The kitchen waste water drain is blocked... again!! The drain takes sink, dishwasher and clothes washer water through three pipes into one drain. We have had some trouble in the past, on and off, when the sink would not drain and it turned out to be the outside drain was blocked with inherited muck from previous owners... and a few snails in the drain hole itself. The sink has been slow to drain all week and now has packed it in totally. On the advice of our local hardware shop I have poured a smallish bag of soda crystals down into the mess and nothing happened. I have poured one kettle of boiling water down now and still nothing. Help! It is starting to smell and I don't want to have to drain it by hand again ( though with rubber gloves this time) What do I do?? So far kicking the sink has not helped, nor has yelling at the blockage. Thanks for who ever can come to my rescue.