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Just had the man from Homeserve out to rod the system - no blockage, just overshoot of the waste because the "T" is so close to the back of the chamber. That s**t filled socket (sorry about that, breakfasting folks, but I thought a graphic image was needed!) is probably the outer end of the "T"...

Here's the promised photo of the mystery inlet (now pretty much definitely the open end of the "telescopic") complete with fresh s**t!

Photos of blocked backdrop shaft

Still raining hard so no photo but having looked online again (DrainDomain.com) I'm pretty certain it's the backdrop shaft/telescopic jobby that noseall posted earlier - thanks again. Looks like a partial blockage somewhere in the T junction if I've got waste coming out of the "telescopic"...

Ok, having done a bit of research I think I understand what an interceptor trap is - and I don't think my mystery pipe fits the bill. To start with, it's at the wrong height and angle to be a rodding access point (and it faces the wrong way!), nor does it look as if it ever had a cap. Will...

This looks helpful - from the drawing it could well be a drop pipe. What is it designed to do? The idea of s**t dropping from a height into the chamber seems horrific and must be against current regulations. As I don't know what an interceptor trap is I can't offer an opinion. Will take a...

I have discovered a strange inlet pipe about 75 cms below the top of the foul water inspection chamber outside my front door. The chamber itself has an invert level of about 1.32 metres. The upper pipe was full of faeces and paper and on clearing it I found that the water from the hosepipe was...