I've just finished dry lining the living room walls and washed my tools in the sink. The sink connects through the wall and into a hopper which I assume goes into the mains drainage. The hopper is also connected to a washing machine. Washing machine has just finished and is now causing the hopper to overflow. I'm certain the plasterboard adhesive is causing the blockage. Any ideas how to remove? Chemicals that could be used to break down the adhesive? Lesson learnt by the way. I'll stick to washing tools in a bucket and chucking the waste into the bin!
seems like a take apart job to me. are you sure its building waste? if its just standard crud then nothing beats costic soda in my book, i dont bother with all these fancy named household products, just go the a diy shop that sells costic soda crystal form, get some down the pipes, leave for a bit then boiling water. see how that goes.failing that its take apart time.
By hopper, do you mean a P trapped gulley, if so remove grid and get your hand down to clear out, ( wear some thick rubber gloves ) if its solid use a small piece of wood to break up.
muriatic acid, or a good strength cement cleaner will do it - but far more friendly to mechanically/physically clear the blockage
Oh dear, this is what happened in our town & the work took about 6 months http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-20044802
Cheers for all the replies and suggestions. I think I got away lightly. Borrowed some rods and managed to plunge the blockage. Then got my gloves hand round the bend and removed the worst. Not much in the way of adhesive, more fats and oils.
Stixall.................Seems to be recommended for everything so why not blocked drains!! (Don't!!!!)
Rupert, I don't wish to come across as pedantic, but, can you see the date of the posts you are replying to, it's right at the bottom Good chances are if that date is more than a few months in the past the poster has sorted the problem, either that or they're dead Again, I don't wish to come across as being harsh towards newbies, but heh, look at the fecking date, it's a damn good clue as to whether to waste time replying or not, lol
Surely ones more mature than that?, but we could have a crimbo special along the same lines eh?...Mr Screwfix Peter, what do you reckon?.
I always wondered why threads are not 'closed' like they are on other forums after a while. I wonder if it is the forum software that cannot do it? It's a shame as it pushes new threads down on the home page, and people are always better off starting a new thread when asking questions. Mabye SF Peter could enlighten us?
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