The Great Unblocking

[Ewan123]

We've got a trap on the (boat's) kitchen sink, never blocked. The bathroom sink regularly blocks though. It's a flexible concertina-type pipe with a u-bend, and seems vulnerable to hair and solid soaps. Boiling water does help delay the block, but I'm thinking of changing the pipe.

[Sir Percy]

1 minute ago, Ewan123 said:

We've got a trap on the (boat's) kitchen sink, never blocked. The bathroom sink regularly blocks though. It's a flexible concertina-type pipe with a u-bend, and seems vulnerable to hair and solid soaps. Boiling water does help delay the block, but I'm thinking of changing the pipe.

Could be the ridges in the flexible hose.

[Ewan123]

6 minutes ago, Sir Percy said:

Could be the ridges in the flexible hose.

That's my thinking too.

[Ronaldo47]

Asymmetic reducers are available that allow a level invert to be provided.

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[magnetman]

31 minutes ago, Ronaldo47 said:

Asymmetic reducers are available that allow a level invert to be provided.

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I bet you say that to all the ladies.  

 

Edited February 5, 2024 by magnetman
edit to remove sex references

[system 4-50]

10 hours ago, bizzard said:

Will trap all the pubic hair too.

All? !!!

[bizzard]

12 minutes ago, system 4-50 said:

All? !!!

She might have a beard.

[DandV]

All three of the grey water discharges in our boat got blocked at some stage.

The previous owner left us with his tame bit of multistrand that he used for this task. 

A hell of a fiddle. 

But we found that the hand pump he used for extracting stray water from the bilges very effective, with the bottom immersed in the canal, and the outer hose pushed hard against the hull penetration. Then pump, about 5 strokes was all that was needed. Trying to keep your face clear.

 

Al sorts of crud would then appear in the hand basin/ sink and then drain much more freely back out.

 

 

Edited February 7, 2024 by DandV