Drain rods

[850Rick]

Have any of you ever bought things like this off ebay.

12PC DRAIN ROD SET UNBLOCKER 9M+ DRAINS RODS SEWAGE | eBay

If you did what do you think of them?are they worth there money

 

[Barry98]

pretty much like any tool , you get what you pay for

 

[SimonG]

Got rid of mine, don't do drains. Put up with enough shi' ite without working in it

 

[850Rick]

Got rid of mine, don't do drains. Put up with enough shi' ite without working in it

Got to start some where lol

 

[Barry98]

thats it mate start at the bottom and work your way up

 

[Guest123]

Don't EVER buy the cheap ones as they can snap at the thread and it's no fun trying to retrieve meters of drain rods stuck down a pipe. Anyway, spring rods are far better and can bend their way round obstructions that rods can't. These are also screwed together.

 

[Phil]

Agreed, I have a cheapo set but I dare not use them properly incase they snap underground, very rare I get asked to do drains anyway.

 

[mountainman]

Agreed, I have a cheapo set but I dare not use them properly incase they snap underground, very rare I get asked to do drains anyway.

Me too!
If the task seems bigger than a diy drain job then I refer it to a professional.

 

[trex]

I don't do drains any more I just get this man in

And you thought you had a bad job: Indian 'sewer diver' paid just £3.50 a day (plus a bottle of booze) to unclog Delhi's drains | Mail Online

 

[The Drain Dept.]

Best way to really block a drain is to put poor quality rods into it. Also don't put the supplied plunger on until you're sure its actually needed. Straight rod only first and count em in and count em out.
As a guide my rod set cost over £300 from Wardsflex. They are 10mm steel bolt together. They do high quality locking poly sets also.
I have a set of these for where more flexibility is required than the steel ones.

Have broke cheap rods down drains before and it becomes a nightmare extracting the lost rods, getting the drain cleared and saving face with the customer.

If you see customer has a set of rods at side of a blocked drain count how many are there and look if the plunger is present. Can't count number of times I've pulled a rod with a plunger out after they've tried to unblock it themselves.

You can get a rod retrieval attachment for end of good quality rods which assists pulling lost rods from drains.

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[Resolute]

Make sure you always twist them clockwise, never anti!

 

[REDSAW]

just buy 2 rats from the pet shop shove em in and bung up the drain.
they will eat there way through the blockage in no time.

add £10 to the bill.

 

[zzzjim]

just buy 2 rats from the pet shop........ eat their way out

Yep that copper bowl murder mistery film comes to mind !

 

[AWheating]

i would use a cheap set and then throw them away after one use and buy another set for the next job if you dont do drain offten, unless you want the smell of poo in you van, shed, house. It can take you a while before you dare eat your lunch in your van with the smell of poo inside it lol

 

[kay-jay]

i would use a cheap set and then throw them away after one use and buy another set for the next job if you dont do drain offten, unless you want the smell of poo in you van, shed, house. It can take you a while before you dare eat your lunch in your van with the smell of poo inside it lol

You soon learn not to bite your nails too

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[Phil]

Its a job for the drain proffesionals, I hate getting asked because customer can't wait to watch you and see how easy it is but if you don't really know what you're doing you just look an idiot when you spend 2 hours faffing around in human cr4p and still don't unblock it.