Eventually it annoyed me enough to bring out the sink plunger and give it a good thrashing.
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| Action stations! |
Unfortunately rather than clearing a partial blockage in the shower tray I enhanced it into a complete blockage and blocked both drains of the basin and bath as well. Result 😒.
On the plus side this meant that whatever the blockage was I had moved it into the common drain for the bathroom which was outside and should have been easy to get to. An inspection confirmed that, although access was a little restricted, I must have dislodged the blockage into the downpipe as the hopper was full.
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| Camouflaged waste water drainage system |
First order of business was to assemble the gear for hacking through the undergrowth.
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| Jungle-busting gear |
Then cut along the garden path,
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| Before After |
along the path in front of the kitchen window,
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| Before After |
and finally into the corner.
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| Before After |
A green wheelie bin full of greenery later proper access to the hopper and downpipe was afforded; time taken - an hour and a half.
A bit of rodding with a garden cane and whatever was causing the issue disappeared into the drains and the problem was solved; time taken - 5 minutes.
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| Flooded hopper |
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| Post-rodding |
While I was at it I cleaned out the drain,
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| Grotty Clean |
and with that the drain problem was solved and I went looking for someone to help with the clear up of the bathroom.
As to what caused the blockage in the first place, who knows?
