Recent content by dannynolan

Don't know how the joint was made. The pipework it goes into was replaced about fifteen or so years ago. Thanks for your opinion on the roots, we feel the same, despite Dynorob! being 90% certain that was the issue.

We're trying to avoid taking the pan out but if needs must. Our rods have a 10cm rubber plunger on the end, but we would buy a pigs tail/ worm screw attachment. And thanks for all the other suggestions, we'll look into it all over the weekend.

Again thanks for your reply. Barring a pipe collapse, the blockage is almost certainly just toilet paper, nothing else goes down it. We agree with you that we have to approach it from the toilet end. And you're right, that is the inspection chamber in the bottom rh corner of toilet 1. re the...

Thanks for the reply, we don't use rim blocks, our plumber told us the pipe run is shallow so we are careful, though we do have guests. I used a six foot toilet snake and found nothing so the blockage is beyond the u-bend, but you're suggesting the blockage is inside the house so to speak.

I've added two pictures showing the pipe layout, this work was done twelve years ago because of tree root ingression through a break in the pipe due to an old bodge job. Due to space restrictions they couldn't install an inspection point between the downstairs toilet and where it connects to...

Many thanks for that, much appreciated, we are out today. We had the pipes replaced 12 years ago and will post pictures of the exact layout this evening. Many thanks for that, much appreciated, we are out today. We had the pipes replaced 12 years ago and will post pictures of the exact layout...

Many thanks for that, much appreciated, we are out today. We had the pipes replaced 12 years ago, and will post pictures of the exact layout this evening.

Many thanks for that, will investigate tomorrow.

Thankyou for your reply, that's what we thought re, that's what we thought re the volume of water in the pipe. Our downstairs loo waste pipe also goes under a concrete floor (kitchen in our case) so could be a similar problem. Camera inspection probably the next step then, Thanks again.

He was only here for five minutes and didn't charge, but thinks he might be getting a hundred for the camera, for starters! Just seemed to be too quick to try and 'upsell' us to hundreds of quid for the root-cutting.

Thanks for the reply, neither.

We have two toilets one upstairs, one downstairs. The downstairs toilet connects to the sewer a few feet further away from the manhole than the stack from the upstairs toilet. The upstairs toilet works fine, and when flushed we can see a good flow through the manhole. The downstairs toilet...

Just a follow up for any readers. The spindle did turn freely so as a quick fix we replaced the motor. It was a quick and cheap fix for about fifteen quid, the electrics fairly simple, just a little bit of crimping required. Not a complete fix, as if the central heating is on it will not flip...

Thanks for that, no wiring changes - we have replaced the Corgi synchronous motor in the past. Do you think it might be worth changing that first? The immersion heater is on the blink - one for another thread.

Central heating works but hot water doesn't. When we switch everything off, and then put the hot water on alone - the radiators warm up but the hot water remains off. We have a three-way motorised valve (Tower mid-position valve) and have tried moving the lever to manual position. However...