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So, if my manhole is nicely placed under the floor of my extension (I knew I should have had that drainage survey done when we bought the house two and a half years ago) how simple would it be to build a new manhole? Would the existing manhole need to be diverted / pipes altered or can another...

Dave, The sink set up is a follows: Waste from under sink has two further attachments. a flexible hose fom the overflow to the sink a flexible hose from the w/m waste connected onto a spigot. the waste then runs into a u-bend and then onto a similar diamater short length of flexible...

Just to clarify, the flexible pipe that I remove from the standpipe make the final connection to to the standpipe which runs underground - I assume straight to the manhole. Its not removing the flexible w/m drain hose which lets the sink clear.

I'll have to try that, w/m on at the moment so will have to try later. Could that be the cause? If so what's going on?

My kitchen sink is gurgling and backing up when large volumes of water are put down it. The washing machine drain is plumbed above the u-bend and when it drains it fills up back into the sink. I've had dyno-rod over, disassembled the under-sink drainage and its all clear. The chap cleared...

Thanks for the reply. the subfloor is floorboards which have been over-boarded with 12mm waterproof ply. I'm pretty sure that it was a powdered mix, that apparently was flexible. however, it appears that he managed to lay all the tiles and then grout them quickly. He claims that the bathroom...

Is it worth me trying to seal the grout with some grout sealer such as this mentioned in other posts on this forum? Are there any disadvantages of using these products?

My bathroom fitter - in his professional wisdom laid the porcelain floor tiles I supplied using what he claims to be "part 1" adhesive and grout. (What does part 1 mean?) When the grout started cracking out from between the tiles he claimed that he had mixed it "dry so it would go off quicker" -...

My bathroom fitter has just fitted tiles to simple Gyproc wallboard. Is this okay? Is there anything I can do to ensure thet the water does not soak through the grout and warp the board? I\\\'m worried!

My Bathroom fitters have just "finished" - and a day early. On carefully inspecting their work, that do not seem to have screwed the toilet pan or basin pedestal to the floor. They have simply sealed around the join between the sanitaryware and the floor tiles. Is this acceptable practice...

I've just had a new bathroom fitted - by a "professional" who seems to have royally messed up the tiling. Its upstairs and he has overlayed the existing wooden floor with 12mm WPB. I provided 30x30cm porcelain tiles which he layed, but it loks like he didnlt use a flexible enough grout /...