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When we moved to our current house nearly 20 years ago the survey revealed a dropped sewer pipe leading to the cesspit. The "drop" is near the end of a 70 foot run to the pit from the house. It has at this time every year started to back up and sometimes cause the drain inspection cover at the house end of the run to lift! This is is cue to stuff the drain rods down the pipe to clear the obstruction! Normally this is easily achieved and the drains run clear again. Occasionally it takes a little bit of effort to shift the blockage and even less occasionally I do it before the blockage occurs as preventative maintenance!!!! So, come Saturday morning the first signs of dampness around the lid caused me to don my overalls, whack some gloves on and go and fetch the drain rods. This time it took a lot of pushing, shoving and swearing but eventually the drain ran freely again. Proud of my "job well done" I went to make a cup of tea to be greeted by a malodorous pong in the house. What I had failed to remember was the new toilet installed at the far end of the house whose drain pipe meets the long run about 30 feet from the end of the main drain run. The hydraulic action of the drain rod had forced the dirty water down the new loo run and up a 12 foot stack and into my daughters bathroom! There was sh1t and dirty water everywhere! . Luckily, both my wife and I saw the funny side and had to sit down for 10 minutes laughing ourselves stupid! An hour of hot soapy water, disinfectant and the wet and dry hoover had it all nice and clean again!
