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Thanks Thermo, thats given me and the mrs a lot of hope! although she has just given me an idea as well, reading about your overflow from the soak away, I could as im using crate system put a pump in there to pump some water out into water butts to be used later in the green house etc. bit like...

When I move the shed im going to dig a hole first and see if its clay under there and more to the point if I can dig past it in reason, I can visualize the great escape coming on here. The garden is about 30ft x 30ft then the side bit where the shed is currently, prob about 30ft x 20ft I...

Hi, We bought our house 6 months ago. The last house had no garden, so as you can imagine couldnt wait to get out there and enjoy it. All grassed so a nice blank canvas. All seemed ok in the summer until september time when the garden turned into a sponge! Which explained why a lot of the...

I was reffering to the stack matey. Thats the only stack in the property, from that straight out into the sewer, if that was a vent then yes there would be a smell in the place :lol:

No only the one in the bathroom, Pictured above. No smell this morning, think it may have been the sink trap. put a shed load on strong bleach down sink bath and bog last night. If the smell comes back will check the sink trap first! Thanks for the help and advice

Further investigation into the sink trap, when water travels through the plug hole, some times it draws nearly all the water out of the U bend. Can see this happening when shinning a torch down plug hole! Will leave plug in tonight and see if the smell comes back tomorrow! Thank for the...

Checked that to! checked down sink and bath plug, still water in the traps. The image above is a rough idea of the layout! Sink waste pipe connects to pipe from bath, then flows to soil stack Gaz

Thanks for the speedy reply! Toilet level fine, checked for leaks all round the toilet. Its only a short run from toilet to stack, literally right next to each other. Gaz

Hmmmm replaced the vent Friday night with this one: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/22674/Plumbing/Soil-Vent/Push-Fit-Air-Admittance-Valve-Black Thought it had worked until tonight when the smell came back. The smell originates in the bathroom and drifts through the whole house even up...

[/url] Funnily enough the joiner told me that today as well!! Will nip out to screw'd fix in a bit and grab one. Thanks for the advice!! Gaz

Hi, For the past 6 months or so we've had a intermittant problem with the soil stack in the bathroom, well I think its the stack! The problem being a really bad smell driffing through the house, really strong in bathroom. But its not all the time, came home today and alls fine but...

Hi, Just had a look on http://www.lafarge-roofing.co.uk And I think these are the exact match to what I need, but not sure where to purchase them from. Landmark Slate 49 Snowdon Grey Smooth Finish Gaz

Hi, I got a few cracked tiles on my roof, just had an offer put in on the house so need to replace them before the survey people come round. The make is Redland, but not sure on the style, i think its Redland Landmark Slate 43: Could you tell me where I can buy these from, tried...

Is this the plastic pipe that goes outside? Will strip it down the weekend and have a look see if its blocked etc! Gaz

Oh well I found the problem with the pressure!! I had a leak!! luckily caught it in time before any major damage to the ceiling. It was a 22mm t piece reduced down to 10mm that was leaking, when inspecting it looks as though the solder hadnt taken all round the joint. Replaced with a new t...

Hi, Sorry its the Ariston 28 mffi. Will give the plumber a call tomorrow to get it checked out. Cheers guys Gaz

Hi Guys, I know there suppose to be water in it, about a 1/3 or something like that, but its full to the brim, empty some out then the next day or in some cases 5 minutes later its full again. But now every time the boiler comes up with the fault code E02 water trap is full, the pressure has...

Can anyone help? Gaz

Hi, Ive had the above boiler for a few years now and had an ongoing issue with it. The condensation trap keeps filling with water, CH goes off until you've empty half out then reset it. Ive noticed this week though the pressure falls to 0 and the trap is totally full. The pressure seems to...

The Garage is joined to the house.I have filled out two EIC's just unsure what to put for the csa for the earthing conductor, either 2.5 or 16mm2 Cheers Adam Gaz