Hi All,
We have noticed over the last week or so that the downstairs (and only) toilet took a little longer to flush away?
After a nice day out today I thought I'd give it a closer look and removed the rodding cap from the internal waste stack (1.5m drop?) and it all looked pretty clean (considering). With the cap off the toilet flushed pretty fast but with the cap back on it was slow again, suggesting some sort of back pressure?
I popped the manhole cover just outside our back door and I thought I'd discovered quatermass or summat? (you have all finished eating right ..?).
Upon investigation it seems to be a 4" thick carpet of tissue but also many 'squares' or what looksa like some sort of nylon'y kitchen / baby wipe. Even though they had been in water for ages they still seemed to be keeping their shape (when pulled about with the garden rake I was using to investigate).
Now I'm on the 'deep end' of a victorian terrace of 8 houses and I wondered if there was a blockage past our junction onto the common main. that might of backed up along the entire row? To that end I lifted the nextdoors manhole expecting the same but it was clean? (It did look like the water level had risen at some time recently).
So, is it that there has been a blockage *past* my 'T' into the comminial (probably caused by these wipe things) and their waste has then filtered up my section, then clearing (or being cleared) possibly leaving my section blocked?
I do have a set of drain rods and might suit up tomorrow and see what happens? Othewise I might see if Machine Mart are open and see if they have drain cleaning addon to my Kew 'Hobby' pressure washer?
Apart from washing my hands before eating my sarnies, any other words of caution and who would I contact next if it won't clear (the problem could be under the road that is beside our house).
Is there any recourse on those who are putting these items down the toilet?
All the best .. and have a happy Easter ;-(
T i m