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by mccurrach
Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:46 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: bathroom sink drainage
Replies: 1
Views: 2875

bathroom sink drainage

Hi all We have installed a style of bathroom sink that does not have an overflow. I have a push button chrome plug installed but soon realised that the water hardly flows down into the drain pipe since there is no air flowing through an overflow hole, hence there is a vaccum. The water in the sink t...
by mccurrach
Mon May 31, 2010 8:48 am
Forum: Masonry Forum
Topic: re pointing victorian granite interior wall
Replies: 2
Views: 5946

re pointing victorian granite interior wall

Hello everybody We have been renovating a 19th century granite cottage. We have decided to keep one wall, with the fireplace, as exposed stone. The stone is mainly granite. The wall has originally been built using a lime mortar. We wanted to have the wall re-pointed in order to bring out the chracte...
by mccurrach
Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:48 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Slow drain on newly fitted vessel sink
Replies: 0
Views: 2649

Slow drain on newly fitted vessel sink

Just fitted new vessel sink in Bathroom. Drains are all clear . But I have fitted a bottle trap to the sink and it drains incredibly slowly. Strangely, if you leave a tap running for a while the sink fills up and then seems to build up momentum and wooshes down the drain no problem. Could it be a va...
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