Blocked drain

sevenhills

Do drains have filter inserts?
I have rodded this drain and it seems better, but the plastic drain comes out a few inches when I withdraw the plunger. 

sevenhills

This is the drain. 

FreeBear

Looks like a bottle gully - These usually have a central "tube" that pulls out..

sevenhills

I need to get my hand in there and find out where the pipe goes, then maybe I can clear the blockage.

JohnB47

When you say you've rodded it, what do you mean? In my experience (painter dumped a load of paint and it solidified in a lump) you need to get a pair of long cuff rubber gloves on and get down to the lowest part of that gulley and pull out all of the gunk. It might be only that that needs doing. 

Eldi_Dos

A old soup ladle attached to a short pole is handy for clearing out gunk. Safer than gloves as you sometimes get sharp slivers of slate gathering in there.

sevenhills

JohnB47 said:

When you say you've rodded it, what do you mean? In my experience (painter dumped a load of paint and it solidified in a lump) you need to get a pair of long cuff rubber gloves on and get down to the lowest part of that gulley and pull out all of the gunk. It might be only that that needs doing. 

I bought some cheap rods from ebay. From the photo, it looks like the drain pipe may go sideways.

No gloves needed, although it will be cold 

JohnB47

OK but my question was, what did you do with the rods.

Yes, what you have here, looking from the top downwards, is a surface of water below which is a bend down and then up again and then out relatively horizontal, just as shown in the image earlier. Just imagine you're looking down at the water in your loo. It's designed just like that.

The bend at the bottom is designed to stop nasty air being fed back through the system but over time it allows gunk to gather over time at the bottom of the bend. It's that gunk that has gathered in the lower part of the bend that might just be the problem and is easy to clear out.

sevenhills

JohnB47 said:

OK but my question was, what did you do with the rods.

I pushed one down but it didn't go very far, as in the photo it may well be a bottle gully.

Then I put the plunger attachment on and it cleared it a little, but it came back, but the water level still seemed too high.

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grumbler

You need to clean the bottom of the gully manually, with your palms and fingers. As advised above, a ladle can help to take the water out, then the dirt and debris at the bottom

sevenhills said:
... but the plastic drain comes out a few inches when I withdraw the plunger. 

If it was the black part that moved, see the picture above and try to take it out without breaking it.