My technique for plunging has worked every time I've tried it. Don't compress it with force. Compress gently and then pull up as sharply as possible, to dislodge the blockage backwards to loosen it.
@@SkillBuilderI think he's saying the lad was plunging with force downwards, but plunging with gentle force downwards then full force upwards creates the suction needed in most cases.
@@SkillBuilder Neither method works if there is an escape route though, so all other openings above the blockage need to be stopped off in one way or another.
My best is 27.55 but I seem to be getting slower. I am struggling to come in under 30.00 at the moment. I love the Parkrun and all the people who volunteer in all weathers to make is happen. A great community spirit.
sometimes the condense pipe is sticking into the waste . 4 times in my 53years of plumbing i have tipped the water into the disconnected sink.because like most plumbers i wasn't thinking.
Yes Stephan, any plumber who tells you he has never done that has to be doubted! I’ve done it 4/5 times and of course each time you say to yourself “I’ll make sure I’ll never do that again 😂😂😂
Those Ridgid machine are great. Reminds me when I bought a 60s house in 2017... twice in the first four years the downstairs toilet started backing up with sewage. First DynoRod guy arrived with a wee machine with a spinning blade and cleared the blockage after 30 minutes. Great. Two years later it starts again but much worse, DynoRod out again but this time he brought a Ridgid machine with chains on the end of it, 10 minutes later and it was sorted. Not a problem since. Found out the pipe hadn't been cleared in about 50 years and that Ridgid machine when through like it was nothing.
I once went to unblock a toilet. The toilet was on the ground floor and the manhole was just outside a few meters away. Some lunatic had shoved down a rolled up, thick, Top Gear car magazine. They hadn't turn off a few pages. If was the whole magazine, rolled up, tight. And then pushed past the U bend. There was a few guys there. I was just looking at them. One of them had done it. What can you say to that?
I've got this problem - and so did as you did. Oddly no gunk on the end either. The water is clearing now but making a hell of a glugging sound and I've reached the end of my 6.5m worm. Any ideas?
I'm always cautious of plunging in case there's any weak joints or push fit connections. My goto is a wet vac. Block all the other exits and suck away. Zero chance of blowing any joints
Surprised that condense pipe hasn’t rotted out the copper/ cast iron waste pipes. If it hasn’t got one, I’d recommend fitting a neutraliser on it asap.
It's not helping that there is no loop on the washer waste,or,preferably,a stand-pipe,this applies more with a dishwasher,virtually all ftting instructions will point out that the waste should be looped up as far as the underside of the sink to prevent backflow from the waste into the machine,...as I mentioned, far more of a problem with dishwashers,but with either appliance [depending on the waste layout]witha direct spigot,the waste from the sink can drop straight into the appliance waste..etc.etc.plus siphonage problems etc.
Demise of the West by any chance? Douglas Murray, in The Death of Europe, ploughs the same furrow but seems to think it is avoidable where Spengler thought it was inevitable. The interesting thing is that China for example was powerful and advanced then it wasn't and now it is. Maybe we just have to wait a thousand years and our time will come again.
I’m sure Douglas Murray would be absolutely delighted to hear his work getting aired over a blocked sink! If much of the chat amongst tradespeople could somehow be enacted I’m sure we would be in a much better place today.
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My technique for plunging has worked every time I've tried it. Don't compress it with force. Compress gently and then pull up as sharply as possible, to dislodge the blockage backwards to loosen it.
It doesn't work if there is an escape route. I always plunge first and ask questions after.
@@SkillBuilderI think he's saying the lad was plunging with force downwards, but plunging with gentle force downwards then full force upwards creates the suction needed in most cases.
That stopped working years ago 😞
@@SkillBuilder Neither method works if there is an escape route though, so all other openings above the blockage need to be stopped off in one way or another.
You English have the funniest plumbing.
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The Video is good, it deserves a bette title.
Always be conscious of nails. Never leaving them standing up, bend them all so they are flush with the wood, so no-one stands on one!
That was what I was telling them in the nicest possible way. If they worked on site I would have been a bit more forthright.
Wear work boots.
What Parkrun time did you get Roger? Good to see others taking part in it!
My best is 27.55 but I seem to be getting slower. I am struggling to come in under 30.00 at the moment.
I love the Parkrun and all the people who volunteer in all weathers to make is happen. A great community spirit.
Blimey Roger.... A park run and then work!! I bet you was 'drained' after all that. 😜
sometimes the condense pipe is sticking into the waste . 4 times in my 53years of plumbing i have tipped the water into the disconnected sink.because like most plumbers i wasn't thinking.
I thought it might be the slug he drilled out of the copper with the hole saw. You can imagine it being in there.
Yes Stephan, any plumber who tells you he has never done that has to be doubted! I’ve done it 4/5 times and of course each time you say to yourself “I’ll make sure I’ll never do that again 😂😂😂
Those Ridgid machine are great. Reminds me when I bought a 60s house in 2017... twice in the first four years the downstairs toilet started backing up with sewage. First DynoRod guy arrived with a wee machine with a spinning blade and cleared the blockage after 30 minutes. Great. Two years later it starts again but much worse, DynoRod out again but this time he brought a Ridgid machine with chains on the end of it, 10 minutes later and it was sorted. Not a problem since. Found out the pipe hadn't been cleared in about 50 years and that Ridgid machine when through like it was nothing.
I once went to unblock a toilet. The toilet was on the ground floor and the manhole was just outside a few meters away. Some lunatic had shoved down a rolled up, thick, Top Gear car magazine.
They hadn't turn off a few pages.
If was the whole magazine, rolled up, tight. And then pushed past the U bend.
There was a few guys there. I was just looking at them. One of them had done it. What can you say to that?
I found a plank blocking my drain. A whole bloody plank!
I've got this problem - and so did as you did. Oddly no gunk on the end either. The water is clearing now but making a hell of a glugging sound and I've reached the end of my 6.5m worm. Any ideas?
Proper job
My dear old mum dumped the water down the basin while my dad had his head under the waste with the trap off. I can't repeat the language here.
I'm always cautious of plunging in case there's any weak joints or push fit connections. My goto is a wet vac. Block all the other exits and suck away. Zero chance of blowing any joints
What time did you do?
I think it was 30 minutes, I am slowing down but it was wet and slippery
@@SkillBuilder nice work 😀, just putting my elements boards up this evening 👍 (one wonky wall though 🤔)
What idiot would empty the bucket down the sink with no trap on???
Ok I have done it...more than once 😂
Surprised that condense pipe hasn’t rotted out the copper/ cast iron waste pipes. If it hasn’t got one, I’d recommend fitting a neutraliser on it asap.
Can’t beat a worm. I’ve drilled through decades of calcified gunk from copper wastes going into cast iron stacks.
That will be it, I know they block up at that point but I hadn't thought about the dissimilar metals.
I got my 800w PC cleaner blower made a seal using gorilla tape and blasted down the line.
It's not helping that there is no loop on the washer waste,or,preferably,a stand-pipe,this applies more with a dishwasher,virtually all ftting instructions will point out that the waste should be looped up as far as the underside of the sink to prevent backflow from the waste into the machine,...as I mentioned, far more of a problem with dishwashers,but with either appliance [depending on the waste layout]witha direct spigot,the waste from the sink can drop straight into the appliance waste..etc.etc.plus siphonage problems etc.
Drain unblock+ hot water
Twilight zoned me on this one..wtf?
But a master plunge never let me down yet
It is the escaper route that makes plunging hard
Monument tools master plunger
Needed a distraction.
Been reading Spengler.
Don't like bottle traps.
Demise of the West by any chance? Douglas Murray, in The Death of Europe, ploughs the same furrow but seems to think it is avoidable where Spengler thought it was inevitable.
The interesting thing is that China for example was powerful and advanced then it wasn't and now it is.
Maybe we just have to wait a thousand years and our time will come again.
@@SkillBuilder Cyclical. Yes.
Europe is committing suicide. Anyway!
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I’m sure Douglas Murray would be absolutely delighted to hear his work getting aired over a blocked sink! If much of the chat amongst tradespeople could somehow be enacted I’m sure we would be in a much better place today.
"Problem" Problem solved.