drainage

My dish washer and washing machine are installed next to one another per the attached picture. After using the washing machine waste water per the attached picture fills the bottom of the dishwasher. In the attached picture this the waste water after 2 washing machine loads. Attached is a...

So I purchased a second hand Neptune Jetted tub (that has not been used before) and I just want to confirm if this is one of those old style tubs that has a problem with all the water not draining out of the pipes or not. I believe the old style used flex pipes which sagged over time leading to...

We live in a terraced row (SW London) and our neighbours are currently in the process of finalising their extension. There is a potential drainage issue (their rainwater drainage) for which they have advised us of a course of action to resolve it. Before agreeing, we would like a bit of...

Hi. I have had a significant build up of limescale in the pipes taking old water from the shower / bathroom sink and sewage from the toilet. This has been clearer by plumbers using a Picote and directly accessing the pipes externally. The drainage engineer said that now that the limescale has...

Question about both water supply pressure and drainage requirements to run x2 dishwashers and kitchen sink. We are currently having a house built and this is the pipe set-up that has been installed. Our understanding is the supply is directly linked to mains supply via a junction point approx...

Hi, I'm a Gas Engineer currently renovating my new house. I'm not too clued up on running waste, soil stacks etc so looking for a bit of advice We had an existing 3 1/2 inch waste pipe running out the back. We are extending out to the back now and have cut the pipe down. Stepped it upto 4 inch...

Hi All I am after a bit of advice, I am installing a wetroom in my house which is a bungalow. The vent pipe comes up through the concrete floor and up through the roof right next to the toilet pipe which is the same branch of drainage pipe. Now the toilet long radius bend is about 500mm to...

Hi, I'm planning on putting in a Kitchen Island with a sink. I've not got an easy route out to the side all where the SVP is situated. The SVP runs down the side wall and under the block and beam floor in the kitchen. Would it be possible to run a 110mm pipe from the island under the floor to...

Hi. DIY guy here, not a plumber of any experience. I would be grateful for constructive critique of the drainage design presented by this diagram, accompanied by the following notes and questions: 1) On the left is dishwasher, on the right is washing machine. Purple lines represent standard...

I have tried to unblock my bathroom sink and managed to undo the u bend pipe and clear any blockage inside. But there is still a blockage in the pipe leading out of the wall but I can’t see anyway to undo this section. Please advise ASAP. Thank you.

Hi All, Looking for some advice, I was looking to extend my drainage for a new conservatory however after breaking through a concrete floor and digging down I’ve noticed a foul smell. Having dug further there’s a lot of water around the foul drainage soil pipe (see photo). It doesn’t drain away...

Hi, I’m really hoping someone can help me please or at least point me in the right direction. We had a loft conversion finished last year and moved up into it December time. It included en-suite with shower and bath. When we first used the shower the following day found a huge wet patch on the...

Good morning everyone. Having dug an exploratory hole to expose the footings on a bungalow. I have exposed damaged or damaged while digging 2 x 12" lengths of 3" OD clay land drain...... this is obviously historic from when the bungalow was built (1960's) while the pipe was exposed the hole...

Evening guys, Currently doing a renovation on a 1920’s house. We have an existing RWP going down into a gulley at the moment which is connected to the main Sewer. This needs to be changed or run alongside a new SVP to cater for a new Ensuite bathroom. Been trying to do some research about...

Hello all Bit of a problem I’d like advice on. My kitchen waste pipe discharges into a pipe going to my rainwater soakaway. It unsurprisingly became blocked but a lot of prodding with drain rods and throwing some enzyme type stuff down there seems to have cleared it. There’s no slope to take...

Hi can someone tell me the best way to connect two threshold ACO015 threshold drain to an existing clay gully pot. The drains will do either side of the pot close to the wall. Would it require removal and using plastic fittings? Looking down the gully it appears there might be three sections...

Hi guys I was just wondering, is it ok to have your bath drain directly above the drainage pipe that leads to the gully trap, and not have to use the corrugated flexible pipe that comes with baths? I'm not a plumber. Thanks guys

Hi, I'm installing a patio across all of my back garden, and was intending to put channel drainage along the cream wall shown in the picture. I've recently had some pvc soil pipes put in, shown in the picture, so my thought was to connect to these (they already take rainwater as it's an old...

Hello plumbers forum, would really appreciate some advice on this before consulting my plumbing books. firstly, the picture of the manhole: can I add another 4” connection to this, by drilling out the brick and concrete, what is the fitting called that I can use to attach to this ? And to...

Hello all! glad to be here.... gonna be doing quite some plumbing work with a handyman of mine to lower cost of my new business so I hope this is the right place to get some good pro info! So with my new biz, they are requiring a 3 basin sink like a restaurant kitchen, and with this they...