Cleaning out the kitchen drain - yuk - SV650.org

08-09-07, 11:45 AM

I couldn't work out what the smell was coming through the dishwasher. D/w OK. Looked at the outside drain - this dark foul-smelling goo in there. Needed rodding, got quote - no way am I paying that much!!!! So I improvised and did it myself. The silt chamber was so disgusting - including a dead bird, how the hell did that get in there - that I kept gagging. The flap into the bit where the drain comes off the chamber was stuck hard with much the same. The drain from the chamber into the manhole similar. So necessity being the mother of invention I unblocked what I could with a wooden spoon, and then my hands! - got the powerhose out to dislodge more, of course it all sprayed the muck back over me. Result is that although the drain is now sort of clearit's not perfect, but I am covered in sh*t from head to toe but I have saved £85

08-09-07, 08:14 PM

Ed, if you don't av many showers before tuesday pm you will be forced to ride in your usual following position but at least 500 yards back. we'll follow our noses to your house for 7.oo pm.

Daryl.

dirtydog · 08-09-07, 08:38 PM

Ah yeah drains are never plaesant things to have to clear out especially kitchen ones!!!
I cleared a blocked drain from a kitchen a few weeks ago and it had about 5cm of grease and food that had solidified on the top and then some more in the u-bend

embee · 08-09-07, 08:44 PM

oh yes, don't you just love drains!

3 things you really ought to have if you're a house owner

1 - drain rods (plus some decent long rubber/pvc gloves) - I spent the little extra and got rods that have a square lock and sleeve nut so they don't unscrew. Nothing worse than realising there are 2 rod sections and a plunger somewhere down a length of drain when you pull it out again.

2 - sink drain flush pump, like http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...83826&id=13894
just don't get too carried away or you can force apart joints in waste pipes. It'll sort out bathroom sink traps full of hair etc. It purges water back and forth to clean out deposits. I found out that some cheapo sinks have the overflow channel open to the fixing screw holes, so water was coming out of the fixings and running down the wall as I used it!

3 - best of all, one of these http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...83963&id=11325
I used mine a week or so ago to sort out a long length of waste from a bathroom sink running behind a bath, all clogged up with soap scum. Lovely!

There isn't much one of the three won't shift!

dirtydog · 08-09-07, 08:54 PM

there is of course the chemical unblockers which are good for soap scum

08-09-07, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darylB

Ed, if you don't av many showers before tuesday pm you will be forced to ride in your usual following position but at least 500 yards back. we'll follow our noses to your house for 7.oo pm.

Daryl.

The 'following position' is to ensure that your stabilisers don't fall off.

08-09-07, 09:41 PM

I found the best thing in the world for unblocking plugs and drains so i married her

(must say if it was not for her hair and all the crap women use they would not block up in the first place but she sorts its)

08-09-07, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by embee

3 - best of all, one of these http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...83963&id=11325
I used mine a week or so ago to sort out a long length of waste from a bathroom sink running behind a bath, all clogged up with soap scum. Lovely!

There isn't much one of the three won't shift!

This looks ace. Am ordering.

dirtydog · 09-09-07, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed

This looks ace. Am ordering.

It's definitely worth having one of them

08-09-07, 11:45 AM	#1
Ed Guest Posts: n/a	Cleaning out the kitchen drain - yuk I couldn't work out what the smell was coming through the dishwasher. D/w OK. Looked at the outside drain - this dark foul-smelling goo in there. Needed rodding, got quote - no way am I paying that much!!!! So I improvised and did it myself. The silt chamber was so disgusting - including a dead bird, how the hell did that get in there - that I kept gagging. The flap into the bit where the drain comes off the chamber was stuck hard with much the same. The drain from the chamber into the manhole similar. So necessity being the mother of invention I unblocked what I could with a wooden spoon, and then my hands! - got the powerhose out to dislodge more, of course it all sprayed the muck back over me. Result is that although the drain is now sort of clearit's not perfect, but I am covered in sh*t from head to toe but I have saved £85

08-09-07, 08:14 PM	#2
darylB Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Cleaning out the kitchen drain - yuk Ed, if you don't av many showers before tuesday pm you will be forced to ride in your usual following position but at least 500 yards back. we'll follow our noses to your house for 7.oo pm. Daryl.

08-09-07, 08:38 PM	#3
dirtydog Knob faced knobster Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haslemere Posts: 5,422	Re: Cleaning out the kitchen drain - yuk Ah yeah drains are never plaesant things to have to clear out especially kitchen ones!!! I cleared a blocked drain from a kitchen a few weeks ago and it had about 5cm of grease and food that had solidified on the top and then some more in the u-bend __________________ 2011 Speed Triple 1050

08-09-07, 08:44 PM	#4
embee Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,804	Re: Cleaning out the kitchen drain - yuk oh yes, don't you just love drains! 3 things you really ought to have if you're a house owner 1 - drain rods (plus some decent long rubber/pvc gloves) - I spent the little extra and got rods that have a square lock and sleeve nut so they don't unscrew. Nothing worse than realising there are 2 rod sections and a plunger somewhere down a length of drain when you pull it out again. 2 - sink drain flush pump, like http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...83826&id=13894 just don't get too carried away or you can force apart joints in waste pipes. It'll sort out bathroom sink traps full of hair etc. It purges water back and forth to clean out deposits. I found out that some cheapo sinks have the overflow channel open to the fixing screw holes, so water was coming out of the fixings and running down the wall as I used it! 3 - best of all, one of these http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...83963&id=11325 I used mine a week or so ago to sort out a long length of waste from a bathroom sink running behind a bath, all clogged up with soap scum. Lovely! There isn't much one of the three won't shift! __________________ "Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity"

08-09-07, 08:54 PM	#5
dirtydog Knob faced knobster Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haslemere Posts: 5,422	Re: Cleaning out the kitchen drain - yuk there is of course the chemical unblockers which are good for soap scum __________________ 2011 Speed Triple 1050

08-09-07, 09:41 PM	#7
it'sablueone Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Cleaning out the kitchen drain - yuk I found the best thing in the world for unblocking plugs and drains so i married her (must say if it was not for her hair and all the crap women use they would not block up in the first place but she sorts its)

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