Kitchen sink blocked, help!!!

[summers]

I live in a flat, and about two weeks ago noticed that the sink was draining water away very slowly. I haven't got a plunger, so i took the pipe apart from under the sink and cleaned it out (there wasn't much crap in there to be honest). I also unscrewed the pipe it was attatched to and cleaned that out, again it wasn't very dirty. Then i tried screwing the pipe back to the one at the back of the kitchen sink, but found it to be not a very tight fit. Anyway back to the original problem, i've just come back from holiday, but before i went i ordered a Silverline snake type think with a cork screw type end. I used it last night, and although it didn't look like much food stuff came out, there was a lot of black thick oil type stuff. Does anybody know what this could be? I tried putting the pipes back together again last night and turned on the taps, but the pipes are still loose as they leaked. However i'm still convinced the drain is blocked as the water appeared to flow to the blockage before coming back through the pipes and leaking. Any help with this problem would be gratefully received.

 

[seco services]

the black stuff is the muck and water sitting in the pipe. keep rodding.
did you put the black seals in properly when fitting the trap ?

 

[Alz0r]

Nothing a bottle of One-Shot won't dissolve!

 

[summers]

Yeah i put the black seals back properly, but it looks like the plastic pipe was cut at an angle. I forgot to mention that i have already put a bottle of Mr Muscle sink blockage formula down the sink, but it did nothing.

 

[seco services]

can you get to all the waste pipe right back to the stack ?

 

[summers]

Not sure what the 'stack' is mate. It's a very small kitchen cupboard under the sink and i can't see beyond the pipe under the sink.

 

[seco services]

so its a case of keep rodding if there is no access to the rest of the pipe.
it will go just time consuming.

 

[summers]

Ok mate thanks for the replies. Should i get another small piece of pipe to replace the bit that's mis-cut?

 

[seco services]

not knowing how bad it is and it was ok.
but always better when the pipe is cut square and not at an angle.

 

[JayJay1978]

Why can't you plumbers ever seem to cut a pipe straight and deburr??

 

[seco services]

who said a plumber fitted it ?

 

[summers]

I think it was probably our landlord, and he's as dodgy as they come!

 

[seco services]

that says it all if the landlords been let loose on it.