The Ghost Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 I am up north near Amble visiting my daughter and her toilet/sewer is blocked. She purchased some rods and I have spent a few hours and managed to snap five of them...so no good. Has anyone used a preasure washer to clear drains and are they any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazsl Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Yes used a drain cleaner that pushes it's self along cleared mine in no time just had to get my hand down to feed it around the trap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost Posted May 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Did you hire it dazsl? I am not paying for Rod-are-us to come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Used to work on building sites as a groundworker. Have had to clear any number of drains where the test stoppers got left in. Never, ever broke a rod. You need better quality rods, to start with. Try rodding up from a clear manhole towards the blockage. Get a hosepipe, and use plenty of water on any solids that you do manage to break free, to help flush them all down the lines properly. Don't put any of the fittings on the rods, as they can catch on joints, and the 'corkscrew' can quite easily break through pipes (especially plastic, but even clay). Make sure you have located all the manholes, and spend some time working out exactly where the problem is. If it doesn't work, then try calling a local independent drain company out, if you can. Dyno-rod and the rest of the big boys are insane prices, just for callout and the first 30 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 As has been said, work from the clear side of the blockage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLuke Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Watch out if you do free it, in my experience they tend to gush/splat at netting with next clear manhole...where you will be stood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickS Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Both barrels of 36g no.3 shot should clear it.... Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3vert Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Last time our shower blocked up I was told to go to nearest plumbers merchant and purchase a liquid called "one shot" (think that's it's name) excellent stuff and after a short wait whilst all sorts of fumes came out the drain bingo flushed through with water and clear as a bell. Maybe worth a try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost Posted May 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Just unblocked the drain. 'Have had to clear any number of drains where the test stoppers got left in. Never, ever broke a rod'...from above robbiep got me thinking that if I had a proper set of rods it would shift. Loaned a set of good rods 10mins later WHHHOOOOOSSSSHHH. Many thanks as ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Glad it's sorted. Check all the manholes are clear, get her to flush the loos while you watch the manholes for a good rush of water, to make sure there isn't anything that has got trapped further back up the lines. If she has been there a while, and this is the first time it has happened, check that various not-nice items (to put it delicately) aren't being flushed down the loo. I've knew one new house where the drains blocked up within a fortnight of the people moving in. Turned out they had been flushing disposable nappies down the loo. Yes, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Best check it with a GOOD size #2.A couple of bowls of all bran and a few pints of Guinness should be a good test . ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 couple years ago our sewer line got blocked, it turns out a young single mum a few doors up was stuffing wet wipes down the toilet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost Posted May 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Small world La bala, thats what this was blocked with hundreds of face wipes...they don't desolve once flushed. The guilty party has agreed to buy a small bin for her bathroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuffy Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 i bet a pound to a pinch of **** most blockages are caused by them . most i get to poke about in are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfiddler Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Go to b&q & get a 1 ltr bottle of 1 shot £9.99, empty as much wate as possible then add the 1 shot, pinch your nose & run ! As the smell will offend the dead. It's a acid based & is s@/t hot stuff, I use on all my sites, I manage industrial estates. No pun intended in the name that's what it's called Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Best check it with a GOOD size #2.A couple of bowls of all bran and a few pints of Guinness should be a good test . ;-) If I had that I'd be as well peeing down the drain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Take it that its a 4" drain ? If so attach the 4" plunger and as others have said rod from the clear manhole to the blockage. The suction caused by repeated plunging of the rods should pull through the blockage unless its a nappy. Be wary of adding chemicals as if they dont work and you still need to rod they will burn like a bitch. A decent HPWJ firm will clear it in five mins if all esle fails, I had the misfortune to be an operative last year- pay no more than £90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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