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griffic
Help. I've just replaced a shower tray as part of a complete bathroom refit. The water is backing up in the shower tray. If I use a plunger on the trap I get air coming out and then the trap runs great creating a good flow and works fine. However, as soon as the shower is turned off there is a gurgling from the trap and if the shower is turned on again the water starts backing up immediately,(but will clear if a plunger is used.) The shower valve is fed by a combi with reasonable flow but nothing ridiculous. Its got a 90 mm diameter waste/trap connected to 40 mm diameter pipe that runs for approx 500 mm level(little or no gradient.) then to a swept bend about 400mm away with reasonable fall to a second swept bend then approx 2000mm where it exits the house with a third bend and then has significant fall for about 500 mm into a hopper(i.e. 3 bends in total.) There are no other connections to the waste pipe. The customer claims it worked fine before the new tray - I've added about another 300 mm of pipe and one swept bend - however the original installation had a deep 'P' trap attached. I've removed the trap and tried running water through it - it works fine. I've cut into the pipe between 1st and second bend and pipe is clear between trap and this position and also between this position and hopper. I'm stumped. Do I try a different trap or try to modify pipe run( major headache) ? Can anyone recommend a high flow trap? The one that is fitted was purchased by the customer and is an 'unbranded' one