Alis girls Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I'm not singing at all. Last year i posted about a Sat morning spent drain clearing and yes I've spent my day off up to my eyes in poo We have 3 loos - goodness knows why the people we got the house off needed 3 but the 2 upstairs ones block frequently - that and the fact we have to stop YS from over using bog roll. Last night YS is in the one loo upstairs and I'm sorting washing in the other bathroom when there is a horrible bubbling sound from my loo. YS screamed in terror - we then ended up with 2 blocked loos and a blocked bath Remember the Blondie song " the tide is high" and you will know what i mean. So today I tried the vacuum thingy to clear loo - nothing doing - got the rods out and into the man hole cover - Postman greeted by the sight of my ample rear stuck in the air - obviously used to this sort of thing as he called "morning" didnt bat an eyelid. Anyway OH's mate came and tried to unblock - now both covered in yuck and awaiting Dyana -rod. desparate for shower but darent in case they come while I am in there. So told OH when his redundancy money comes I want first thing on list to be the plumbing. what a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Ewwww but also at the way you tell it. Hope you can have a shower soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 great fun drains aren't they The problem we sometimes have with ours lies with the inspection chambers on the drive. If a big flake of rust falls off the underside of the cover it creates a snagging point right next to the main sewer and this traps passing traffic and the inspection chamber fills up and then backs up to the next one.... The first thing indication that there is a problem is when it finds its way up the garden drain and makes it's presence known in a lovely little garden feature known as the bog of eternal stench. As you can imagine you can fit a lot of humanure into two inspection chambers One horrible job not to be undertaken if you are feeling a little delicate. The thing that makes me laugh is the looks you get from passers by! When performing this task I usually park my car on the pavement at the end of the drive to stop people from falling into the pit (not something you would want to do) it is amazing how many people still try and squeeze by and then give you the 'oh my god he is up to his armpits in it' look Any how enough delightful reminiscing! I hope you get it sorted soon. Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Can I just add I am female and most of my friends said they would not be seen dead opening man hole covers and exploring their murky depths. Omlet gels are made of stronger stuff. Obvioulsy our postman is used to seeing women in drains , digging up patios and scaling roofs. he didnt offer to help bless him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I know what you mean Ali, I frequently get the following from my elderly, female neighbour...'you want to get a man to help with that my dear' I am perfectly capable of doing most DIY things except for really heavy/large bits as I'm only small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Same here. As I was in the 'head down, bum up' position over the drain removing leaves/gunk/who-knows-what ES said 'I don't know any other mum's who'd do that!' I also get regular - 'Mum, you're really strong, aren't you' comments from both my lovely boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 We have problems with our drains from time to time. It's not helped by a neighbour having tree roots going in the drains. We know this because when hubby rods them ( we have 3 sets of rods) a load of tree roots come from his end. Oh & next doors reckon they haven't got a grid in their garden..they have we can see it from our landing. The real reason we have discovered the drains block & they don't want us round there, is because..wait for it.... the lady uses Tena pads & puts them down the flippin' loo!!! Arrrrghhh. Honestly, why can't they go in the bin in nappy sacs? It always us that has to un block the drains. Thank god we are moving & will have private drainage. Phew! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 But I'm not that physically strong - Had to use garden fork for drain cover and the sciatica kicked in last night. I was shattered - I was nodding at 9pm much to OH's disgust - dont know why he should care hes always cat napping. Right knee is also very sore and it was already - as I said we Omlet gels are ready for anything - bring it on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 The old chap who lived here before us sold a portion of the driveway for Thames Water to place the sewage pumping station for the village on. As we are also at the bottom of a hill,if it rains heavily it can't cope and backs up into our downstairs loo. We have tried and tried to get them to shift it,but they won't. It's ugly and can smell pretty rank sometimes too...... TW are a nightmare to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Omlet gels are made of stronger stuff Ain't that the truth! I've not been down the drains, so am a little jealous I did get a marvellous double take from a builder in a van yesterday as I stood waiting to cross my road with a large Victorian joist under one arm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 The strangest look I got was while myself and some friends changed the enigine in my Rover 214 in the car park in the middle of October (pouring with rain and gale force winds!) with nothing but rope and muscle power to lift the engines in and out! This was obviously before I had my two newest additions. No more car repairs for me. I am however the handywoman in the house my son follows me around saying I want to help so when I'm married my wife doesn't need to do this! Very intelligent little boy I have, although I say nothing in front of him, he sees that his dad does nothing to help and can see that this annoys me. My hubby wouldn't know the difference between a screw driver and a hammer! Thankfully I have never had any major problems with toilet drains, however, no that I've said that guess what's probably going to happen this weekend! I was raised by my parents to be very independant. I can do a bit of plumbing, electrics and most diy jobs. I have compressed vertibrae at the base of my spine so anything I do does take its toll on me but I just take my painkillers and get on with it otherwise it just wont get done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 ..................I did get a marvellous double take from a builder in a van yesterday as I stood waiting to cross my road with a large Victorian joist under one arm Ditto, I was up the road last night, heaving joists out of a neighbour's skip Me too kerridwen; my father always made sure that we were self-sufficient and I used to service my cars until a mechanic friend drove past to find me under the car... 6 months pregnant he now does all my servicing and MOTs. Ex was useless at anything handy, Phil is great but as he doesn't live here I end up doing most of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 I did get a marvellous double take from a builder in a van yesterday as I stood waiting to cross my road with a large Victorian joist under one arm Bravo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 I was telling my friend about this and the postman not batting an eyelid - I was saying about the fact that down the road probably was a woman digging up the patio and she replied " yes to put her husband under" bit Brooksidish me thinks - dont know if they had had words - I roared as it really made me laugh - funny thing was she is from the Wirral so that neck of the woods. However today despite looking like woman ready for work the lovely old boy at the farm carried my chicken feed and auboise to the car for me Obvioulsy some gents still around - I couldve kissed him esp as the back is still bad. Good service so one happy chicken mummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
