Onoff

Thinking that too now as trying to lift the pipe from the double branch end and it's very heavy as though the whole, near 3m length is full.

The branch has a screwed on access cap like this: I fitted it as I was worried about future access to the near horizontal wc waste pipe from the new, wall hung wc downstairs. That should give great access. However, I unscrewed the cap last night for the first time, in the dark and it looks like I need to take a Starrett to it to open it up? Maybe there's a close fitting, push fit plug I didn't see under the screw cap?

When it backed up both downstairs and the single upstairs were backing up. How dare up the pipe I don't know The grey soil in the loft goes thru x2 45s at the eaves then straight down the wall in the black 110mm, on the left in the picture below. It passes through a branch which takes the new, downstair's bathrooms soil. Then into the rest bend and onto the manhole. Also shown is the downstairs cloak wc coming in from the right. Both downstairs loos are flushing fine. The man hole is clear. The blockage then is either in that vertical black 110 above the branch, the two 45s or the "flat" grey in the loft as aforementioned. After it drains, one flush from the upstairs ensuite and it looks like this: Poocrete...lovely term! ?

You want I think ideally to end up with a true dual boot system rather than Linux sitting on top of Windows.

I've been looking at 10/20m copies of the Karcher one on Amazon, circa £30. I like the idea it might scour the inside of the pipe clean.

I (often?) do the main clay drain in the garden like that. In the loft it'd be a case of having to get the hose up there (no problem) and shouting (screaming? ? ) at whoever is operating the outside tap to shut things off in a hurry if it all turns to sh**!

It's yours once I've finished with it.

I have a drill powered snake coming later today as backup:

Won't a Live CD boot/load/run quicker than a DVD? There was a while back that linux based distro, Remix OS, the Android esque one, which would only run on top of an existing Windows install. I wonder if there's others? Now that you have an OS on there, albeit XP have you tried from a Live disc?

I wasn't intending pouring it down the pan as it's clear from there to the two branch junction, rather I was going to pour it down into where the cap lid is off that last picture above. That being said I've a few bottles here of 37% sulphuric acid for topping up batteries. I wonder if that would do the trick?

A mate had it done. Said it was a doddle. Made contact with one of the council approved contractors. Any problem was "no problem, don't worry, I'll sort it". Turns out he was the BiL of someone at the council. ?

I've reserved one at Homebase. Collecting tomorrow. Cheers.

Just to get the party started I've added a cup of vinegar from the Christmas pickled onions, one of Diet Coke and a cup of baking powder! Treat 'em right is my motto!

It's now had 1 cup car shampoo, 1kg of soda crystals and a bath bomb dropped down the upper cap as above. Followed by a bucket of hot down the pan. No movement as yet. Not much fizzing either. Maybe I'll hear a big WHOOSH in the middle of the night! Interestingly and I presume its correct but as I push in / take out the cap the AAV click-clacks. Failing that I'll get some sodium hydroxide tomorrow.

@Onoff performing La Fontaine de Merde... Pre flushing I could take the lower cap out and see that pipe going off to the left, the lower, flatter one was blocked up. Post flushing and the level rises to as shown below. In the absence of any sodium hydroxide I've thrown a cup of car shampoo in, hopefully to soften things up a bit and maybe cut through some fats. When it goes down I'm going to drop this in and get SWMBO to tip a bucket of hot down the pan whilst I hang on for dear life to these push fit joints. SDS bits I've just noticed could come in handy! ? Gotta have date nights like this to keep the romance alive!

Just done so...pictures to follow! ?

The upstairs en suite has a blockage! Not really been right since the cess pool needed emptying and backed up. Water will eventually drain but not paper. Tbh the 110 soil runs in the loft are a bit ad hoc, modded as I've been doing the new downstairs bathroom. WC waste comes straight thru from the en suite into the loft hip end on the left of the picture. Theres an AAV just out of picture. Comes across in the grey at a few degrees slope. Drops and turns thru 90deg through the two branch arrangement to the right: Then straight along at a few degrees slope again: Out the eaves at the end and straight down the wall. Pretty sure the blockage is in the near horizontal runs or that double branch arrangement. Was going to try a cup of washing up liquid down the pan first followed by a bucket of hot water down the pan. If things don't shift I've just bought a bath bomb for some fizzy, effervescent, sh!t shifting action! Was tempted to remove the AAV and drop it into the run there i.e after the wc trap. Slightly worried it might force the joints apart! Any suggestions? Ta.

I use Infrarecorder on the Windows pc.

I HAVEN'T forgotten you, in fact I've 5 distros burnt to DVD now to post...Just Xmas and the New Year got in the way... Anything here take your fancy? I could put say Puppy on a CD rather than DVD: https://itsfoss.com/lightweight-linux-beginners/ I will TRY and post tomorrow. (First back to normal week for me).

The 2nd big piece, that fits to the Ferrex tool didn't print so well. He thinks because he printed it upside down to reduce supports. It fits the Ferrex tool OK but its "rough". Will try again! Tbh, with these prints I might now CAD my own up and at the same time try and reduce the height of the adapter section which adds about 30-40mm to the tool height. This particular print expects you to cannibalize a 2Ah Ferrex battery for the contacts. As I have neither a Ferrex battery or charger I think I'll just drill the contact blades in the bottom of the Ferrex tool and solder on wires.

3D print one? https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1077651

3 hours later... Fit on the battery is impressively accurate. 0.3mm layers at 25%. Not sure how resilient it'll be long term. It's quite lightweight tbh. Just seen you can get special paint to improve the surface (by smoothing) and durability of 3D printed models.

Seriously though.....I have a similar area to dig in what we call our "stairs" room i.e where the stairs are. Ideally I'd like to dig up under the stairs too but am worried as to how I'd support/suspend the stairs when I do it. Only thing I can think of is temporarily, literally suspend them from the ceiling joists above.

Wuss! Morning's work with a blunt spade! ?

Get digging! A real sense of achievement and cheaper that gym membership! ? I've only 150mm pir +25mm eps under mine. Tbh, at the time I'd just had enough digging. Knowing what I know now I'd have dug deeper and put more insulation in. Got there in the end though! The next 4 rooms and hall shouldn't be so bad as suspended floors of different depths. Maybe no digging at all in 2 and the hall, just remove the joists and dwarf walls and build back up!