Have spent the best part of 4 hours or so up at my dad's today trying to clear a blocked drain without success.
Managed to syphon pretty much all the water out the pipe and then put down a drain cleaner which we bought which I think was basically pure sulphuric acid but that didn't shift anything.
Now thinking of getting a set of drain rods, maybe something like this
www.diy.com/nav/fix/handtools-storage-workwear/handtools/plumbing-tools/drain_tools/B-and-Q-Drain-Rod-Set-12588577?skuId=13109283
The problem being that the access to the pipe is one of two ways
1. One is through a vertical pipe which is maybe about twice my arm width and the pipe I would need to get the rod along is about 15 inches down the pipe and right angles (obviously).
2. The other access is down the drain itself but I am pretty sure that this then leads to a T junction and I would be needing it to turn left at this point!!
Anyone used drain rods? How much space do you need to get them to bend round a pipe?
Apart from always turning clockwise are there any other hints??
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