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I have a Vauxhall Astra 2004 Reg (Mark 4). When I get to around 70 mph the car starts to shake; this is a recent problem. I've had this before (exact same symptoms) and it was due to worn down tyres. However my tyres currently are fine (I've checked tread depth etc). Also I recently torque'd...

1) No; but you can see water flowing through the pipe by looking through the hole; the flush just isn't powerful enough to spit water out. 2) I couldn't find a new one that fit so I cleaned out the old one and applied a highly technical solution of taping plastic bags around the waste end...

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Hi newboy, Please see picture of the hole in the pipe: Holeinsoilpipe by allthegearandnoidea posted 13 Nov 2016 at 5:16 PM I've now had another look around my house and I'm not sure if I have a soil stack or an air admittance valve. Either way the location of what I've found seems odd. I've...

I purchased a home a few months ago. Unfortunately I found a truly foul smell in the bathroom, at least after running any water. A bit of nasal investigation revealed that this smell was (at least partially) coming from the bath u-trap, clearly escaping sewer gas. Unfortunately I couldn't find...

Ok after a bit more investigation there is definitely a leak from the WC pan connector. I still don't understand how this would cause the foul smell when I run the sink tap, possibly something else is causing this issue. As a first step I'll fix the wc pan connector leak, and probably pull up...

Hi all, Thanks for the help. So I finally got round to looking into this and have found some potential clues but I'm still not sure. I've pulled up the lino and have no found any widespread rot or the like. One of two of them maybe, but the tiles are very tightly fit so I doubt I'll be able to...

I recently purchased a new house. Everything is fine except; I noticed the bathroom (which is upstairs) had an odd smell; somewhere between rotten wood and rotten meat, or maybe waste. My first thought was that the floorboards were rotten. Admittedly the bathroom floor slopes significantly but...