with all this wind lately one of the mock Tudor beams has become lose at the top front of my house,it is not dangerous but it vibrates in strong winds and can be heard and felt throughout the house.i have looked to fix it but not sure how as it seems the beams have been fitted using...

Hi guys...having tried most everything mentioned (many thanks for the help/advice) we had to finally get in a drainage company....firstly they tried to snake the pipe but that was no good at all...then they used a power jet....IT WORKED !...no more gurgling pipes...so just wanted to update you...

Many thanks again,will do

Madrab, really appreciated all your advice.I will not cut any pipework and go the way you suggest through the compression joint,and seal sink pipes etc, I will now check if any of my mates have a wetvac...what wattage wetvac would you recommend or should it not really matter ? Cheers.

May sound a bit dumb here but what do you mean by sealING up all the wastes feeding into the soil pipe ? Do you mean disconnect and seal for example...kitchen sink,washing machine,dishwasher,boiler pipework that do or could connect to the vertical pipe in the pic I sent and then just leave...

Hi,the pipe coming from the left is from the dishwasher set up,the one below is from the boiler.I will have a look at your other suggestions and see if I can do as you mention but at the moment my wife is not keen on leaving it as it is ie gurgling ☺

Hi guys back again...I have finally got to the pipework area behind the appliances (see pic)...I have undone the pipe fitting "A" and placed a plastic bag over the opening of pipe "B"...I then emptied a full bowl of soapy water into the kitchen sink and the plastic bag filled with air..does this...

With all the help/advice from you guys I too now feel that the problem does indeed lie within the pipework from the washing machine area ..the plastic bag idea is an excellent one to try...also to try to view inside the pipe to see if indeed there is standing water...I will give those ideas a go...

as per post above...I have now removed manhole cover and ran the washing machine , when washing machine empty the gurgling is from the sink (approx 12ft away)....then when I empty a bowl of water into the sink the gurgling is over by the washing machine pipework.i checked the pipes under the...

I will try removing manhole cover and run the washing machine layer.the drain run just continues down the garden (down a slope) if I have understood your question correctly.and having thought about the problem in depth I realised that when the washing machine and dishwasher were disconnected...

Hi,did not get a dvd but I did watch the camera screen as they pushed the camera through the drain.the drain I refer to was under a manhole cover in the back garden...it was the main pipe into/out of house....the guy ran the sink tap then went out to the garden to determine which direction the...

Hi, no idea of pipes lengths all I can say is the appliances pipes that make the gurgling noises are approx 12ft away from the sink pipes(the connecting pipe must be under the kitchen floor as there are no pipes behind kitchen units)..we did have a utility room sink also (that gurgled also)...