Overflow is overflowing...

[madmarchhare]

what do I do?

DH not about and is crap anyway even if he were.

harumph, my garden will flood then

or i will get ripped off by a dodgy plumber out of the paper

not sure - but try flushing the toilets and running the taps for a bit?

Look in the cistern & see if the ball cock (stick with a floaty ball on the end) is stuck. Push it down to stop the water from flowing into the cistern & then overflowing

if the ball cock is dodgy - the cistern 'thinks' that there is not enough water in it & keeps adding more...hence the overflow

ours does this alot and the landlord won't orepair properly. Flush the loo and it should stop, its becasue the ball cock isn't stopping the water flowing into the cistern so it is overflowing.

So if it is dodgy, is it difficuly to replace myself? or (if I cant), will it be pretty inexpensive if I call a plumber sounding like I know what Im on about? Is there nothing much more it could be?

Depends on why its stuck - you can sometimes bend the stick to solve it. Shouldn't be too hard to replce yourself at a guess

I assume it will do it again though even if I flush the loo.

have a google stuff here

have you checked the outside drain?

Oh dear, I mean the one in the loft, will it have the same mechanism? God I am thick at this stuff

Thank all, I think Im going to brave it and go up there

you need my big book 'what to do in an emergency'! take care up there