I spent two hours yesterday clearing a blocked drain outside our house. This involved ramming it with a copper tube to get gravel, scum and bits of who-knows-what out of it, using said tube to suck the water out, then reaching my arm in up to the shoulder to find the compacted mass of stone and soap (which it appears turns into concrete in drains) that had blocked it and pull it out. And it’s still not fully clear, but unless I work out how to evolve another joint between my wrist and elbow this is as good as it gets. Fortunately my father-in-law is a plumber, and so can hook me up with some sulphuric acid to clear the rest away.
Interestingly in the 2 days he’s been visiting to fit some new radiators for us we’ve had the blocked drain, a gutter spring holes, and an outside tap start dripping. I suspect he’s forgotten that we’re family, and is going round vandalizing things to generate more business.
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Yikes. You also had, if I remember right, a dead rodent in the dryer vent of the MPLS house? To extract the hair from the tub drain I’ve used the long-nosed forceps meant for pulling hooks from fishs’ mouths. It’s still disgusting.
I used a particular perfume to mask the smell of the dead chipmunks, and to this day the smell of that perfume makes me gag