dumb blocked sink question..

[wulluff]

..well maybe not that dumb The sink in the kids bathroom is blocked and as I'm still banned from anything remotely connected with plumbing, Mrs wulluff is in dire need of a good rodding, so to speak.

The trouble is we cant get to the U-bend without taking the whole sink off the wall. She's tried squirting all the usual potions down the plughole but to no effect. Surely there's some out there who knows a plumbers trick or two??

A great big virtual hug (from mrs W) to anyone who can help

[mickk]

Have you got a 'wet and dry'hoover?
Suck the pipe dry, it does work honest

[jas xjr]

have you tried using a plunger? or failing that boiling hot water.not a big job to take the sink off the wall tbh

[Munter]

jas xjr said:

have you tried using a plunger?

Thats what I was thinking.

[wulluff]

jas xjr said:

have you tried using a plunger? or failing that boiling hot water.not a big job to take the sink off the wall tbh

yep tried a plunger; problem with taking the sink off is its hard plumbed(?). I would have used the flexible hose jobbies to the taps but not so

[Simpo Two]

Each time I'm about to compose a sensible answer, the phrase 'It's a wulluff, it's a wulluff!' runs through my head.

Any connection to the cartoon series form the 1970's?

[wulluff]

Simpo Two said:

Each time I'm about to compose a sensible answer, the phrase 'It's a wulluff, it's a wulluff!' runs through my head.

Any connection to the cartoon series form the 1970's?

I like to think of myself as the big bad wulluff who's going to huf & puff and blow the house down!!

[jas xjr]

why not buy a blowtorch and sweat the joints off? then after you have unblocked the sink solder the joints back up.trust me its easier than you think

[tenohfive]

mickk said:

Suck the pipe dry, it does work honest

Am I the only one who had to bite their tongue at that remark?

[Gingerbread Man]

Can you see the U bend/ waste or is it built into the surround and not accessible?

[VxDuncan]

Try a length of old co-ax cable, you know like off an old external TV ariel. Needs to be the solid conducter type. Found it's about the right stiffness and size to ram down the plug hole and with a bit of rotating and proding (!) I will go down most pipes and round ubends.

[V8mate]

Caustic soda.

[ali_kat]

VxDuncan said:

Try a length of old co-ax cable, you know like off an old external TV ariel. Needs to be the solid conducter type. Found it's about the right stiffness and size to ram down the plug hole and with a bit of rotating and proding (!) I will go down most pipes and round ubends.

Or net curtain rail

[V8mate]

If it's as solid as the OP suggests you'll just be shoving the problem along to the next trap.

You need something which will dissolve the issue.

[Ferg]

Gingerbread Man said:

... U bend

Trap.

[mybrainhurts]

Ferg said:

Gingerbread Man said:

... U bend

Trap.

Ambush..

[mickk]

tenohfive said:

mickk said:

Suck the pipe dry, it does work honest

Am I the only one who had to bite their tongue at that remark?

Before i pressed the 'submit' button i thought about it, but then i realised that this was a sensible thread where no euphanisms are allowed unlike The Lounge

[Gingerbread Man]

mybrainhurts said:

Ferg said:

Gingerbread Man said:

... U bend

Trap.

Ambush..

Valid