Kitchen sink blockage

[rocketmanbkk]

Hi Friends

How's your weekend?

So, got this kitchen sink blockage.

Owners put one stop down it, not fixed.

I took all the plastic parts off, clean as a whistle, put a wire spider thingy tool down the waste pipe, went in about 1-2 meters, prodded about a bit, nothing came out. Still blocked.

So, any ideas? There are no other blockages in the house, just the kitchen sink.

Cheers

RCT

 

[TomLane]

Where does the waste run to? Ie outside to open drain or other.

Is the waste pipe running away from the sink rather than back towards?

 

[rocketmanbkk]

hello

yep,. it runs away and I think it going into a concealed soil stack.

The drain pipe runs behind kitchen units so cant be accessed easily (as usual).

Got a headache! Need a kip

 

[Howsie]

I assume there's no rodding point?

 

[rocketmanbkk]

well, not sure, its an old pipe in a council house, not sure if theyre the same on the britwell? this is an ex- council in Langley.

At the bottom of the soil pipe is like a cover bolted on but i dont think it'll help me as the toilet runs into it and is OK, same as bath and basin.

got me going this has, going for a kip

 

[Hybrid]

I'm going for waste pipe not clipped behind units which is causing it to sag and a nice plug of fat causing a blockage. The fat goes rock hard over time and the only thing that'll shift it is a rip out and do over.
Check behind plinth to see if the pipes been dropped below to they didn't even have to notch the units.
Smelly job, good luck lol

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Thanks, I think the back of the unit needs to come off also.

Smelly I can take, not knowing is giving me a headache!

Weird, tenants lived there 18 months and no issues.

Thanks again

 

[rocketmanbkk]

The tenant got it fixed!!

She said it was an airlock but I'm not buying that one.

 

[stevetheplumber]

get a pump action drain unblocker the bright orange ones seem goodjustv fill up the pipe with water and bang

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Cheers Steve

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Do you know the make?

 

[PlumbBobBob]

one of these Toolstation > Hand Tools > Drain Rods & Plungers > Drain Blast Unblocker will do the trick

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Thanks

 

[Hybrid]

Had a kinetic water ram once. Was the business, cant find one for a tidy price now.

 

[stevetheplumber]

ive got one of these works a treat you must have water all the way to the blockage and hold a wet rag tight on any overflows delivers a shock wave through the water the one linked to above is more like the old suction cup plungers which also can work

 

[stevetheplumber]

Buy Original Pango Pipe Clearer, including 4 adapters forgot to add link above

 

[Hybrid]

That pango one looks ok, think i'll buy one and shove it under the passenger seat.

I had this :
GENERAL WIRE SPRING KR-MON-WC KINETIC WATER RAM KIT IN CASE Excludes - Supremeplumb.com

Like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. A mate pumped it up to a million bar of pressure and discharged it on to another guys arse cheek (yeah I know how it reads). Almost knocked him off his feet and left a cracking bruise

 

[Koogatubac]

I love these jobs. I grab all the blockage out with my bare hands, then i get a apprentice to run to grab my bait box, remove my sandwiches and TA DA! Instant sauce for that fresh chicken sandwich, ooo boy do i love the taste of blockages