For the sake of as little as 10 minutes' dirty work, you can often save delay and the expense of a professional call-out.
Time required: Less than 30 minutes for most minor blockages
Cost: A set of drain rods with screw and plunger ends costs from around £17 from plumbers' merchants
Skill level: Novice - you just need to be prepared to put up with the pong…
You'll need: Rubber gloves; set of drain rods; bucket or hose
Lift the drain inspection cover nearest to the house to see if the chamber is full of water. A spade is useful to lever up the edge of the cover if there are no handles or if you don’t have the keys to fit the cover.
If the chamber is empty, the blockage is somewhere in the soil pipe from the house to the chamber. If there ‘s water in the inspection chamber, the problem is further along the pipework, nearer the mains sewer. Check the next chamber until you have isolated the problem area – between full and empty inspection chambers.
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