Dyno-Rod £88.13 to unblock drain

iamcornholio

globalds wrote: »

Or you could get a set of rods for about a tenner from home bargains

Do Home Bargains also sell all the lumps of s***, urine, used toilet paper and used tampons and nappies too :eek:

SailorSam

Remember of course when you throw things away down the drain, there is no such place as 'away'.
Lots of things that block drains should never have gone down there.

[Deleted User]

ic wrote: »

If the drain is a shared drain that simply runs across your property from one neighbour to the next, then you have no responsibility for maintenance of it. You should have called your local water board and they would have come and unblocked it for free. Dynorod of course will never tell you that, as they'd prefer you to pay them. If the drain is only for your house, then the responsibility does lie with you.

The drain only carriers my sewage and goes direct to the main sewer under the street. Not a shared drain. Also according to the council website, they wouldn't of cleared it for free.

[Deleted User]

SailorSam wrote: »

Remember of course when you throw things away down the drain, there is no such place as 'away'.
Lots of things that block drains should never have gone down there.

The only things that go down there are meant to go down there. Must of just been years of build up.

mum2one

That was a brilliant price for Dyno-Rod, yes as you said if you had rods you could have done it yourself, but theres no saying you could of broke the drain through hitting the wrong area.

We had to have Dyno-Rod out a while ago, our lovely neighbours threw stuff down the loo, their waste comes to the manhole in our garden and then down the road. We were lucky it was under homecare cover, but we worked out the bill would of been nearly £300 - u had a lucky escape. x

[Deleted User]

Not too bad for Dynarod - sounds like the same job I have had done today - they originally wanted £160 but because I got another quote got it done for £60 inclusive. He used the rods, flushed with compressed water and used a camera to check the pipes.

Actually even £50 for half an hours unskilled work is outrageous - since when have you been paid at that rate? I haven't. Now I've seen it done I'll buy some rods.

(Anybody know if house insurance covers a broken waste pipe and there is also a leaking water pipe somewhere.!!)

Alan_M_2

[Deleted User] wrote:

Actually even £50 for half an hours unskilled work is outrageous - since when have you been paid at that rate? I haven't. Now I've seen it done I'll buy some rods.

Of course, the vehicle, equipment, training, advertising, ability to respond to your call in 24hrs all cost nothing.

Unskilled labour my !!!!!.

This is the same sort of mentality that extrapolates the average Dyno Rod mans income as £50 for a half hour - as an 8 hour day, 5 days a week for 48 weeks a year and you arrive at his earnings of £192,000 a year, more than the Prime minister in fact.

It really is a short sighted view of reality.

phead

ukmike wrote: »

Only if your house was built before 1936.

Is this still changing April next year?

eg http://www.havant.gov.uk/havant-2198#future

Unless the new government has dumped this plan, no doubt the water company will be demanding their pound of flesh when it changes.

phill99

[Deleted User] wrote:

Not too bad for Dynarod - sounds like the same job I have had done today - they originally wanted £160 but because I got another quote got it done for £60 inclusive. He used the rods, flushed with compressed water and used a camera to check the pipes.

Actually even £50 for half an hours unskilled work is outrageous - since when have you been paid at that rate? I haven't. Now I've seen it done I'll buy some rods.

(Anybody know if house insurance covers a broken waste pipe and there is also a leaking water pipe somewhere.!!)

How arrogant can you be? How naive and completely narrow minded can any one get. Its YOUR statement that is outrageous. Why don't you buy all the equipment that they have and see how much more than £50 it will cost you. And then have to clear someone elses !!!!!!. And you want it done for less then £50.00.

What a complete knob jockey you really are.

mchale

phill99 wrote: »

What a complete knob jockey you really are.

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Genius