OK.. I have a bit of a problem with my drain in the kitchen. But... its got me stumped…
It all started when I tried to wash some clothes about a week ago…up until then everything was fine…
I noticed that the washing machine still had about 2 inches of water in the bottom of it. When I looked closer I found the washing contained bits of food as well.
I put the washing machine on again and watched it go through the motions. When it got to drain I noticed that the sink in the kitchen (directly next to the washing machine) was filling up with soapy water. I stopped using the washing machine and left it for the day. Then that night I was doing the washing up. I let the plug out and the water half drained and then stopped. The remaining water took about half an hour to drain away. I came to the obvious conclusion that it must be blocked at some point. The washing machine output runs into the sink’s waste pipe about 4 inches up from the U bend. I took apart all of the white 2 inch pipe and the U bend but could not find anything blocking it. The house is only 3 years old and the pipes all looked like new inside and out. The only part of the pipe I could not look in was the last 8 inches or so. This was because when they built the house they built the kitchen on top of part of it and glued all the joints together. So…. I figured the blockage could be in there and that I would have to cut out part of the bottom shelf to remove this part of pipe…This morning I did that and discovered that the end of the pipe goes through a rubber bung and into a 4 inch pipe. The 2 inch pipe was totally clear… so I know the blockage must be further on down the 4 inch pipe. I got one of them flexible drain un blocker things. I pushed it down the 4 inch pipe and with a little bit of a wiggle I managed to get the full 15 foot of it down there… When I pulled it back there was a little…but not much muck on the end of it. So I thought I would go outside to the inspection chamber and try to poke it from the other end. I did this (in the chamber that’s about 6 feet from my kitchen sink) and again nothing was on the end of the wire. So I put everything back together and ran the taps. After around 1 minute the sink again filled up and was not draining. I looked in the inspection chamber and could not see any water running through it…
So im stumped. I don’t want to call a drain company out as im not sure what they can do that I have not already done….
So any advice would be fantastic. I’m totally stumped 
It all started when I tried to wash some clothes about a week ago…up until then everything was fine…
I noticed that the washing machine still had about 2 inches of water in the bottom of it. When I looked closer I found the washing contained bits of food as well.
I put the washing machine on again and watched it go through the motions. When it got to drain I noticed that the sink in the kitchen (directly next to the washing machine) was filling up with soapy water. I stopped using the washing machine and left it for the day. Then that night I was doing the washing up. I let the plug out and the water half drained and then stopped. The remaining water took about half an hour to drain away. I came to the obvious conclusion that it must be blocked at some point. The washing machine output runs into the sink’s waste pipe about 4 inches up from the U bend. I took apart all of the white 2 inch pipe and the U bend but could not find anything blocking it. The house is only 3 years old and the pipes all looked like new inside and out. The only part of the pipe I could not look in was the last 8 inches or so. This was because when they built the house they built the kitchen on top of part of it and glued all the joints together. So…. I figured the blockage could be in there and that I would have to cut out part of the bottom shelf to remove this part of pipe…This morning I did that and discovered that the end of the pipe goes through a rubber bung and into a 4 inch pipe. The 2 inch pipe was totally clear… so I know the blockage must be further on down the 4 inch pipe. I got one of them flexible drain un blocker things. I pushed it down the 4 inch pipe and with a little bit of a wiggle I managed to get the full 15 foot of it down there… When I pulled it back there was a little…but not much muck on the end of it. So I thought I would go outside to the inspection chamber and try to poke it from the other end. I did this (in the chamber that’s about 6 feet from my kitchen sink) and again nothing was on the end of the wire. So I put everything back together and ran the taps. After around 1 minute the sink again filled up and was not draining. I looked in the inspection chamber and could not see any water running through it…
So im stumped. I don’t want to call a drain company out as im not sure what they can do that I have not already done….
So any advice would be fantastic. I’m totally stumped 