Hello
My downstairs toilet is blocked (not completely but it takes a while for the pan to empty). However there is no manhole cover anywhere on the property. It's possible that it was built over years ago.
The kitchen sink drainage goes into a pipe in the back garden and disappears underground. It tends to flood the concrete area in the garden, and rainwater is also slow to drain. Outside in the back garden there is a small drainage grating (about 6 inches square) set in the concrete. This became blocked with soil but I have managed to unblock this for about six feet using a toilet auger. The main problem remains however.
I presume that the narrow diameter pipe leading underground from this grating will join the main sewer pipe, and the fact that I have the two problems (blocked toilet and garden flooding) means that the blockage possibly occurs after the this junction. Is it worth getting a set of rods and trying to rod down this small pipe?
The man from Dynorod had nothing to suggest but removing the toilet and jetting from there, but he wasn't keen, and went away without trying anything.
My downstairs toilet is blocked (not completely but it takes a while for the pan to empty). However there is no manhole cover anywhere on the property. It's possible that it was built over years ago.
The kitchen sink drainage goes into a pipe in the back garden and disappears underground. It tends to flood the concrete area in the garden, and rainwater is also slow to drain. Outside in the back garden there is a small drainage grating (about 6 inches square) set in the concrete. This became blocked with soil but I have managed to unblock this for about six feet using a toilet auger. The main problem remains however.
I presume that the narrow diameter pipe leading underground from this grating will join the main sewer pipe, and the fact that I have the two problems (blocked toilet and garden flooding) means that the blockage possibly occurs after the this junction. Is it worth getting a set of rods and trying to rod down this small pipe?
The man from Dynorod had nothing to suggest but removing the toilet and jetting from there, but he wasn't keen, and went away without trying anything.