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Thanks again ukes, appreciate it. Great tip re the screwdriver, I’ll try that tonight. My guess is it isn’t lath and plaster because that should have much better acoustic properties than I’m getting. Unless loads of sound is coming down the chimney which I also need to investigate. Yes...

Ukes, thanks for that, very helpful. Very much take your point re removing the ceiling. I also don’t know whether it’s a lath and plaster ceiling (how do I tell?) which I understand would be a nightmare to take down. Understand about putting weight to identify source of creeks. That said...

So the battle continues….I’ve had a couple of insulation experts round. Consensus is that a properly installed ceiling (hanger or better yet fully independent) will provide excellent (up to 75%) insulation from airborne + impact noise, the benefit with respect to the creaky floorboards will be...

Thanks guys. Been a while, still battling with the owners above! If they let me, sounds like screwing the floorboards down again will certainly help. (Watching out for pipes!). Aron - for the battens "without disruption to them" - what do you mean exactly? I've checked them out and the...

Perfect responses guys, thanks! Glad you got some entertainment out of it as well! What's odd is that there seem to be other versions of this that seem to get good feedback (mostly in the US). But suffice to say, traditional water softener is what I'll be heading for. Cheers!

Hello all, I was hoping someone could help with a fairly urgent query! I’m in the late stages of a building project and about to install a water softener. However, one of our builders has suggested using a different form of mineral water filter purification system – specifically an AVS...

bumping your own thread is probably bad form, so apologies! but does anyone have any ideas? thanks!

Hello all, I’m hoping someone could help with a (potentially stupid) question. The bathroom taps in a flat I have recently moved into are all wall-mounted (both basin and bath). They are also terrible quality and are falling apart. Not surprisingly, the manufacturer went bankrupt some time...

Hello all! Hopefully someone can provide some guidance for me! Apologies for the length of the msg, but wanted to be thorough! I recently moved into a new (purchased) flat. It’s in a 1920s/30s block and I’m on the ground floor. The couple in the flat above were away when I made my two...

understood, will give it a bash!

Thanks kbdiy. To answer your questions: 1) Yes, the toilet flushes fine. 2) Yes, the basin pipe is the small one going down at about 45 degrees from left to right, joining the main stack towards the bottom of the photo. 3) I think I may have already used a drain snake...

Update – I kept the shower running after having plunged it so it drained smoothly, and tried the sink at the same time. It still didn’t drain properly, so I’m assuming the two issues are unrelated. I’ll have to get someone in to take up the shower/tiles to access the waste pipe, but does anyone...

Ok, so took some photos. One is of the pipework beneath the sink. The second is the waste pipe from the toilet. The shower is out of picture to the left of the toilet, but presumably the drainage pipe from the shower joins this main waste pipe, as on the third photo from the outside, there's...

Understood, thanks. So to my previous point – if I’m having issues with both sink and shower (that exit the bathroom via different routes), the odds are that the sagging pipe would be on the outside of the building, rather than inside? Which would be a major bonus….. I’ll try and take some...

Thanks, kbdiy. I’m not at home but will take pictures tonight and post. Regarding Buck51’s comment on the sagging waste pipe – what I don’t understand is why plunging it would then allow it flow freely. Is it because at the end of the shower, there isn’t sufficient gradient, so the water...

Thank you Buck51. the sink is next to an external wall, so flows straight outside. the shower drain is partly runs under the floor of the bathroom before taking a different route out. given they are both affected, does this mean the problem of the waste pipe is outside? or will I have to take...

Hello all! I recently moved into a new (ground floor) flat and have a bizarre plumbing issue I was hoping someone might be able to shed some light on. The bathroom has a toilet, basin, shower and separate bath. The toilet seems to flush ok, the bath drains fine. The sink and the shower...