Toilet unblocked experts

[Mirinjawbro]

Hello

Just spent another hour and half cleaning a cesspit psth as it was blocked

Can anyone recommend and I assume it exists something you might put down the toilet / bath to break up toilet paper ?

Thanks

[gmasterfunk]

What about the stuff caravans use, that's done to help break the waste down.

[Tickle]

I bought one of these to unblock the toilet after our son put cooking apples down the toilet! It worked very well

https://amzn.eu/d/3S8oZfG

[DonkeyApple]

Mirinjawbro said:

Hello

Just spent another hour and half cleaning a cesspit psth as it was blocked

Can anyone recommend and I assume it exists something you might put down the toilet / bath to break up toilet paper ?

Thanks

If it's a complete blockage then nothing put in the pan will make its way to the blockage. But if there is flow then maybe some 'blue' would work. The liquid for portable crappers as mentioned above. It can also be had in tablet form which theoretically could deliver the chemicals to the blockage site more precisely. The problem though is that the time required for the chemicals to work may be too long v the transit time.

The old fashioned solution was to use sulphuric acid but it was never a particularly sensible solution even back then.

[Mirinjawbro]

gmasterfunk said:

What about the stuff caravans use, that's done to help break the waste down.

Will take a look

Thanks

[Shooter McGavin]

If you have an actual cesspit please take care of what chemicals you put down there!

https://www.csg.co.uk/blog/the-dos-donts-of-septic...

[Flooble]

I had success with a carbon dioxide (I think) thing that went over the pipe and generated a really impressive blast of pressure. But I can't find them anymore online - maybe they've been banned!

Also worth considering a drain snake - you can get 10 metre ones that have a handle to rotate them. Physically chopping the blockage up has to be helpful.

[DonkeyApple]

Shooter McGavin said:

If you have an actual cesspit please take care of what chemicals you put down there!

https://www.csg.co.uk/blog/the-dos-donts-of-septic...

Don't forget, a septic tank is not a cesspit. A cesspit doesn't process it just holds onto it for someone to come and collect.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

I know its not helpful but all these chemicals that we create and use go back ultimately into our drinking water

[Mirinjawbro]

I would estimate approx 30m from toilet to cesspit.

Currently using a rod kit which works but is messy. Smells. And takes a long time

Everytime its blocked there appears to be 90 percent toilet roll only. This then needs hosing and rodding until clear

I was hoping something could be added to break the tissue down so it flows better

[GiantEnemyCrab]

OneShot is very effective (trade only I think). Basically sulphuric acid iirc.

[98elise]

If you have some flow then I've found lots of hot water and washing up liquid helps get it moving.

[Atheda]

Mirinjawbro said:

I would estimate approx 30m from toilet to cesspit.

Currently using a rod kit which works but is messy. Smells. And takes a long time

Everytime its blocked there appears to be 90 percent toilet roll only. This then needs hosing and rodding until clear

I was hoping something could be added to break the tissue down so it flows better

You could identify the reason for paper causing the blockage. Identify where in the pipe it happens (measure how far the rods have gone) and send a camera down once cleared. You may have a root through the pipe which catches paper. You may need to open up the pipe and repair it.

[s p a c e m a n]

If it's just toilet paper then you should just be able to clear it with a hose on a karcher. I've got a 30 meter one and just let it run down there every few months, you don't even have to feed it down there it just pulls itself down.

https://ebay.us/m/uqPXD7

[The Gauge]

Ten years ago when my sewer manhole was overflowing I sent a GoPro down there to see what was causing the blockage, Turned out to be a new washing machine waste pipe that had recently been connected further down the sewer pipe under my drive, the pipe had protruded too far into the clay sewer pipe causing paper to back up. It cleared after rodding but to prevent reoccurrence I had to dig down where the washing machine waste pipe entered, and shorten the pipe.

I put the GoPro into its waterproof casing, made a sledge out of some bits of timber and fastened the Go Pro onto it, and taped a torch to the front, then tied the sledge to the end of my rod, and fed it down the pipe. After getting to the blockage I pulled it back out and played the video back

[Cheib]

GiantEnemyCrab said:

OneShot is very effective (trade only I think). Basically sulphuric acid iirc.

I think even for trade sale now it is quite restricted

[Rushjob]

The Gauge said:

Ten years ago when my sewer manhole was overflowing I sent a GoPro down there to see what was causing the blockage, Turned out to be a new washing machine waste pipe that had recently been connected further down the sewer pipe under my drive, the pipe had protruded too far into the clay sewer pipe causing paper to back up. It cleared after rodding but to prevent reoccurrence I had to dig down where the washing machine waste pipe entered, and shorten the pipe.

I put the GoPro into its waterproof casing, made a sledge out of some bits of timber and fastened the Go Pro onto it, and taped a torch to the front, then tied the sledge to the end of my rod, and fed it down the pipe. After getting to the blockage I pulled it back out and played the video back

Proper Heath Robinson approach. Well done!!

[Rushjob]

You could also in future do what is done in many countries and not flush toilet paper down the pipe!
Use a bin in the bathroom.......

[hidetheelephants]

Get a drain unblocker who will whizz the root away after locating it with a camera, or identify a pipe breakage if that is the cause.