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- I always end up kinking the hose when I am tightening it onto the isolator valve. How can this be avoided? By not kinking the hose, try doing the other end first. - Should I use a water compound or any lubricant on this joint? I know it comes with a rubber washer which is the primary method...

Imo get the correct part which "works" rather than having to "make it work" Avoid unnecessary changes of direction.

@2e, i find a pice of sandpaper held on a flat surface helps get the cut end square

In a word, yes. If you isolate the rads and boiler then you won't need to " drain the system "

Do the above as late as you can and once off press a screwdriver or some such rod against the pipe and on to your ear. Like this: https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-samsung-rev2&source=android-browser&q=listening+stick

They say a picture paints a thousand words

Elbow grease

If you ask the neighbors to flush and you watch the trap this could be useful. Either a puff of foul air as from back pressure as above if theres a partial block. Or the stack may not be properly vented so the flushing may suck the water out of the trap. May take several flushes,allow a few...

See what she does at around 2.40

Measure pan then check website for size and fixing type eg top fix. Recommendations for quality - you get what you pay for.

As above looks ok in there. Running waste into a gulley traps dirty water in the trap of the gulley which can then smell, esp in summer. Imo get your nose in there and see where the smell is coming from, find cause of problem then find soution.

Trap under sink is faulty or the smell comes from somewhere else. Would advise against the gulley trap. Any pics from under sink?

Have you asked your installer for advice. These are fgas units. Most installers wouldn't fit that type of unit and would want something better in my experience. Ive had several systems in office and home, always been Daikin. Always done well. Ps I don't think you can get a split unit you can...

Agreed but cadents not free at all, his dad's already paid for it on his gas bill. Get them out.

One of these will help get pneumatic pressure into the pipe. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174386449549?epid=2097167842&hash=item289a3e0c8d:g:8xgAAOSwEONfMBCB Beware of pneumatic pressure!

Imo, go on Thames water website and look for recommended contractors, send them the form TW gave you and pictures of the drain system.

Parts not available, as you'll only lift the lid once every few years, lave as is. The only need for hinges is to stop you losing the lid. Perhaps there was drainage there before your place was built. Jeremy Corbyn will be able to give a more precise age on it...

Then try shower spares.co.uk

"if its leaking into the bowl as soon as it starts to fill , then it can only be the flash valve" - or the basket or some sort of fault on the cistern. Basket and valve both replaced "has it ever worked OK since new ?" Yes

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