fairy&cake Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 ...shower in!!! Our drains get blocked so frequently here its awful. Poor Dyno-rod have to keep coming out and saving us!!! On christmas eve, it happened. On 18th Feb it happened. and its happened again!!!!! The main from the water company, Severn Trent said its all the elderly people putting fat etc down the plug hole. But it cant be tht surely? By the way, if you see a blonde gal walking around shropshire, who looks like she sleeps in a chip pan, Thats ME! My hair gets so bad if its not washed everyday! ARGH! Worst of all, it costs £240 a time , we all have to put in £12 which i know isnt alot, but still! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 The week we moved into our old house we had to get Dynorod out to unblock our drains. Turned out the silly moo that lived in the house before us was flushing nappies down the loo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 We had a problem with the drains at work a while ago.. the loos were backing up with ghastly results. I got our local drain company out and it turned out that the drain had been broken by tree roots. We had to get it fixed, but claimed it back from the insurance. I hope that you get it fixed Laura. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Oh Laura, what a pain, must be a nightmare for you! By the way, if you see a blonde gal walking around shropshire, who looks like she sleeps in a chip pan, Thats ME! (this did make me laugh though, sorry) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 Nappies down a Loo eugh!!! How silly are some folk? LOL. Thanks for that Claret, i dint think to ask them, i will though as theres a HUGE forest/wood at the side of us. Maybe its that thats causing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 How irritating for you Laura, water is one of those things that we really take for granted isn't it and I'd hate having to miss out on my daily shower as well. I do hope that you get it fixed soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 When I was in my youth we lived in the country and at the end of our lane was a kennels (and at the beginning of the sewer), they used to flush all manner of stuff down the drain, by the time it had made it as far as our house it was pretty bad and used to block all too often. My Dad invested in some drain rods and industrial strength rubber gloves............many a happy hour I spent unbunging the drain fortunately I don't have a very good sense of smell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 The week we moved into our old house we had to get Dynorod out to unblock our drains. Turned out the silly moo that lived in the house before us was flushing nappies down the loo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Poor you Laura............blocked drains are no fun Hope they fix it soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 Well we've just had a POO explotion in the bathroom, nothing MASSIVE but still gross! I don't even think it belongs to our house! Ross is clearing it up , as i am 'watching' seth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 now's definitely the moment.. I feel.. for you to adopt stereotypical male/female roles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Well we've just had a POO explotion in the bathroom, nothing MASSIVE but still gross! I don't even think it belongs to our house! Ross is clearing it up , as i am 'watching' seth. How awful for you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 The main from the water company, Severn Trent said its all the elderly people putting fat etc down the plug hole. But it cant be tht surely? Unfortunately it can be caused by that Laura, our neighbour's had the same problem as they kept doing that. The problem is fat is resistant to water and forms and emulsion and then the fat gets caught and stuck onto the pipes. (I think anyway, it sounds like a reasonably sensible suggestion) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Unfortunately there are people who empty the chip pan down the loo and not all of them are elderly. Our neighbour did on Xmas Eve then went away for a week, leaving us with blocked loos for Xmas. When we mentioned that we'd had to get the water board and plumbers out at Xmas, he just shrugged and told us that it might have been the chip fat that he drained from his deep fat fryer, but didn't even attempt to apologise. This was the 3rd time in 3 years that we'd had to foot the bill for someone else blocking the drains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Has the poo gone..... My hair is exactly the sameLaura. It's got used to a shower everday and gets greasy vety quickly because of it. You'll find though that your hair will have extra life when it does get a wash! It might be worth asking Severn trent to supply the area with a list of Do's and don't to prevent this from happening time after time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 Yes, the poo has gone, for now! They found out that old peoples sanitary wear for when they cant control it, has been flushed down sadly. They mostly all have 'carers' that dont actually seem to care!!!!! Whoever said nappies was close i spose. I'm hoping that it doesnt happen again! Its quite stressful espcially as the chicks knocked their water over, and i had to walk for 20 mins to go get them some more in a bottle. Luckily i has a drop left in the filt jug for them. Otherwise i would have been stressing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Poor you Laura. Hope the poo stays away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Yes, the poo has gone, for now! They found out that old peoples sanitary wear for when they cant control it, has been flushed down sadly. *shudders* I do hope that this will be the end of it for you Fairy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...