I've got a 28mm copper pipe from an unvented cylinder, going into a stack pipe. It's blocked, pretty hard, down at the stack end. Water goes through very very slowly.
There's no access anywhere near the stack end, and there's an elbow or two, so "rodding" isn't possible. Upstream of the elbow there's about 5 metres of straightish horizontal pipe, which a spring goes right down.
SO how would a plumber connect a 28mm copper pipe to a stack pipe, which is probably plastic?
(I'm afraid I can guess...)
Is it possible that "material" from above has dropped onto the copper pipe if it protrudes into the plastic, and blocked it?
At the moment the pipe is full with a bottle full of Mr Muscle trap clearer. It's based on sodium hydroxide. Doesn't attack copper pipe or solder, does it?
I've tried pressurising the pipe with a big drain plunger, nothing doing. Next could be mains water, or air, or maybe a Pango.
ANy bright ideas?
This problem was originally (mis)described here...
There's no access anywhere near the stack end, and there's an elbow or two, so "rodding" isn't possible. Upstream of the elbow there's about 5 metres of straightish horizontal pipe, which a spring goes right down.
SO how would a plumber connect a 28mm copper pipe to a stack pipe, which is probably plastic?
(I'm afraid I can guess...)
Is it possible that "material" from above has dropped onto the copper pipe if it protrudes into the plastic, and blocked it?
At the moment the pipe is full with a bottle full of Mr Muscle trap clearer. It's based on sodium hydroxide. Doesn't attack copper pipe or solder, does it?
I've tried pressurising the pipe with a big drain plunger, nothing doing. Next could be mains water, or air, or maybe a Pango.
ANy bright ideas?
This problem was originally (mis)described here...