Toilet Blocked!

M.Pellet

my toilet has been blocked on and off for some time now and its refusing to drain at all.
I've opened the shore in the garden and discovered the pipe to be blocked with (expensive) toilet roll that didnt seem to degrade in water.

However i cant reach any further with the garden hose to unblock the drain and no amount of plunging will clear the toilet..obvioulsy a plumber would be a last resort..anybody got any ideas?

Billy Bunting

You could try buying some 1/2 heavy gauge plastic pipe, lot stiffer than the garden hose, failing that it's a plumber :eek:

M.Pellet

would a drain rod do the trick?

Billy Bunting

If you have one and its long enough then it should shift it.

Buford T Justice

Sewer rods should do it. if you don't have enough you could always hire two sets.....

Joey the lips

Get the sewer rods with the lock on them. The amount of people i hear loosing sewer rods down manholes

Sparkpea

Believe it or not some toilet rolls are bad to use in certain areas. I know where my father lives anyone in the estate cannot use charmone or whatever you call it because the loo's keep blocking.

M.Pellet

Sparkpea wrote: »

Believe it or not some toilet rolls are bad to use in certain areas. I know where my father lives anyone in the estate cannot use charmone or whatever you call it because the loo's keep blocking.

This literally only became a problem when i started buying some "luxury triple-ply on the hole softer" stuff from Tescos!
Gonna stick with the cheap stuff from n ow on.

Sparkpea

at the end of the day u only wipe ur arse with it so why does it need to be quilted lol

leafs were sufficient for cavemen

tred

M.Pellet wrote: »

would a drain rod do the trick?

i cleared a blockage last year with some of that deadly Dam Buster stuff. id say it would burn thrugh that loo roll in an hour, if u took it from the manhole out.

M.Pellet

Tried EVERYTHING and the yoke is still bunged up.
I tried Dambuster and used drain rods..i could clear the drain as far as far as the junction with the soil pipe so its obvioulsly the pipe itself thats blocked.:mad:

Edit

If anybody wants to PM me the number of a plumber who wont charge the earth i'd be gratefull!

suitseir

M.Pellet wrote: »

This literally only became a problem when i started buying some "luxury triple-ply on the hole softer" stuff from Tescos!
Gonna stick with the cheap stuff from n ow on.

4-ply caused a blockage for me so now it is 2-ply cheap toilet rolls. The quilted stuff is like kitchen towel and you wouldn't use kitchen towel in the loo?

pcmike

I live out the country and had the same problem. Eventually I had to call one of the jetting companies and it cost me €175. But boy did he do the job, in about ten minutes. maybe they are cheaper in town!

M.Pellet

Had to get somebody out in the end.
The problem was the bend wheere the pipe from the toilet meets the soil pipe,it and the soil pipe itself was jammed solid. Apparantly the hydrogen peroxide i used had made the problem worse( i have cast iron pipes) as it was adding rust to the blockage.
Eventually he got the inspection 'hatch' in the junction (no easy task,there was 50 years of paint over the screws) and rodded downwards from there,then followed up with jetting..and the whole process took just over two hours for which i was charged 150 euro or 75 euro an hour.

Considering the amount of work it took,from running the jet through the side of the house,removing the screws and the inspection plate rodding,jetting and cleaning up i though it was well worth the money.

Another well-known company quoted me 140 euro per hour for the same procedure.