Clean out pipe?

Shefwedfan

Looking for some advice, at side of house is drain water pipe, the previous owner put a raised flower bed around it. Then some plastic to stop soil etc going into it

Not much of a surprise but this did not work, the pipe is blocked. I have a set of rods and pipe cleaners but the angle of the connection the rod will not get down.

Any idea's how to unblock, I have put my arm down and pull out what I can but it is still blocked. The water does go away after a while but heavy rain and it overflowing, the water is going into foundations and don't want that happening

Thanks

my3cents

If its a normal gully the first thing I do is get a 2l water bottle cut the bottom off (leave cap on) and use it vigorously like a plunger while running water down the gully.

I used to have a SaniSnake a wire rope like tool made like a continuous spring, you can hire them and they go around corners quite well. Now I use a similar much smaller tool from Lidl that does much the same job.

The next step is to go looking to find a manhole. If there is no cover then if it goes across an area of grass I'd dig it up.

Where does this finally come out? Soak away, septic tank or mains drain?

Shefwedfan

my3cents wrote: »

If its a normal gully the first thing I do is get a 2l water bottle cut the bottom off (leave cap on) and use it vigorously like a plunger while running water down the gully.

I used to have a SaniSnake a wire rope like tool made like a continuous spring, you can hire them and they go around corners quite well. Now I use a similar much smaller tool from Lidl that does much the same job.

The next step is to go looking to find a manhole. If there is no cover then if it goes across an area of grass I'd dig it up.

Where does this finally come out? Soak away, septic tank or mains drain?

It is at the side of house, it seems to run into a connection which I can only guess from direction of other gully is under the house.

There is a sink running into it as well so it goes to septic tank. Checked all man holes etc and nothing else blocked except for this pipe

I don't use the sink so its not major but any heavy rain and it blocks fairly quickly

my3cents

Shefwedfan wrote: »

It is at the side of house, it seems to run into a connection which I can only guess from direction of other gully is under the house.

There is a sink running into it as well so it goes to septic tank. Checked all man holes etc and nothing else blocked except for this pipe

I don't use the sink so its not major but any heavy rain and it blocks fairly quickly

I've looked at a couple of sink gully's that were blocked for neighbors and could not believe how much fat was in them, you may not have used the sink but its unbelievable what some people will try and get rid of in the sink.

Also quite a high chance that a sink will be going to a soak away somewhere. I know it shouldn't but I've seen a lot even in new builds (last ten years) that do.

If you can get to any manholes have you tried rodding from that end up to the possible blockage?

Shefwedfan

my3cents wrote: »

I've looked at a couple of sink gully's that were blocked for neighbors and could not believe how much fat was in them, you may not have used the sink but its unbelievable what some people will try and get rid of in the sink.

Also quite a high chance that a sink will be going to a soak away somewhere. I know it shouldn't but I've seen a lot even in new builds (last ten years) that do.

If you can get to any manholes have you tried rodding from that end up to the possible blockage?

As you say God knows what could be up there, with my arm down I could feel and it did feel like dirth. But I don't know...when I bought house it was blocked.

To rod it back wards I would need to go from middle of back garden, under the house and back up to it. I don't have enough rods:p might need to invest in more.

Shefwedfan

my3cents wrote: »

If its a normal gully the first thing I do is get a 2l water bottle cut the bottom off (leave cap on) and use it vigorously like a plunger while running water down the gully.

I used to have a SaniSnake a wire rope like tool made like a continuous spring, you can hire them and they go around corners quite well. Now I use a similar much smaller tool from Lidl that does much the same job.

The next step is to go looking to find a manhole. If there is no cover then if it goes across an area of grass I'd dig it up.

Where does this finally come out? Soak away, septic tank or mains drain?

http://www.screwfix.com/p/drain-unblocker/11325

I guess this is what you are referring to?

Just wondering what the lidl tool is?

My new thought, if I got a compressor would I be able to blow it out? :P

my3cents

The lidl tool is very similar but is much lighter and lacks the feed mechanism and storage for the "wire" its just the "wire". btw I tend to give up at about 30 rods as it gets progressively harder to move them around.