Kitchen waste to bottle gully, then off to foul / rainwater waste (or whatever its called). It's been in service since the house was built 24 years ago. Over xmas I noticed the water wasn't draining from the sink when the washing machine was emptying (it had done for many years prior), so thought it was blocked. I removed the Dip Tube, cleaned everything up, but found no issue. With no Dip Tube, I threw 5 x14 litres buckets of water down the sink, it cleared with no issue. I put the dip tube back, and it blocks after one bucket. Nothing has change for 20 odd year, so can anyone give me a clue about what the issue may be?
Bizarre outside bottle gully problem
- Thread starter Robbot
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At a guess, either a load of Detritus in the bottom of the Pot, but if you've cleaned that out, then I'd suggest there is a blockage downstream of the Gully.
Tipping water down with the Dip Tube removed, would allow the water to fill the outgoing pipework and displace the same volume of air back out. Putting the Dip Tube in, and that air is then trapped in the pipework, preventing the water from displacing it.
Tipping water down with the Dip Tube removed, would allow the water to fill the outgoing pipework and displace the same volume of air back out. Putting the Dip Tube in, and that air is then trapped in the pipework, preventing the water from displacing it.
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