blocked drain

[4String.]

Im always in the sh1t one way or another

Me too, it’s just the depth that varies .

 

[TechnicAl]

My drains block regularly...well a few years in between....last twice Ive rung Severn Trent and they come out, clear them out and later I get a cheque for £75 as an apology

 

[Robotstar5]

A work colleague has been having blocked drains regularly since he bought his house about a year ago and worked out it only seemed to happen during school holidays. he got fed up of rodding the drains out so got a camera company in to see if they could find the problem which turned out to be a partial collapse, the "drain engineer" thought the school on his road produced enough waste water during term time to keep everything moving, but once they were on holiday the domestic properties didn't produce enough so it blocked up.

 

[angellonewolf]

i realy need a set of thiner rods the big normal ones wont bend round the 90 degree bend

 

[Brad93]

My drains block regularly...well a few years in between....last twice Ive rung Severn Trent and they come out, clear them out and later I get a cheque for £75 as an apology

*starts putting sticks down the drain...*

 

[pedrobedro]

I have three covers on the back yard and a few years ago it was a bit whiffy so I lifted the one outside the back door and it was up to the brim with floaters. The second one was the same so I lifted the third one and there was just a trickle coming through. I just used the rods with nothing on the end and worked back from the trickle. A few good shoves and I had to run for it, it must have been backed up for a few more houses besides us it looked like someone had been shoving newspapers down the bog. It's never done it since thankfully.

 

[fizzy]

A mate of mine used to have the local Dynorod franchise - I often accompanied him on jobs when I was out of work.
There are times when rods will clear what the jetter can't. They are rare but it does happen.
The suction from the rods when a blockage lets go can be scary. Got to hang on tight or you will lose the lot!

 

[angellonewolf]

am looking at the karcher copy drain cleaner from china for 10 quid ?and one ever use one ?

still want to rod it realy been two quite a few shops to day but all the rodding bits seams to be the same none there with a bit more flexable rod so far

 

[angellonewolf]

Update been round my mates after a douse of drain cleaner add we got the rods down the bend and pumping with water got the drain clean

Thanks for all the help

 

[gaz1]

Update been round my mates after a douse of drain cleaner add we got the rods down the bend and pumping with water got the drain clean

Thanks for all the help

so did it grab the rod when it let go then ?

 

[angellonewolf]

no to be honest we are a bit worried we have done this 3 times in the last 3 years

he had a tree there but was taken away last year what he hopes will sort the problem ive said to put gutter gardes in there to stop the carp getting in there

but there was no big bang or glug just pumping water pumping water and in the end it let go thats why we are not sure its fixed i still thing there is something down there but the slit is gone thats letting the the water through

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I've cleared [and opened] drains in the past which have been full of roots from trees/bushes or simply grass - they end up looking a bit [] like this stuff if not maintained regularly

 

[Olderisbetter]

At my old house we got blocked drains all the time and i used a pigs tail screw and had another run of rods with a jet was line tapped on, When we moved i put in all new plastic drains with rodding points and set it up so we could flush the drains right to the manhole which is 7 feet down at the edge of the property, never had a problem in 20 years.

 

[DAPPH]

i realy need a set of thiner rods the big normal ones wont bend round the 90 degree bend

I made a Hockey Stick , long shaft and almost 90 degree turn at the end over a distance of 20 inches to slip in the 5 foot deep manhole find the exit and then shoved a length of 3/4 black Bailey rods in the hockey stick till I reached the block which turned out to be in the street . There is no way I could have got down and put the rod in the outlet as I'm 80 % disabled

The Hockey stick was made of 2 inch external ribbed but smooth internally pond water piping . I dipped the last two feet in a bucket of very very hot water to soften it then set it in the stick shape between brick ends till it cooled down and took the general hockey stick shape , taped it to a length of kitchen sink waste pipe so I could probe and steer the end into the chamber outlet . It also works in getting the 1500 psi power washer drain cleaning nozzle into the outlet , don't turn the power washer on till it is well down the hole or it is likely to pierce the wall of the guide tube .

 

[DAPPH]

At my old house we got blocked drains all the time and i used a pigs tail screw and had another run of rods with a jet was line tapped on, When we moved i put in all new plastic drains with rodding points and set it up so we could flush the drains right to the manhole which is 7 feet down at the edge of the property, never had a problem in 20 years.

I ended up doing similar here It took me two years digging with a very long handled ladies border spade , taking a bit out when ever I was able ,to do 55 mtrs of trenches through bust up concrete of varying thicknesses from 3 inches to 22 inches thick & through all manner of land filling rubbish . Once I'd got the hole deep enough and big enough to stand and work in things got a lot easier .

When putting the pipe work in at an approved gradient I took a lot of care & made a simple wooden U shaped channel jig ( like a closed mitre block jig ) so I could cut the pipes square . I took care to smooth , chamfer & grease the ends of the pipes and removed all burrs in the internal walls before they were assembled to a scored on line .

Did make a mistake in making one run between manholes six feet longer than the 10mtrs of the power washer hose , with hindsight I should have slipped in another manhole or a rodding point half way . But it hasn't blocked in the 11 years it's been done.

 

[DAPPH]

no to be honest we are a bit worried we have done this 3 times in the last 3 years

he had a tree there but was taken away last year what he hopes will sort the problem ive said to put gutter gardes in there to stop the carp getting in there

but there was no big bang or glug just pumping water pumping water and in the end it let go thats why we are not sure its fixed i still thing there is something down there but the slit is gone thats letting the the water through

Have you tried to push the rubber drain cleaning disc through yet ? Count the number of rods before you do just in case it sticks because of " flowspar " at a bad pipe joint , that way you'll know where th problem block might be . .

 

[angellonewolf]

its only aprox 2.5 merters to the main drain thats where its blocked or was but as it keeps happening does not fill me with confidence