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nickjaxe
At the top of my driveway just before the pavement we have a big square man hole cover...covering the inspection chamber for the drains that lead to the main drain in the street...there is some kind of what looks like a U bend that always has some water in it,
Both mine and the next door neighbours drain come into one at this point,
About 6 months ago we had a very bad blockage and raw sewage overflowed and flowed down the drive and into my garden...1st time this has happend in the 30 years we have lived in this house,
The local water company came out with a few guys and cleaned it up for us fortunately giving us warning about what not to put down our toilets,
Since the overflow I check inside this cover every week...and have found it blocking up 4 time now...there is what I think is a rodding hole in there that has a removable porcelain cover blocking its entrance and the utility's guy advised us to leave the porcelain cover of as it will allow any overflow to run down instead of filling the chamber...saying that the cover is to stop vermin finding a way into our drains,
Anywa this weekend when I lifted the cover it was all blocked up again as deep as the rodding hole....I got my drain rods into the U bend with a 4inch plunger of the end and that soon got things flowing again....when I was using the rods which only go so far in due to the bend I noticed what I think to be a light coloured FAT stuck to the sides of the drain where I was rodding about 1/2 inch think...not noticed it before,
Got off what I could but I suspect there maybe more that I cannot see around the bend,
Is it possible that this maybe what causing our constant blockages and what is the remedy,
We under no circumstances put any fat into our drains.....next door say they dont so where can this FAT come from...he thinks its a by product of human waste but I'm not sure...I know they use a deep fat fried all the time for cooking chips,
Any what about this kind of tool Heavy-Duty Flat 50-Foot Drain Cleaner Snake - Easier to Use than Coil Spring | eBay would this be suitable for working in main drains.
hope somebody can help me out.
Nick.
Both mine and the next door neighbours drain come into one at this point,
About 6 months ago we had a very bad blockage and raw sewage overflowed and flowed down the drive and into my garden...1st time this has happend in the 30 years we have lived in this house,
The local water company came out with a few guys and cleaned it up for us fortunately giving us warning about what not to put down our toilets,
Since the overflow I check inside this cover every week...and have found it blocking up 4 time now...there is what I think is a rodding hole in there that has a removable porcelain cover blocking its entrance and the utility's guy advised us to leave the porcelain cover of as it will allow any overflow to run down instead of filling the chamber...saying that the cover is to stop vermin finding a way into our drains,
Anywa this weekend when I lifted the cover it was all blocked up again as deep as the rodding hole....I got my drain rods into the U bend with a 4inch plunger of the end and that soon got things flowing again....when I was using the rods which only go so far in due to the bend I noticed what I think to be a light coloured FAT stuck to the sides of the drain where I was rodding about 1/2 inch think...not noticed it before,
Got off what I could but I suspect there maybe more that I cannot see around the bend,
Is it possible that this maybe what causing our constant blockages and what is the remedy,
We under no circumstances put any fat into our drains.....next door say they dont so where can this FAT come from...he thinks its a by product of human waste but I'm not sure...I know they use a deep fat fried all the time for cooking chips,
Any what about this kind of tool Heavy-Duty Flat 50-Foot Drain Cleaner Snake - Easier to Use than Coil Spring | eBay would this be suitable for working in main drains.
hope somebody can help me out.
Nick.