Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article om,
Dave Liquorice wrote:

If you have a suspect basin etc, try taping up the overflow with
gaffer tape and leaving the plug in.


Easier to flush the bog and turn on the taps to fill the traps back
up... The little used loos here tend to dry out and whiff, just
flushing cures it.


Yes. However, I've come across basins on the same stack as a toilet where
flushing the toilet 'syphons' out the water from the trap. And you can't
see easily when this occurs as with a toilet.

Yes. I have one like that. Running teh taps on the bath cures it