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Hi folks. Moved into a new house and the toilet takes ages to fill back up again after it has been flushed. Taking the lid of shows a steady trickle of water, but not at a great rate. I've tried adjusting the flow valve under the cistern, which is a screw that turns the flow on or off, but to...

Hi. I had a smiliar problem with water draining from my upstairs shower, with the smell coming out of an unused dishwasher pipe. I put some of that unblocker powder you can buy from any supermarket down the pipe. Left it overnight and now the smell has gone. You can just put it straight down...

Thanks for your advice, and here's a wee update for you. It turns out that the "foul smell" is not coming from the boiler, but coming back up from an open, waste pipe sitting beside the boiler, that used to have a dishwasher hooked up to it. The shower cubicle (which is upstairs) doesn't...

I've tested this using the other hot water taps in the house and it's only when the shower is run that the smell is produced. Still the flue gases? P.S. I'm not staying in the house just now!

Thanks Chris. That's just what I thought!!!

Hi there. I've just moved into a house that has a combi-boiler installed. On firing up to produce hot water, there is a distinct egg like foul smell from the boiler. Any ideas what would be causing this? Cheers Sean.