Thanks Decaff! I suppose it does have to be as often as monthly, doesn't it **groans unhappily** I'm terrible at maintenance, hence the problem with the sink!Decaff wrote:Yayyy good news!!
For the downstairs sink where you can't get the pebble bit out, I would use drain cleaner every month or so, just to remove soap buildup from the pipes. This is my main problem with my pipes, plus being in a flat the drainage is never as good as being in a house as they all go down the same pipe, through the the flat below, through to the bottom then into the ground. If the bottom flat gets bunged up it slowly affects the rest of us...
I don't however use bleach in my home, can't stand the smell of it and am very wary of it being around my mog-splosh. Safer not to have it I thought.
Thats a thought with a flat, about all the flats using the same soil pipe
and the flat at the bottom needing to be extra vigilant - now thats **horrible**! As far as the smell of the cleaning fluids is concerned, my smell receptors in my nose don't work half the time
the other half, they work overtime, of course 
but at least it gives me options 
though if the guess is right, I'd very much like a pic confirming it 
I have an inspection hatch slap bang in my patio nowadays, but its only there because I had a 2nd loo installed when I got here, otherwise clients would have to keep walking through my living room and past my kitchen, and I wasn't having that. Must bear this in mind when any future work is done.
