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Scratcher53

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Kitchen drain blocked . Any recommendations for reasonable and reliable tradesman to unblock ? Any help appreciated.
 
If sink to grid use a plunger. If grid I’d try a mop with an old towel tied to it & plunge. Watch out for splashback especially if there is shit backing up
 
Scratcher53 said:
Kitchen drain blocked . Any recommendations for reasonable and reliable tradesman to unblock ? Any help appreciated.
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You might not need a tradesman have you tried a Plunger?
Seriously mine was blocked last week, I bought a £1.99 plunger from Wilko’s and hey presto worked a treat. 👍
 
Sorry not made myself clear.Its the outside grid that is overflowing. Have cleaned out as much as I can but still not flowing down outside drain
 
Lala said:
Plunger and gardening gloves and a big stick. Delve around yourself first. Saved myself 120 sorting my own out this year 👍
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If the blockage can be traced to beyond your boundary line, the water company is responsible. Happened with us. Blockage was at the other end of the street but we were at the shallow end.
 
Is it the drain or is the kitchen trap blocked?? You can unscrew the trap by hand and take it off to see if theres a blockage...Just make sure you've got a bowl there ready as the trap will have some water in it.
 
Buy a set of drain rods and do it yourself.
Drain rods are always handy if you’re into DIY. Apart from their obvious use, I use mine for routing cables under floor boards amongst other things.
 
I've got all the drainage rods and that would probably sort it for you.
Firms charge £100 call out fee and its usually a half hour job.

Give us a call if you don't get it sorted and we will do it for you Seasiders mates rates.
07877345422 Bri.
 
If you do need someone to sort I use Eezee Enviromental 07967 001047 when we have a problem at work. always found them reasonable and honest.
They are based in Staining.
 
We had the manhole blocked outside from the hotel kitchen sink. We used 40ft of draining today which took us onto the back alley. Wouldn’t shift it. We called united utilities they came after 5 days and it was backing up ours from a blockage on the alleyway. Wasn’t our problem they jetted the pipes and cleared the blockage free of charge.
 
If it's just one grid that's blocked the mop plunge can work. But if the whole lot is blocked everything will backup including your loo. I'd find the manhole & have a look, if it's not full of you know what, try running water down a different grid & watch to see if it's coming out at the manhole end. Then you'll know if it's local to your sink drain or the whole lot. If you can give it a jolt with plunging & get some flow, I've found filling an old bin up with water & emptying it quickly down the suspect grid can clear it. Good luck.
 
Lala said:
Plunger and gardening gloves and a big stick. Delve around yourself first. Saved myself 120 sorting my own out this year 👍
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Here's a story.

About two years ago my drain outside was flowing slowly and stinking. Not being one to call a tradesperson at first sign of problem, I got a big stick. Poked about, shifted something and the water gurgled away a bit.

Still slow though, still smelly.

Ok, thought I. Let's have a look. Perhaps something lodged in it.

On to my hands and knees I went, hand in the water, rooting about (ungloved, I know, I'm a fool but it's just the kitchen outflow. Nothing so bad goes in it, what could go wrong?)

My fingers settle on what feels like a stick. Possibly this is the problem. Maybe it's a dead plant from one of my pots and the root ball has got lodged in there. Should be easy to shift.

I wrap my hands around the 'stick' which feels a bit stringy. Just like a dead stem from a plant. That's definitely what it is.

I pull and up comes the root ball.

Except it isn't a root ball.

It's a dead rat. Bloated in the water, hanging there, all puffed up like a balloon.

** hell. I dropped it and literally ran away. I'm not squeamish about rats, I quite like them in fact, but a hairless, rotting rat corpse that stinks, covered in slimy effluent from my sink. I was squeamish about that.

I must have used about half a bottle of bleach on my hands. Felt like showering in bleach, with a scrubbing brush.

Worst thing was, I still had to go back outside and deal with the rat I'd dropped. Thankfully it hadn't burst. Poor fella was scooped up with spade, and bagged up and dropped in the wheelie bin. Not a fitting end, but what else could I do? I've got a concrete yard.

Still. Saved a few quid!
 
td53 said:
Here's a story.

About two years ago my drain outside was flowing slowly and stinking. Not being one to call a tradesperson at first sign of problem, I got a big stick. Poked about, shifted something and the water gurgled away a bit.

Still slow though, still smelly.

Ok, thought I. Let's have a look. Perhaps something lodged in it.

On to my hands and knees I went, hand in the water, rooting about (ungloved, I know, I'm a fool but it's just the kitchen outflow. Nothing so bad goes in it, what could go wrong?)

My fingers settle on what feels like a stick. Possibly this is the problem. Maybe it's a dead plant from one of my pots and the root ball has got lodged in there. Should be easy to shift.

I wrap my hands around the 'stick' which feels a bit stringy. Just like a dead stem from a plant. That's definitely what it is.

I pull and up comes the root ball.

Except it isn't a root ball.

It's a dead rat. Bloated in the water, hanging there, all puffed up like a balloon.

** hell. I dropped it and literally ran away. I'm not squeamish about rats, I quite like them in fact, but a hairless, rotting rat corpse that stinks, covered in slimy effluent from my sink. I was squeamish about that.

I must have used about half a bottle of bleach on my hands. Felt like showering in bleach, with a scrubbing brush.

Worst thing was, I still had to go back outside and deal with the rat I'd dropped. Thankfully it hadn't burst. Poor fella was scooped up with spade, and bagged up and dropped in the wheelie bin. Not a fitting end, but what else could I do? I've got a concrete yard.

Still. Saved a few quid!
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Well if we’re onto rat stories....

My dad was in the RN during the war. Lying in his hammock one night he felt the ship’s cat land on his chest so he put his hand out to stroke it. And it quite liked it, nuzzling up to him even closer. Until my dad’s hand ran down it’s back to its tail. Which was long and thin.

Like you he screamed and jumped out of his hammock sending ratty flying.

As for the drain, as above if it’s not within your boundary it’s down to the authorities. Only problem is you probably won’t know where the blockage is until you get someone out. We had a similar problem but nothing I tried worked and we had to get someone out to jet it. The grass on that part of the lawn grows very well now though.
 
Johnno said:
Buy a set of drain rods and do it yourself.
Drain rods are always handy if you’re into DIY. Apart from their obvious use, I use mine for routing cables under floor boards amongst other things.
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You can hire drain rods these days Smith’s equipment hire do them.
 
Mexboroseasider said:
Well if we’re onto rat stories....

My dad was in the RN during the war. Lying in his hammock one night he felt the ship’s cat land on his chest so he put his hand out to stroke it. And it quite liked it, nuzzling up to him even closer. Until my dad’s hand ran down it’s back to its tail. Which was long and thin.

Like you he screamed and jumped out of his hammock sending ratty flying.

As for the drain, as above if it’s not within your boundary it’s down to the authorities. Only problem is you probably won’t know where the blockage is until you get someone out. We had a similar problem but nothing I tried worked and we had to get someone out to jet it. The grass on that part of the lawn grows very well now though.
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Aw.

I've had rats. Not brown ones obviously but fancy rats. They're lovely and affectionate, really clever, funny things.

Mine used to sit on my shoulders and watch telly with me, many a late night we'd watch baseball together. They love just sitting there, nuzzled into your neck watching the screen.

Really sharp as well. They worked out my other half would shout at them for nibbling the plants, but I wouldn't bother. So therefore, they'd check who was about before going for a chew on the plants. Watching them act innocent when she came in was very, very funny. They practically whistled a tune and put their tiny little hands behind their back.

I'd have more, but rats and cats ain't a good mix.
 
Sorry scratcher, I've taken this way off topic. Hope ye get yr drain sorted.

A shit load of bleach or soda crystals can do a job. I've also used some drain unblocker solution that worked to dissolve grease and stuff. Not expensive.
 
td53 said:
Aw.

I've had rats. Not brown ones obviously but fancy rats. They're lovely and affectionate, really clever, funny things.

Mine used to sit on my shoulders and watch telly with me, many a late night we'd watch baseball together. They love just sitting there, nuzzled into your neck watching the screen.

Really sharp as well. They worked out my other half would shout at them for nibbling the plants, but I wouldn't bother. So therefore, they'd check who was about before going for a chew on the plants. Watching them act innocent when she came in was very, very funny. They practically whistled a tune and put their tiny little hands behind their back.

I'd have more, but rats and cats ain't a good mix.
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I had one too, whilst in the Army. Used to take it on my shoulder into the Naafi bar for a few beers (for me, not the rat!).
 
Scratcher53 said:
Sorry not made myself clear.Its the outside grid that is overflowing. Have cleaned out as much as I can but still not flowing down outside drain
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Get some arm length rubber gloves, a mask and a bin liner. Pull the grid off and get your arm in there to pull the crap out. Costs nothing.
 
A set of drain rods will cost you £30 from B and Q. If it's the kitchen waste pipe, it will probably be dishwasher tablets, oil/ grease any old shit that you've put down the sink. Rod the outside drain, you will clear it unless the drain has collapsed. IT's a piece of piss and will save you a fortune in the long run.
 
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