Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
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- Northumberland
Sadly none fluenty.
Tea? (Part 2)
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- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Talking above Languages, next Saturday on BBC4 a German Detective series starting will be. 
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- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Not even English!
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
Precisement.... irony is a lost art.
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
I now have a clean patio and a blocked drain. 
The patio slopes away from the house. All along the edge of the patio and under about two inches of pebbles is a flexible hose.
As I understand it, this hose has perforations to allow water from the patio to run into the hose, and then it travels towards a drain. The end of the hose goes under a low wall and meets a much larger drain coming from further up the hill/garden.
I can access the joint of the two drains, by removing a patio slab. Water can flow freely down the "main" drain. However the water from the patio near that part of the drain is not sinking away. I think the flexible hose is blocked with decayed leaves from a plant in that vicinity. What can I use to try to unblock the flexible hose, without damaging it.
When a toilet blocked recently, I unblocked it by using warm, not hot water.
I have looked Youtube and found snake drains. I am trying to think how to improvise a snake drain for the short distance that I think the drain is blocked.
Sensible answers will be very much appreciated. Silly answers will mean that you cannot have a piece of the sponge cake I made earlier.
The patio slopes away from the house. All along the edge of the patio and under about two inches of pebbles is a flexible hose.
As I understand it, this hose has perforations to allow water from the patio to run into the hose, and then it travels towards a drain. The end of the hose goes under a low wall and meets a much larger drain coming from further up the hill/garden.
I can access the joint of the two drains, by removing a patio slab. Water can flow freely down the "main" drain. However the water from the patio near that part of the drain is not sinking away. I think the flexible hose is blocked with decayed leaves from a plant in that vicinity. What can I use to try to unblock the flexible hose, without damaging it.
When a toilet blocked recently, I unblocked it by using warm, not hot water.
I have looked Youtube and found snake drains. I am trying to think how to improvise a snake drain for the short distance that I think the drain is blocked.
Sensible answers will be very much appreciated. Silly answers will mean that you cannot have a piece of the sponge cake I made earlier.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Yes, that is what I thought, Rocky. If I put a question like this on the open forum as a new thread, I might get umptytwo complex answers that I do not understand.
On Tubeyou there was an American gentleman showing how to unblock drainpipes, and the drain snake looked like an expensive bit of kit. On Hamazon, however, there is this type of snake. I think it might be worth investing in a sturdy one, rather than one made of cheese. I can see another trip to the Ironmongers next week.
On Tubeyou there was an American gentleman showing how to unblock drainpipes, and the drain snake looked like an expensive bit of kit. On Hamazon, however, there is this type of snake. I think it might be worth investing in a sturdy one, rather than one made of cheese. I can see another trip to the Ironmongers next week.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Jo
wocky
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Jo 
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Ooooh yes, wire coat hanger! I think there are some lurking somewhere. I could untwist and make a loop at the end, so as not to puncture the hose. Then I just have to remove the paving slab from over the part where the two drains join.
If I fall over into the drain, will you pull me out? I might wait for daylight tomorrow.
If I fall over into the drain, will you pull me out? I might wait for daylight tomorrow.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Will you pull her out tomorrow?
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Has he got a good winch?
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Has he got a good winch?
I think I missed something.
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