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I think you're right. Thanks for all your help (and everyone else who contributed). It would've helped if I could have worked out how the gully in question connects to everything else. Thanks again everyone.

Sadly, the pressure washer hose trick didn't work. Also my home-made glove (bin bag) got a leak in it and so I'll probably get an infection in the cut on my hand. Not a good day for DIY. :cry:

Okay, I admit it. I was wrong. The gunk and the smell must've altered my perception! The outlet is at the bottom(ish). I've revised my picture (which is worth 1000 words) accordingly... The problem is that I can't get my (small) hand round because of the angle to the wall. The outlet is...

I have had my hand in - it was horrible! I scooped out all the water with a tin can and the gunk with my hand and when that was done it just felt like a ceramic or earthenware pot sunk in the concrete. Nothing at the bottom. I could try again tomorrow, scooping all the water and stuff out. If...

The pot is clay. Thanks.

Hi. I've attached another diagram. The kitchen pipe runs into this. Its a cylindrical "pot" - I've got my hand in and removed the debris - but there are no pipes out of the bottom. There is an outlet near the top but I couldn't get a rod (or much of my hand in) due to how close it...

Thank you. Is my sketch not enlarging when you click on it, or is it my handwriting?!

Hi. Here is my situation. Where I say 'I have' I mean my other half has! I have attached (I hope) a drawn diagram. The outside gully is blocked. It is draining, but slowly. I have scooped out all the water and removed all the debris. It only seems to have one hole, near the top, as in my...