Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere but I could do with a little advice if possible.
I have an annexe with a shower and toilet that feeds into the main waste from the house.
The main waste pipe is running clear, the blockage is in the pipe from the annexe.
I have used drain rods and am now in around 40ft from the access point in the garden.
However I can only get in as far as I need to with the wheel attachment. The augur bit won't pass the bend.
Nor will the rod end with no attachment. I am reluctant to force the issue in case of damage to the pipe.
So I am 'butting' the blockage hoping to shift it but no joy. Occasionally I get a trickle of water come out, and a little bit of matter seepage, but the block is still in situ.
I know the block is around the area where the shower feeds into the soil pipe but I have no idea what it can be to be so stubborn.
Since I am applying pressure from a long way back, perhaps I am losing force and just need to persist.
I have broken off in order to ask if there is anything I can do to aid my efforts - perhaps an industrial strength potion that I could get into the soil pipe via the toilet.
I have a septic tank so it would need to be safe for that.
Alternatively an attachment I haven't read about that will go round corners easily but has something on the end to aid with breaking up the mass.
I suspect a visitor has dropped something down the toilet which should not be there but I can't know that until I can clear it.
Thanks for any pointers - I am running out of ideas.
I have an annexe with a shower and toilet that feeds into the main waste from the house.
The main waste pipe is running clear, the blockage is in the pipe from the annexe.
I have used drain rods and am now in around 40ft from the access point in the garden.
However I can only get in as far as I need to with the wheel attachment. The augur bit won't pass the bend.
Nor will the rod end with no attachment. I am reluctant to force the issue in case of damage to the pipe.
So I am 'butting' the blockage hoping to shift it but no joy. Occasionally I get a trickle of water come out, and a little bit of matter seepage, but the block is still in situ.
I know the block is around the area where the shower feeds into the soil pipe but I have no idea what it can be to be so stubborn.
Since I am applying pressure from a long way back, perhaps I am losing force and just need to persist.
I have broken off in order to ask if there is anything I can do to aid my efforts - perhaps an industrial strength potion that I could get into the soil pipe via the toilet.
I have a septic tank so it would need to be safe for that.
Alternatively an attachment I haven't read about that will go round corners easily but has something on the end to aid with breaking up the mass.
I suspect a visitor has dropped something down the toilet which should not be there but I can't know that until I can clear it.
Thanks for any pointers - I am running out of ideas.