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Blocked Lavatory
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Was advised that a strong hot soda solution would clear a blocked lavatory, but it hasn't . Much obliged for any advice/possible solution - short of 'rodding'.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Try plunging a mop up and down hard in the water in the pan, in the same way as you'd use a sink plunger. If that doesn't clear it, it means the blockage is somewhere after where the soil pipe from the pan meets the soil pipe vent , (the pipe that goes up the side of the house to above the guttering). That would mean some kind of rodding, alas. Good luck!
You can buy a drain/sink unblocking spring that might well work out cheaper than buying or hiring rods.
The spring is around two metres long and as long as the blockage is not too compacted, it might well work. You could also try one of those spring type pick-up tools although it's not as long.
Another possibility might be an old flexible pipe from a shower unit. Although the pipe is rubber-based, the wide coils around it are flexible enough to go around the bend and it's usually a good metre long. It's worked for me in the past when the kids have thrown too much paper down the bog and I always keep one handy.
Good luck!
The spring is around two metres long and as long as the blockage is not too compacted, it might well work. You could also try one of those spring type pick-up tools although it's not as long.
Another possibility might be an old flexible pipe from a shower unit. Although the pipe is rubber-based, the wide coils around it are flexible enough to go around the bend and it's usually a good metre long. It's worked for me in the past when the kids have thrown too much paper down the bog and I always keep one handy.
Good luck!
How can I thank you all enough!
I checked the manhole; clinically clean almost!
I found an unopened 450g bottle of "Drain Magic" by chance, and applied it as instructed (it is actually 92%+ Sulphuric acid, H2SO4 solution and very powerful); after a suitable interval, and with little obvious sign of free flow, got to work with the shower hose, then left everything to settle.
Have just now flushed the loo.........hey presto! And what a relief! I'll save these posts for reference......you never know!
Once again, thanks for so much good advice.Cheers, Mike
I checked the manhole; clinically clean almost!
I found an unopened 450g bottle of "Drain Magic" by chance, and applied it as instructed (it is actually 92%+ Sulphuric acid, H2SO4 solution and very powerful); after a suitable interval, and with little obvious sign of free flow, got to work with the shower hose, then left everything to settle.
Have just now flushed the loo.........hey presto! And what a relief! I'll save these posts for reference......you never know!
Once again, thanks for so much good advice.Cheers, Mike