"T i m" wrote in message
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On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 17:34:30 +0000, dennis@home
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On 13/03/2016 17:00, T i m wrote:

Mine (now 25) asked me recently if I could show her how to clear all
the pipework from the bath and hand basin. Someone needs to know how
to do it when I'm gone and it's not my hair blocking it up. ;-(


Caustic soda?

I don't know that I've ever had much success with *any* chemical
solution.

Mate of mine, a plumber, used to tip a winchester of conc nitric down
any drain that was having a problem and swore that it always worked fine.

Not that easy to get for the average consumer and very dangerous
to use like that too.

And that was in the days before plastic plumbing.

Or did you teach her how to use a proper plunger to pull all the cr@p
back up into the sink?

Nope, not that either, it will probably be a strip down of all the
plumbing from the trap back as far as necessary (all removable
plastic) and to clean it out properly. ;-)

It should be funny because whilst she seems able to shovel a flattened
animal off the public highway, she gags at the content of a well used
drain. ;-)

She knows what she has put down there!

I'm not sure she does ...