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    New basin won't drain

    Softus and Bucks 51, I checked the pipework and it all seemed to go downhill, eventually I bought one of those drain unblockers which has a large cylinder. Blocking all inlets I used the unblocker, after 5 tries there was a loud gurgle and the sink drained - hooray. So it must have been some...
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    New basin won't drain

    Softus - The old basin did have a cast in overflow, the new basin has a slotted waste with a plastic pipe connecting the overflow to a banjo fitting. The run is about 1500 mm of straight pipe in total with 5 no. 90 bends, so at 200 mm each that gives 2.5m so hopefully that should be o.k...
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    New basin won't drain

    The waste goes through an internal blockwork wall and turns 90 degrees, it then slopes down at about 15 degrees before turning through 90 degrees again and passes behind the hot water cylinder, there is a connection behind the cyclinder which takes the drain from the central heating boiler, I...
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    New basin won't drain

    Can anyone help with a problem concerning a new basin which doesn't drain? I remove my old basin from the bathroom (a wall mounted basin which drained o.k. except for the occasional blockage due to hair/sludge etc)) and replaced it with a basin which sits on a wooden vanity unit. The new basin...
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