Kingswood Villas Drain Services

The towers are 27 to 39 storeys high, so by design one stack probably collects water from twenty or thirty floors, and low-floor flats sit closest to its foot. When grease, wet wipes and similar debris collect at the stack foot, in the underground drain or in a manhole, and the floors above use a lot of water at once (in the morning or after dinner, say), the toilet and floor drain on a low floor are the first to bubble and rise, and in bad cases sewage comes back up. One slow outlet usually means the flat's branch pipe; if several outlets play up together, or flats above and below are affected, tell the management office straight away.

According to Chinese Wikipedia, the living-room wall between neighbouring flats at Kingswood Villas is not load-bearing, and every phase, old and new, has many flats that owners have combined themselves. A combined flat can have two kitchens and three or four bathrooms, one set of which is rarely used or is simply covered over when the space becomes a room. It follows that the trap seals at those outlets slowly evaporate and let sewer air in. Pour about half a litre of water into each floor drain every week, and have a registered contractor properly cap or remove outlets that are no longer used.

HK01 reported in July 2022 that it had found at least four suspected subdivided flats advertised for rent at Kingswood Villas, across Kenswood, Sherwood and Locwood Courts, one of which appeared to have a toilet and shower partitioned out of the kitchen; The Collective reported in September 2026 that five flats registered under the Basic Housing Units Ordinance are all in Locwood Court. Certification requires each subdivided unit to have its own toilet and a sink outside it, which means new drainage points, and BD says drainage alterations in subdivided flats must also be done by a registered contractor. If your ceiling leaks or your bathroom starts to smell after works upstairs, take photos and tell the management office.

Standard flats have no balcony or utility platform, so, inferring from the design, many households keep the washing machine in the kitchen with its hose pushed into the floor drain or connected under the sink. A washing machine discharges a large volume of water full of detergent residue and fibres at once; this builds up in the trap and branch pipe, so the sink drains slowly and the floor drain backs up, and a hose simply pushed into an open outlet rather than connected to a trapped point also lets sewer smells in. The fix is to clear the build-up and give the hose a secure connection to a trapped outlet.

The Tin Shui Wai Nullah runs past Locwood Court. DotDotNews reported in May 2026 that Jeff Yiu Ming, a Legislative Council member for New Territories North, noticed rubbish and silt still collecting along parts of the channel when he visited the nullah, some of it giving off a smell. If the smell mainly appears with the windows open and does not improve after you pour water into every drain in the flat, the source may be outside, and you can report it to the government through 1823. If the bathroom or kitchen still smells of drains with the windows shut, the traps, branch pipes and vent pipes need checking.