Where's My Blockage?

[diynoob]

My bath drain is blocked and drains very slowly. I've tried everything and am about to resort to taking the floor up. It's a very long way from the bath t0 the soil stack. The pipes and trap that are accessible under the bath are not blocked.

The waste pipe is 43mm diameter. After letting it drain for a couple of days I can pour 7 litres of water in before the water backs up to the plug hole.

By my calculation that mean the blockage is about 560cm away from the plug hole. That's in the bedroom next door, not far from the soil stack. Does that calculation sound about right?

 

[Agile]

Is it blocked with long hair?

 

[diynoob]

Probably yes. It's so far away from the bath that I can't reach it with a snake or suck it out with the wet vac.

 

[rules&rulers]

Sometimes a firm garden hose pipe pushed through the drain the pipe from the removed trap will push the blockage along to the soil pipe.

 

[Pin 5]

Edit

 

[Nige F]

Before you take the floor up - There is a Draper 7.6m drain unblocker on eBay for £13. Or you could try and hire an electric drill powered one

 

[AGAS]

HEY Pin 5 tell us about the pin 5

 

[diynoob]

@rules - I can't get a hose pipe down it. The bend in the photo I can force it round but there's another 90 degree bend immediately below the floor so it won't go round that.

@nige - My snake goes through but doesn't reach the blockage. I'll try the extra long one you mention.

 

[rules&rulers]

Looks like 32mm pipe,could be my screen,thou.

It is unblockable with a little effort.good luck !

 

[Pin 5]

What would you like to know @AGAS

 

[AGAS]

What would you like to know @AGAS

what it does or what its for ?