Slow Draining Sinks
If your sink drains are chronically slow and you live in an older house, the problem may be an accumulation of sludge in the lines. No amount of plunging and chemicals is going to fix this. What's needed is to climb up onto the roof of your house with a metal snake (preferably one with a business end looking a bit like a ballpeen hammer) and ram that snake down each of the drain lines, entering through the vent stacks, with a fair amount of force. It may require 50 or 100 motions for each stack. Or call London Orbital response today on 0800 232 1645 to remedy this problem proffessionally.
Blocked Tap
Make sure you turn the water off at source before attempting to clear a blocked tap by taking it apart.
Toilets
If your toilet ball float is leaking and filling with water here is a useful trick to tide you over until you can get a new one. Take off the float (by unscrewing it), empty it, then screw it back on and wrap it in a plastic ball, insuring that that the ball is water tight.
Leaky Toilets
If you think that your toilet might be leaking slightly, check to see if the problem is not due to condensation before calling out a plumber. If you have condensation problems they can be solved by improved ventilation when bathing or showering.
Showers
If the water pressure is very poor in your shower it may be due to lime-scale build up. If you live in a hard water area you should clean your shower heads every three months or so. If the scale is too bad it may be an idea to get either a new hose, or a new shower head.
Blocked Drain
Sometimes a Blockage may not be
your responsibility, Call your local
council to establish if the blockage
is on or off your property. Or we
can do this for you, Shared Drains,
If your drains are shared with your
neighbour you will both be
responsible if the blockage is on
the private sewer serving both
properties, Many customers share the
cost.
Problem with your neighbours drains
You can contact the environmental
health to help get either your
neighbours or the local council to
comply with your needs. They can
submit an order for the drains or
sewers to be cleaned within a
specific time period. The Land
Drainage Act 1991 places
responsibility for maintaining flows
in watercourses on landowners. Under
the Act it gives the Council the
power to serve a notice on
landowners to ensure works are
carried out to maintain flow of
watercourses. If you would like
advice complete the service request
form and send the details to us.
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