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Blocked bath
BillieTheBot
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I have a bath that has been slow in releasing water in the last week and is getting progressively worse. Does anyone know where I can buy a sink plunger from? I tried Argos but unsuccessful. Many thanks. Also, any detergent substances that is good at erroding/clearing a blocked pipe?
If all fails, I'll phone Mario Brothers :-)
If all fails, I'll phone Mario Brothers :-)
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or get charged a fortune by someone else to do it :P
EDIT: or just do what z says. It's probably just got loads of hair gacking it up.
Just pour the bottle down, leave it for a couple of hours and rise with warm water, Bingo! there water will be running free.
Our bath gets like that a LOT and it's usually because my sisters can't be bothered to pull their hair out of the plughole (it's always REALLY long hair, so it's not mine!) and it gets clogged up and I always have to be the one that pulls it out :grump:.
PS: I dont work for Mr Muscle
I tried taking the side off my bath. In contrary to what I originally thought, the panel is pretty secured. I even tried lifting the carpet, but no, looks like it is all sealed with plastering. 'Ok' I thought - Let's get a straw and try blowing it directly into the offending plug hole. For hygeine reasons, I taped 3 straws together to make it into a long straw, then I began blowing it into the hole. Lo and behold, it seemed to have cleared itself. To finish off for now, I poured in some Ajax (cleaning type stuff) followed by a kettle of boiling water. Tomorrow, I'll look for some proper drain unblocker.
Mr muscle is good.
Whatever you do don't get dynarod in to clear drains.
I went for 'Buster Bathroom Drain Clear' in the end. 300ml bottles for £2.99 from Tesco. Bought two, so I got one spare. Luckily, I haven't heard of Dynarod before but I'll remember not to use it if I see it in future.