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My bathroom smells occasionally of drains. I live in a ground floor flat with a drain right outside. The washing machine, dishwasher and kitchen sink all go into this drain. I had it cleared by a drain chap a couple of months ago who said I should run clear water through it once a week for 15...

Thrilling fan update: all sorted! Neighbour very happy. Thank you all for your help.

Thanks again for your replies. I have stuck a load of weatherstrips underneath the fan casing and my neighbour seems a lot happier. Tomorrow morning (it wakes him when I have a shower) will be the crux, but I have it on at the moment and he said he couldn't hear it at all. Fingers crossed! I...

After much fan-nying around it appears to be that the case for the fan is vibrating against the wall. When I removed the case the vibration was much reduced. Obviously I can't use it without a case but hopefully I can put the weather strips on it?

Thank you for your reply. I don't think it was as they seem to have done a rather botched job with it hence I thought if anything this one would be better! The electrician recommended some weatherstrips from Screwfix; is that the kind of thing you mean?

I have moved into a ground floor flat. There was an extractor fan in the bathroom but it only went on and off when the light went on & off, so I asked my electrician to fit a new one which he did. The fan is very quiet but my neighbour upstairs complains of vibration through the walls. The...