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yeah ive shoved one of those drain rod flexible thingies down there and theres no blockage at all its just obviously the lack of fall... it must have always been like it since the bathroom was plumbed in but I've not long bought the house so I wouldn't know if its always been like it but would...

yeah took it all off, must be relatively new as there was not even any gunk in there whatsoever... took the other pipes off, lots of gunk where it starts to fall back towards the bath at the other end but no actual blockage...cleared it all up and hasn't made a blind bit of difference. lots of...

Hi all, had a look under my bath as it seems to be emptying slower than I would like and found that they've removed the floorboards underneath the bath trap to allow the pipework to sit in there but the rest of the pipes going under the bath are higher which obviously means the water flows back...

yeah it is at the back but they left a 1ft gap at the back between the extension and the neighbours wall where the water is getting in so that's the only place I could have a vent but im guessing the water will get through that as its lower than the rest of the ground....

so im guessing I cant have a vent put at the back of the dining room because the water will get in....

ok so I stuck my head under the floorboards to have a look at where the vents were yesterday - it seems there is one in the front room although I don't see how the air will get from the front room into the dining room because there is a wall between the two but we did create an opening between...

Thanks for all your replies. Ok so basically there is a DPC on the extension part of the house but as far as I can tell there isn't one anywhere else around the house and it looks to me that the part where the water is coming in is slightly lower than the extension which would therefore be a bit...

any suggestion how to get the rainwater away? checked under the floor and the joists and boards are starting to rot....

Hello, looking for some advice about a damp problem I discovered yesterday. I appreciate it would be easier to diagnose with some photos but camera is on the blink so will do my best to describe. Its a 1930's semi and my garden slopes downwards towards the house, and there are houses behind...

Hello, I have an upstairs bathroom where the water level seems to be quite high for the bath and the sink. The level is about an inch from the plughole in the bath and about 2 inches down from the plug hole in the sink. When I run the tap fast in the bath without the plughole in, it will...

ok thanks I will see if that works then!

I think I see what you're saying - perhaps a piece of wood or something fitted to the frame for the handle to screw into that is 6mm depth?

well the problem with not having the spur is that at the moment the spur makes the window shut "tight" against the frame when it's locked onto the wedge and without it I don't think this would happen... I suppose I could technically change the size of the wedge but I tried removing the wedge...

Hello, I am looking for some help with replacing my window handles on my pvc windows. I have this type of handle and I have searched until I'm blue in the face but cannot find anything close. I have emailed a specialist handle company and they just stated you cant get them anymore with no...

thanks all, tried this last night, cut in again and then went over with the roller but the previous framing marks are still showing through :cry: tried sanding it back a little to eliminate the lines but it just ended up taking the whole paint colour off even though I sanded lightly and now...

Hello all. I'm having some issues painting a room.. I am doing the cutting in first but only for half of the wall at a time, so I can work in sections but I'm finding that as soon as I've finished that last bit of cutting in (im new so going slow as I've not quite mastered it yet!) the first...