Hi all,
Can anyone help?
I've just spent most of the afternoon trying to unblock a drain. Into it is going rainwater, bath and sink water. I've treid chemicals. I've tried alternating bailing out as mutch sludge as possible with vigorous plunging using the 100mm flat plunger that came with my drain rod set. Also tried a cannister of 'power plunger'. Finally tried maneuvering a garden hose round the gully trap and blasting - none of this has worked. Oh and I've tried booiling water.
If I bail out to virtualy dry then it will gradually backfill to full again with more sludge. I assume therefore there must be a blockage further downstream and sludgy water is dribbling back off the blockage.
From reading other posts I suspect I need to get into the inspection chamber and apply the drain rods from below the blockage... Trouble is - I can't find an inspection chamber!!! %*)!$! Do I need to dig? Can I go up from a manhole on the road? Is the chamber likely to be on a neighbour's pproperty? Best to get the experts in?
Any help apppreciated!!
George
Can anyone help?
I've just spent most of the afternoon trying to unblock a drain. Into it is going rainwater, bath and sink water. I've treid chemicals. I've tried alternating bailing out as mutch sludge as possible with vigorous plunging using the 100mm flat plunger that came with my drain rod set. Also tried a cannister of 'power plunger'. Finally tried maneuvering a garden hose round the gully trap and blasting - none of this has worked. Oh and I've tried booiling water.
If I bail out to virtualy dry then it will gradually backfill to full again with more sludge. I assume therefore there must be a blockage further downstream and sludgy water is dribbling back off the blockage.
From reading other posts I suspect I need to get into the inspection chamber and apply the drain rods from below the blockage... Trouble is - I can't find an inspection chamber!!! %*)!$! Do I need to dig? Can I go up from a manhole on the road? Is the chamber likely to be on a neighbour's pproperty? Best to get the experts in?
Any help apppreciated!!
George