Hello,
I would appreciate any answers as I have a problem that I do not understand. I would like to try and have some understanding of what I am dealing with before trying to find someone to sort the problem out. I would rather resolve it myself but have a nasty feeling that won't be possible.
I am staying in a flat on the first floor of a block of flats.
Maybe unrelated, but this week some workmen dug a hole in the road at the end of the street. They have now filled it in and left. They were laying surface water drains.
Mid way during their visit the lavatory and bath plug waste started to play up. Everything worked brilliantly before this time. Now the bathwater runs away very slowly. The loo fills up and flows away very slowly. During the night or evening huge (sounds like) amounts of air come back up the pipes. It is getting worse I think.
Initially I assumed some sort of blockage somewhere so I used an immediate drain clearer from the local diy store. This briefly helped and the water flowed freely from everything again. However, the problem quickly returned - so I tried again with drain clearer - same result. So I presume not a blockage.
Is is trapped air or what? - not that I understand how or what this means.
The roadwork men told me they did nothing to the domestic pipes in the road but they had been very aware of very bad smells coming from the open vent covering relating to the domestic pipes in the street where they were working.
I can't think of anything else - other than HELP? Any answers gratefully received. [/b]
I would appreciate any answers as I have a problem that I do not understand. I would like to try and have some understanding of what I am dealing with before trying to find someone to sort the problem out. I would rather resolve it myself but have a nasty feeling that won't be possible.
I am staying in a flat on the first floor of a block of flats.
Maybe unrelated, but this week some workmen dug a hole in the road at the end of the street. They have now filled it in and left. They were laying surface water drains.
Mid way during their visit the lavatory and bath plug waste started to play up. Everything worked brilliantly before this time. Now the bathwater runs away very slowly. The loo fills up and flows away very slowly. During the night or evening huge (sounds like) amounts of air come back up the pipes. It is getting worse I think.
Initially I assumed some sort of blockage somewhere so I used an immediate drain clearer from the local diy store. This briefly helped and the water flowed freely from everything again. However, the problem quickly returned - so I tried again with drain clearer - same result. So I presume not a blockage.
Is is trapped air or what? - not that I understand how or what this means.
The roadwork men told me they did nothing to the domestic pipes in the road but they had been very aware of very bad smells coming from the open vent covering relating to the domestic pipes in the street where they were working.
I can't think of anything else - other than HELP? Any answers gratefully received. [/b]