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alan_m wrote:
On 15/10/2020 04:24, williamwright wrote:

Back in the yard I sprayed water on the mystery object.
Surprisingly I recognised it. It was a My Little Pony. One of my
daughters was, as a small child, very keen on My Little Pony. She is now
43.


I share a sewerage outlet with two other neighbours. The last blockage
appeared to have been caused by large piece of porcelain stuck in the
pipe and only pushed to a manhole chamber with the use of drain rods.
The piece was from a broken up toilet bowl but definitely not broken up
within the last 20+ years.

I share with next door. The main drain runs from them to me in the back
garden, then out to the street under my house - or rather through the
cellar.

Next door were complaining of drain smells. I've got a pretty good idea
why. The previous owners when modernising had the outside bog removed and
fitted the boiler in there - gawd knows why. The plumbers were real
bodgers. Knocked a hole through the communal cellar wall (can only guess
why) which let rats into my house - while their kitchen wall was left open
for ages waiting for patio doors. My guess is they didn't cap off the old
drain from the outside bog properly. While bricking up the hole in the
cellar I looked through and saw at least two joints in the new plumbing
dripping.

DynaRod spent ages cleaning things. Odd, since nothing was blocked. And
didn't sort the source of the smells. But then told next door the problem
must be my side. Despite having the manholes here, front and back, opened
up.

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