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...agree and that joint looks like its a bend judging by its position.

Visitors might not be as careful/sensible as you ;) I'd get the pan out first, and try whatever kit you have again. You said originally "We have rods with a plunger on the end" so what exactly do you have? The Rothy is an expensive bit of kit so won't be cheap to hire, and it's not as if you...

From the photos, if you rod from the inspection chamber end, it looks like the rod (and/or camera) will tend to go up the soil stack towards the upstairs loo due the type of junction pipe used. To get it to go up the branch to the downstairs loo, you'd need an attachment for the end of the rods...

You can imagine the water jet even from a hole that size - and mains and soaked human bodies don't mix terribly well, so I was really lucky I didn't get an electric shock to add to my troubles. Anyway, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger - or at least more careful! :giggle:

@Wayners I have to say that if the AAV has stuck closed, I would normally expect the vacuume created by the flush to be more than sufficient to draw the water out of any sink traps emptying into the same soil stack, so you'd just get a bad stink from the sink, and the loo would still work. So...

Is the vertical distance not a factor in vacuum issues? - hense why you could readily get the issue in an upstairs toilet. My understanding is if that vertical soil pipe is relatively short, an AAV needn't be used (i.e. it wouldn't generate enough vaccume to operate one anyway). In our...

Maths was never my strong point but if the pipe is 2.5M long to the sewer and 10cm diameter, if you can imagine it completely full of water, it would be holding around 19.6L. Now in reality, if there is a blockage, the pipe will likely be trapping some air in there too - but I still think that...

I was having a rummage in the darkest recesses of my plumbing toolbox today, and stumbled across the aforementioned bit of microbore so I thought I'd post up a photo.

The issue seems to be that the management company is insisting on product certification and installer accreditation too (e.g. BM Trada, IFC, FIRAS). Having looked into the BM Trada scheme as an example, it seems to run to several grand per year for each of installation and maintenance of fire...

Thanks - that at least gives me a real world figure to compare with, and I can then make adjustments for the situation we have (and other factors people have contributed) and take a view. It is the management company setting the deadline, and I can see why given this has been rumbling on for...

As mentioned, the majority of the doors have significant issues that would take them beyond refurb as that has been looked into. They are the original doors from c40 years back when the place was built - by Barratt - so the fit and finish of their buildings from that era were never that good in...

Thanks for the reply but not an option I'm afraid. We are working to a deadline on this now, and with a couple of companies not even responding to quote requests AFAIK, I'm simply trying to get it clear in my mind whether the price is tolerable all factors considered, or taking the mick. I do...

Well, three years later and this is still rumbling on! Update: It has been clarified that the doors are indeed ours (the lease was a little unclear), so the management company have taken a step back and won't be managing this, pointed us to a selection of potential reputable suppliers for us...

Unfortunately, the services issue was well hidden and only became apparent after I'd already picked up a Polysafe Standard remnant and chopped it roughly to size - s*ds law. I didn't even know they did a none adhesive version, but I do now so thanks for highlighting it. You suggested F46 so...

Thanks - did you have any particular product in mind? They are pretty expensive products so I want to get it right.

Thanks for your reply - I had a look at the F46 spec and it didn't seem to indicate it would be easy to remove the flooring, so I checked F Ball's recommended adhesives guide and they list Polysafe Standard in there which is what this flooring is, and in the permanent column, you can see it says...

Need to stick some "Polysafe" heavy duty non-slip vinyl floor covering down to a plywood base, but I need to do it in such a way that it can be removed if necessary to gain access to services under the floor below so I don't want to glue it. Some carpet tapes aren't suitable for vinyl, so can...

Check the disks. I've known crusty outside edges on old worn disks cause some interesting noises. Also check the inward facing side for surface rust as @Burnerman has already suggested, which might indicate a sticking pad or piston - as problems are often hidden by the stone guards. On the...

Thanks Woody - that makes sense. I do know there have been problems with people taking them off completely in the past (ours had been taken off when we bought the flat as previous occupant used a zimmer).

We own a flat we rent out, and there are moves afoot to replace the existing flat entry fire doors which are FD30 and about 40 years old with poor fitting frames and various other defects, with new FD30S fire door sets. No issue with that - fire brigate have taken a look and advised they are...