Blocked drain. Manhole seized, sealed up for 30 years, you wont believe what it is. Part1.

[@Runfast4444]

Well done Tony! Thank you for posting your videos. Cheers

[@drain-unblocker]

My pleasure thanks for watching Thomas 👌

[@seanscanlon9067]

1:22 if you took that loose bit off the top then it would have been lighter! 😋
And UDC stands for Underground Drainage Cover.

[@tinkeringtaylor3053]

great video Tony,well done

[@drain-unblocker]

Glad you enjoyed it cheers mate

[@NYDRAINS]

Great job getting that lid open Tony 💪😎👍

[@drain-unblocker]

Thanks 👍 it was a bloody graft

[@paulchristopher8634]

Blimey, when was it last cleaned out: 1880

[@drain-unblocker]

Lol

[@pauldurkee4764]

Whoever made that cover back in the day did a damn good job, look at the thickness of it, armour plated.😂👍

[@drain-unblocker]

Could be a cover for a nuclear bunker that one mate

[@paulchristopher8634]

They don’t make things like they used to and that’s a fact

[@simontay4851]

Thats bomb proof, that is. An inch thick of solid iron.

[@chrisbyrne6573]

UDC means urban district council .

[@drain-unblocker]

Nice one Chris , blimey I cant remember when Hoylake Urban District council existed. Its been WBC here as long as I can remember

[@ajw423uk]

@@drain-unblocker Would have changed in 1974 I think- and about the same time sewerage changed from being the council's job to what's now Utilities. So that cover had likely been on 50 years!

[@drain-unblocker]

@ajw423uk great that mate, thanks for thst info

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@drain-unblocker Underground Drainage Cover.

[@youknowme8578]

Happy Saturday to you Tony, not sure if it's Father Day tomorrow in the UK. If so, happy Father's Day buddy.👍

[@drain-unblocker]

Cheers mate ..yes fathers day tomorrow so if you are a dad ? Happy day to you bro

[@youknowme8578]

@@drain-unblocker yes, a Dad like you.

[@lyndenhodder5655]

Tsk tsk, bare legs, bare arms no gloves, and I’m guessing no goggles or ear defenders, I dread to think what would happen if that disc had shattered.🤕

[@drain-unblocker]

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[@regcheek3713]

Its probably UDC Urban District Council

[@seanscanlon9067]

Underground Drainage Cover.

[@albertmcivor879]

Could of got it open without cutting the corner.

[@seanscanlon9067]

Have.

[@grahamcole4240]

Is it UDC, Urban District Council?

[@drain-unblocker]

Nice one

[@seanscanlon9067]

Underground Drainage Cover.

[@nwrhgroup165]

There a paiin but uu responsibility. if you have to take up wd40 seam for 5 mins using log splitting wedges and lump hamner drive the lid up up

[@drain-unblocker]

Yes established that it was a shared drain once opened.

[@tonybevan1742]

Where is part 2👌

[@drain-unblocker]

Think it was sorted by utilities

[@markthoughtswithukrainemas2072]

THink im going to get one leg tattooed and one arm !!!!! not sure if its going to be the left or the right , but im now sold

[@drain-unblocker]

I think his left leg. Get ya war paint on baby

[@completepreservation]

Or you could hire a crane to lift it bud 😜 nice work bud 👌

[@drain-unblocker]

Or helicopter ha ha

[@seanscanlon9067]

Probably a bit heavy for a wading bird though. 😋

[@daveh7989]

Whoever put the lid on that manhole didn't want it to ever come off. Good job on that one Tony. Cheers. 👍👍👍

[@Simonsimon-fy3hq]

Made at Hoylake. When real men made proper stuff and didn't know what pronouns were.

[@drain-unblocker]

No hidden gems in it though cheers mate 👍

[@cliffwendy3765]

Get a block of wood man to pry that heavy lid off.

[@drain-unblocker]

👍

[@ChillToMusic87]

A piece of wood under the crowbar for better leverage.

[@simontay4851]

Wood would just break. That cover is at least an inch thick of solid iron. It wasn't going to move without a fight.