Okay to pour boiling water into drain cleaner in blocked gully?

plumb1_2

Why are you messing about with it ? Just get your LL to deal with it. Unless he’s gonna charge you for putting fat/grease down the drain ?

FreeBear

sourpuss2021 said:

Also is that pipe 10cm from the top of the gulley really the only way water has of exiting it? There won’t be something else near the bottom?

(I know I should just google it…)

Where the OP has shoved the rod looks like a pipe coming from the inside of the building. The outlet of the gully is probably on the opposite side and below the water.

Edit  On second thoughts, it is the grey pipe(s) going in to the ground, with a 90° bend in to the back of the pot gully. A bit of bodgery there methinks....

sourpuss2021

plumb1_2 said:

Why are you messing about with it ? Just get your LL to deal with it. Unless he’s gonna charge you for putting fat/grease down the drain ?

It’s long established that he never comes here and never organises anything, but rent is well below what it should be.  He’s freeholder of the whole building.

But if I do need to get someone out then yes I’ll deduct it from the rent.

sourpuss2021

MikeJXE said:

sourpuss2021 said:

Here’s another action shot.  Should I be able to push this auger all the way through?  As presumably it goes through into some underground cavern.

There was definitely quite a bit of rice when I ladled out the gulley.   Enough for a nice minestrone soup .

That is not a gully it's a silt trap

Foul water gully wouldn't have a hole that high with access to the drain and consequentially the sink or washing machine shouldn't be in there 

A gully that is designed to stop the smell has a U bend similar to toilet, the water covers the hole thus stopping the smell. Plus  and you cannot get rods around it

Ah, interesting!

It’s a Victorian house converted into flats.  Though curiously this kitchen would have been the original one.   So I’m not sure where else it could have drained to.

The kitchens and bathrooms of the flats on other floors feed into the soil pipe which is some way away.

plumb1_2

sourpuss2021 said:

plumb1_2 said:

Why are you messing about with it ? Just get your LL to deal with it. Unless he’s gonna charge you for putting fat/grease down the drain ?

It’s long established that he never comes here and never organises anything, but rent is well below what it should be.  He’s freeholder of the whole building.

But if I do need to get someone out then yes I’ll deduct it from the rent.

A good plumber would be cheaper than a drain contractor. It’s only a 10 minute job. Unless you have a  collapsed drain, then a dig up.

FreeBear

sourpuss2021 said: But if I do need to get someone out then yes I’ll deduct it from the rent.

Make sure you get his agreement in writing first. You wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of an eviction notice.

MikeJXE

sourpuss2021 said:

MikeJXE said:

sourpuss2021 said:

Here’s another action shot.  Should I be able to push this auger all the way through?  As presumably it goes through into some underground cavern.

There was definitely quite a bit of rice when I ladled out the gulley.   Enough for a nice minestrone soup .

That is not a gully it's a silt trap

Foul water gully wouldn't have a hole that high with access to the drain and consequentially the sink or washing machine shouldn't be in there 

A gully that is designed to stop the smell has a U bend similar to toilet, the water covers the hole thus stopping the smell. Plus  and you cannot get rods around it

Ah, interesting!

It’s a Victorian house converted into flats.  Though curiously this kitchen would have been the original one.   So I’m not sure where else it could have drained to.

The kitchens and bathrooms of the flats on other floors feed into the soil pipe which is some way away.

Not just interesting it's a health hazard and illegal 

The black pipe I assume is rain water from the roof

The grey pipe is from the kitchen and should not be into that silt trap it should be in the SVP

Had it been a trapped gully leading to a dual sewer it would have been ok

There doesn't seem to be a way of getting over the problem because the outgoing drain is too high 

sourpuss2021

plumb1_2 said:

sourpuss2021 said:

plumb1_2 said:

Why are you messing about with it ? Just get your LL to deal with it. Unless he’s gonna charge you for putting fat/grease down the drain ?

It’s long established that he never comes here and never organises anything, but rent is well below what it should be.  He’s freeholder of the whole building.

But if I do need to get someone out then yes I’ll deduct it from the rent.

A good plumber would be cheaper than a drain contractor. It’s only a 10 minute job. Unless you have a  collapsed drain, then a dig up.

Thanks, there’s a small plumbing company I could try.  They charge VAT and are not as cheap as the sole trader I used to use, but I think they’re to a better standard and will actually try to solve a problem.   Would they just turn up with the £30 drain rods and give it some welly, or something else?

sourpuss2021

plumb1_2 said:

If your LL sends someone to unblock it, make your there to inform them you have put a chemical drain cleaner down.
I have actually been and unblocked a drain gully this morning for a mate, 15 minute job, drain rod and a 4” plunger on the end.
I now looking forward to 4 pints min of Guinness off  him tomorrow while watching the match in the pub, might even get him to get the crisps and nuts in too.

Job not done, yet I’m having a drink nevertheless

Apodemus

I really can't see that pipe at the back being the exit from the pot.  I think you need to try again with the ladle until you get to the very bottom of the gulley and can see the full structure.