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    Backing up sink - air-lock? blocked manhole? Help!!

    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...
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    Fixing botched floor tiling

    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" -...
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    tiles on plasterboard

    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!
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    Fixing Toilet Pan

    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...
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    cracked grout - Ditra?

    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 /...
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