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Thanks for the quick replies guys... if I can get it apart are the parts recoverable? Is solvent weld filler something I can put on now with the pieces in place? Now that you’ve mentioned 57mm holesaw my gut is saying the holes not big enough and it’s not sealed properly because of it... dam..

I did have a post this morning about the parts of a boss strap not being compatible... sorted that today thanks to you guys here, and bought a boss strap and adaptor from toolstation along with the solvent cement. Fitted the boss by drilling a 51mm hole in the soil pipe which was initially a bit...

Well... I went and exchanged the boss and got a boss and adaptor from toolstation... bought a 51mm hole cutter and boom... it’s leaking :( I got the cement from toolstation too and now it’s dark I’m thinking what on Earth I could have done wrong... I did have to use a file to open the hole up a...

Brilliant... Thankyou. Wickes has done me again... both were in the same basket... so I naturally assumed they were compatible parts... that’ll teach me to assume..

So, here are some pictures showing the adaptor too small to fit on the outside of the inlet, and then the adaptor pushed into the inside of the inlet but no chance ‘I think’ of a 32mm pipe fitting through.... any advice?? Have I got the wrong pieces?

Hi all Yesterday I bought a Floplast strap boss and 32mm adaptor to fit a waste pipe into my soil pipe. The issue I have got is that the rubber adaptor is to small to fit in the outer edge of the opening, and when I fit it into the opening where it fits into the soil pipe, the 32mm pipe won’t...

Brilliant as always Hugh.... thanks ever so much. I do intend to replace everything including the WC connector. Thanks ever so much!

Would that result in the toilet coming out and away from the wall to turn into the front of that fitting though?

Sorry to re-ignite this post... i'm just getting the parts together to do the soil stack. Ive looked at various boss setups and because I need waste pipes to enter from both sides I think the best way is to use the current design again with new pipes and boss the wastes in with strap on bosses...

That’s marvellous!! Thankyou both!!

Hi all So, I’m stumped... I’m putting together my basin and mixer tap... I’ve come to put the pop up plug together and can not see how the bar will connect to the plug itself to pull it down to seal. I’m able to make it pop the plug up but it won’t pull it back down.. ive taken a picture of the...

Sorry to bring this up again... easier to ask than scratch my head in Wickes looking at different pieces..... the black downpipes and hopper seem to be held together at the joints by nothing more than gravity. I think they are plastic weld fittings (dont know if thats the right technical term...

Thanks for your answers as always guys.. Hugh, I think as I’m doing it I’d rather do it properly, and from your suggestion about using both runs still I can even do one at a time and get it done right..

Hi there.. So after my previous thread about the underground drainage Im finally ready (after loads of help and advice from you guys) to start the job... before I start, Im of the mindset that I want to get everything sorted out in one go, so I just wanted to check that my bathroom drain pipes...

Ohh god.. sounds like I’ll fix the drain work and then have to try and get that looked at. South Staffs water don’t have plans of the water pipe layout but they have said some one could come and listen for a leak...

There is a stop cock I believe on the pavement at the bottom of the shared drive

It is concrete.. with a damp proofing plastic sheet that it’s laid on ... the sheet goes up the wall an in or two.. the floor side of the sheet and all concrete is dry.. the wal side of the sheet is damp.. the concrete floor in that area has been up for a leak previously that was repaired and...

Hmmmmm right.. tell me f it’s a stupid idea.. but as I’m digging, and for some reason it’s quite good therapy from 3 kids during the summer holidays... but... I might dig down a long the wall line.... at least 18 inches... if not further and see what I come across.. I may come across an obvious...

Thanks John... is it possible that the water pipe runs under the floor of the house or will it run outside until turning where it comes through into the house and up through the floor?

Sorry to keep coming back for advice.... the wall shown in the pictures where I’m digging is the kitchen.. which is where we noticed the damp... it’s been mentioned to look at the water supply also just in case this is also an issue - my internal stop tap is - low and behold - in the kitchen...