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The water level in my downstairs wc pan is below the normal level - (accounting for the bend). This means that smelly air from the soil pipe / drains is coming up. When I flush, the level in the pan returns to normal - then goes down to a low level again. And occasionally makes a gurgling...

I recently bought a new bathroom suite - installed okay. However, the toilet fill valve is very slow (5-10 mins fill time). It's gravity fed (2m head) not mains. As mentioned in an earlier post to this forum. My supplier tells me that it is against water by-laws to sell a new wc with a valve...

I've just installed a new toilet. All works fine except the float valve (bottom entry) fills very slowly. Takes about 5 minutes. A small jet/trickle of water exits the small outlet at the top, but not much/nothing exits from the bottom of the valve - which is where I expected the majority of...

I'm moving the position of a wc horizontally by about 1 metre. Is the 'best practice' to run the horizontal (which i will incline at 2.5 deg) section of soil pipe inside or outside (outdoors) ? Or doesn't it matter ? Also can I place the bath & basin wastes into this horizontal run ? or...

I am reconnecting my wc pan back to the original cast iron socket - which has a 3.5 inch internal pipe dia - flanging out to 5.5 inches - so can't use a push fit connector. The last time I did this I packed some nylon rope around the spigot of the pan and made a seal with Plumbers Mait. As...