Clearing driveway bottle gullies

[Richard-D]

Does anyone have useful advice on a good way to pull sediment/dirt/mud out of the horizontal pipework from bottle gullies similar to the one pictured below?



My issue is there is significant material still in the pipework that is too far for me to reach in and dig it out. I would like to remove it as opposed to blasting it with water and potentially pushing lots of material into a soakaway.

[Peanut Gallery]

If you know your pip layout etc, - and have a pipe cleaner rod set - drop scraper? - slides across the top of the dirt, then as you pull it out it drops down and scrapes all the dirt into the bottom of the hopper?

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bailey-3-4-drop-scraper...

[Chipstick]

Do you have a wet vac?

[Patio]

Remove lid

Pull out inner tube that forms the trap

Get hand in and scoop out

Replace inner gubbins

Put top back on

[Richard-D]

Peanut Gallery said:

If you know your pip layout etc, - and have a pipe cleaner rod set - drop scraper? - slides across the top of the dirt, then as you pull it out it drops down and scrapes all the dirt into the bottom of the hopper?

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bailey-3-4-drop-scraper...

Thank you, I hadn't seen those before, looks like the sort of thing I'm after. Unfortunately the angle into the horizontal tube doesn't allow you to get a drain rod round the bend. I wonder if you can get a 1/2 size drain rod?

[Richard-D]

Patio said:

Remove lid

Pull out inner tube that forms the trap

Get hand in and scoop out

Replace inner gubbins

Put top back on

If only. The issue is that there is material well along the horizontal tube that exits the gully.

[Richard-D]

Chipstick said:

Do you have a wet vac?

I hadn't considered that. That might be the way to go. I don't have one at the moment but not averse to buying one if it means my driveway drains properly.

[WyrleyD]

Patio said:

Remove lid

Pull out inner tube that forms the trap

Get hand in and scoop out

Replace inner gubbins

Put top back on

Unfortunately this is what I do about once a year, bloomin' stinks but it's the easiest way to do it. After clearing it stick a couple of buckets of water down. Oh! and get a pair of elbow length rubber gloves to carry out the operation.

[Mr Pointy]

Richard-D said:

Chipstick said:

Do you have a wet vac?

I hadn't considered that. That might be the way to go. I don't have one at the moment but not averse to buying one if it means my driveway drains properly.

Have you got a pressure washer?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=HOSE+DRAIN+CLEANER+AT...

[Richard-D]

Mr Pointy said:

Have you got a pressure washer?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=HOSE+DRAIN+CLEANER+AT...

Yes, I don't want to blast it all in to the soak away though, better to remove it.