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Well I got it sorted, thanks for the replies and your patience with me, turns out that when I cut the cieling out the trap had turned when I was trying to pull it up through the hole in the tray and had kinked the flexy slightly, when I had good access the offending article has been removed and...

well the plunger didn't work, that thing could suck a golf ball through a hose, filled the basin then ran the shower and when waiting for the shower to drain I let the water out and expected it to be slow also but it drained fine. Had a think last night and remembered that the trap to waste...

Detergent? Good old fairy or something stronger?

On my way to get a monument plunger, not the cheapest but hopefully do the job, yeah the floor is tiled.

yeah ceiling down or at least a hole cut to get to the straight run of pipe with auger

Borrowed a snake but cann get passed the what I assume is a 90° bend under floor

tried the plastic bag trick, did inflate so there's a blockage somewhere? best way of clearing?

Yes but not an option to connect to

Well that didn't work......this is the soil pipe was thinking maybe adding a junction which would mean cutting some of the decking above into a reducer and venting above the gutters or possibly squeezing an air valve just under decking level, would this be ok?

there is no vent, soil pipe runs under floor boards, exits to a 90° bend down to sewer, hopefully the basin vent will do.

don't think so

thanks for the reply, a shower has been there for 10+ years, all I have done is replaced it and new traps, none of the fall has been interfered with and as I said without the basin fitted with just the waste pipe open there was no problem, will try a different trap tomorrow.

Hi folks, fitted a new shower over the last couple of weeks, didn't alter any of the plumbing work apart from new traps, used the shower with no issues while withing fof a basin stand to be delivered to store. now that the basin is installed the shower is not draining away fast enough with a bit...