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In my new house the tiled in 90mm shower trap is missing its air seal - The water seal insert is missing from the trap (although I'm not certain that it's not a waterless trap that should have a seal membrane fitted to the drain pipe ? ) Does anyone recognise the drain trap type/manufacturer...

I wonder if you'll find them in the same aisle as the sky hooks, the long weights and the tins of tartan paint..... :)

Well I would e-mail them (with some photos of the required cartridges) if they had an e-mail address...... ! There appears to be no e-mail address on the website......

OK - Will do. Thank you for your advice. It seems wrong that Astracast can sell many thousands of these taps and then just declare (almost with delight) that they can't supply any spares. I guess they're hoping that people will be forced to buy a new tap. This approach will backfire in my...

Thanks - But I can only see one Astracast cartridge on their spares list and it looks nothing like what I need...... None of those cartridges are cheap are they ? I don't want to change the tap because it's soldered connections all the way - No compression fittings that I can break. If I...

I had a new kitchen fitted a few years ago. The mixer tap on the sink is an Astracast Capello. One of the cartridges is now passing causing constant dripping from the spout. I contacted Astracast and they unhelpfully told me that the cartridges are now obsolete. Does anyone know where I...

Is there not a danger then of your drain being blocked by soap rather than grease ? Nobody has been tipping grease or cooking oil down the sink. We've made every effort to stop deleterious material going down the drain, but if you wash dishes in the sink it's inevitable that some grease...

It's only a partial blockage. It is restricting the rate at which water drains to the point that the drain pressurised slightly at first, then water backed up and came ou the washing machine standpipe. I've had a drain snake down as far as I can get it to go and all that comes out on the spiral...

One thing for sure though is that using One Shot has (eventually) improved the situation. I'm still wondering if using One Shot through the kitchen u-pipe is a problem, or if it needs to get down the drain (to where the fat is) as undiluted as possible which means that you need to remove the...

No - The problem is occurring in the 2 inch pipe section of the drain.

Hoping someone can give me some advice. The drain from my kitchen serves the kitchen sink and a standpipe from the dishwasher and washing machine. It runs under an extension so I have no access to it other than through the (solvent welded) u-bend on the standpipe or by removing the u-bend on...

Tell them that if they can't get the part they'll have to replace the entire boiler - Don't let them try to wriggle out of their responsibilities. Same old story - No problem taking your money, then look for any excuse to try to avoid liability when you have a problem....... :roll:

I concur - I would demolish it and then rebuild to modern standards.

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I am fully aware of the properties of polystyrene. I REPEAT : Using polystyrene in the manner you suggest (using it to fill the space between joists) leaves the polystyrene exposed on the attic side. That is therefore an exposed installation which constitutes a SERIOUS FIRE HAZARD and is...

He should have built it packed properly in the first place and then waited a few days BEFORE removing the needles.