The waste pipe for my 1st foor toilet is blocked. I have previously had a plumber from another company clear it, but a couple days later it blocked up again so I suppose the cause of the block was farther down.
I've included a picture of the layout.
As noted, the horizontal pipe was cut into by the previous plumber, a trap installed, and a drain-jet used to remove blockage (lots of paper and poo was removed). However about 4 days later it was blocked up again. The toilet does drain very slowly, and the opening the trap shows that eventually no water or blockage remains in the horizontal pipe.
The shower and sink on the 1st floor do drain, albeit slower than normal, whether it is encountering the blockage or is just not receiving air to drain efficiently (if that makes sense) is hard to say?
The ground floor loo works perfectly.
All this points to a blockage in the vertical pipe just below the horizontal pipe junction (in my opinion.) We have strongly plunged and tried to use a 0.25 inch 21-foot drain snake (both from the toilet and the trap) but I am unable to succeed or even judge if / what it is encountering. I think it just winds up coiling on itself. We have tried a bottle of concentrated drain cleaner and baking soda and vinegar to no effect.
Given these facts, what is the best course of action? My instinct is to simply cut open the vertical pipe and replace the area in case something is lodged in there. Because the water does drain away it would seem a clean thing to cut into, and I'm not keep to blast it with a drain jet again and make a new giant mess, especially if there is something lodged in there that would further catch paper.
So uh.. how hard is it to cut open pipe and put new pipe that won't leak? Pimlico wants £170 just to show up. And then who knows. I've already spent £250 on the last guy. The cost of this is starting to really add up.
I've included a picture of the layout.
As noted, the horizontal pipe was cut into by the previous plumber, a trap installed, and a drain-jet used to remove blockage (lots of paper and poo was removed). However about 4 days later it was blocked up again. The toilet does drain very slowly, and the opening the trap shows that eventually no water or blockage remains in the horizontal pipe.
The shower and sink on the 1st floor do drain, albeit slower than normal, whether it is encountering the blockage or is just not receiving air to drain efficiently (if that makes sense) is hard to say?
The ground floor loo works perfectly.
All this points to a blockage in the vertical pipe just below the horizontal pipe junction (in my opinion.) We have strongly plunged and tried to use a 0.25 inch 21-foot drain snake (both from the toilet and the trap) but I am unable to succeed or even judge if / what it is encountering. I think it just winds up coiling on itself. We have tried a bottle of concentrated drain cleaner and baking soda and vinegar to no effect.
Given these facts, what is the best course of action? My instinct is to simply cut open the vertical pipe and replace the area in case something is lodged in there. Because the water does drain away it would seem a clean thing to cut into, and I'm not keep to blast it with a drain jet again and make a new giant mess, especially if there is something lodged in there that would further catch paper.
So uh.. how hard is it to cut open pipe and put new pipe that won't leak? Pimlico wants £170 just to show up. And then who knows. I've already spent £250 on the last guy. The cost of this is starting to really add up.