Urgent Blocked drain

Exhausted · 2009-06-05T18:05:58+00:00

My drain from the kitchen to the main drain is blocked. It looks like it?s down to hard fat ? AGAIN???.Last time, I removed the fat by putting on a long glove and putting my hand down the drain and then up the u bend and scraping the fat with a piece of old electric cable from an old shower. This worked, but was especially nasty when I got some of the drain water up my glove.Despite telling swimbo not to wash fat down the kitchen drain the drain is blocked again. Not wanting to repeat the experience I made the mistake of believing the guy in the diy store when they recommended a chemical to pour down the drain to clear the fat, despite several attempts no luck. Subsequently I have added 1KG of caustic soda, still nothing.My problem is now I don?t have the option of putting my hand down the drain. What can I do?I tried jet washing from the man hold last time to no avail. All I can think of is digging up the patio and drilling a hole in the pipe to allow me to put a piece of metal in the pipe to break up the fat.Any other ideas, apart from replacing the pipe.Thanks

Jun 05, 2009 41 Replies

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tony sayer 17 years ago

In article , Colin Wilson scribeth thus

If theres that much Fat going down the drain and blocking it from cooking just how much of that fat is going into your arteries and blocking them;!..

Doesn't happen here as missus is a froggie and fat doesn't come into her way of thinking re cooking and thats why shes still a slim size 8 :))...

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meow2222 17 years ago

seems a strange reply. How many usable ways do you want? It only takes one, and unles youve got some very odd plumbing the wire through 5mm hole trick looks like it would solve your problem fast enough.

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