- Joined
- Sunday August 8, 2010
- Location
- South of France
Feck I hate plumbing!
All started yesterday when I wanted to use the washing machine, ended up with a flooded kitchen, the drains were blocked!
I have this pump system since my place is below street level that pumps everything up, all the piping 40mm (yes that small!)
Anyways, I tried to unblock it with chemicals, no good.. :evil:
So today I had the saw out, hacked the pipe, but of course everything that remained in the pipe, ended up on the floor. :x
So out comes the pressure washer. (yes, in my bathroom & kitchen), and I try presure wash the pipes.. no good, so all the water I put in, end, you guessed it.. on my floor.
(almost swimming now in dark murky water) :|
So, off to hack the pipe in another place, closer to the pump, more gunk comes out... I run a normal hose through the hacked bit.
Man those pipes were gunked up, I think about 50% or less getting through..
I run the hose through it, pump seems to pick it all up, no refluxes anymore...
Then I went to the DIY, bought some T sections and screw on caps, this way I can just unscrew the caps to ram a hose through them.
On top of all this, I'm only renting, but I can't wait forever, so I took matter in my own hands.
So that was my day off, are you guys still pissed off at the snow? Cause honestly, I'd rather have been sweeping snow than mopping murk!
Max
Through all this I still managed to go to the PO (on time) to send someone a PIF & the Alu Tech I sold!
All started yesterday when I wanted to use the washing machine, ended up with a flooded kitchen, the drains were blocked!
I have this pump system since my place is below street level that pumps everything up, all the piping 40mm (yes that small!)
Anyways, I tried to unblock it with chemicals, no good.. :evil:
So today I had the saw out, hacked the pipe, but of course everything that remained in the pipe, ended up on the floor. :x
So out comes the pressure washer. (yes, in my bathroom & kitchen), and I try presure wash the pipes.. no good, so all the water I put in, end, you guessed it.. on my floor.
(almost swimming now in dark murky water) :|
So, off to hack the pipe in another place, closer to the pump, more gunk comes out... I run a normal hose through the hacked bit.
Man those pipes were gunked up, I think about 50% or less getting through..
I run the hose through it, pump seems to pick it all up, no refluxes anymore...
Then I went to the DIY, bought some T sections and screw on caps, this way I can just unscrew the caps to ram a hose through them.
On top of all this, I'm only renting, but I can't wait forever, so I took matter in my own hands.
So that was my day off, are you guys still pissed off at the snow? Cause honestly, I'd rather have been sweeping snow than mopping murk!
Max
Through all this I still managed to go to the PO (on time) to send someone a PIF & the Alu Tech I sold!