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| − | A neighbour recently had a sink outlet blockage. A plumber used an industrial-strength vacuum cleaner to suck it clear in moments - mostly rice and fat. It might be worth trying a domestic wet/dry vacuum cleaner, such as can be seen at http://www.walmart.com/c/kp/wet-dry-vacuum-cleaners and other sites found by a search engine. [[User:John Stockton|John Stockton]] ([[User talk:John Stockton|talk]]) 12:11, 19 October 2015 (BST) | + | A neighbour recently had a sink outlet blockage. A plumber used an industrial-strength vacuum cleaner to suck it clear in moments - mostly rice and fat. It might be worth trying a domestic wet/dry vacuum cleaner, such as can be seen at http://www.walmart.com/c/kp/wet-dry-vacuum-cleaners and other sites found by a search engine. [[User:John Stockton|John Stockton]] ([[User talk:John Stockton|talk]]) 12:11, 19 October 2015 (BST) --- and currently in http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Vacuum_Cleaner_Review [[User:John Stockton|John Stockton]] ([[User talk:John Stockton|talk]]) 12:17, 19 October 2015 (BST) |
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Hot Water
For sink blockages involving fat, it might be possible to work a thin flexible pipe towards the blockage and use it to deliver a flow of hot water to where it is most needed. John Stockton (talk) 12:11, 19 October 2015 (BST)
Suction
A neighbour recently had a sink outlet blockage. A plumber used an industrial-strength vacuum cleaner to suck it clear in moments - mostly rice and fat. It might be worth trying a domestic wet/dry vacuum cleaner, such as can be seen at http://www.walmart.com/c/kp/wet-dry-vacuum-cleaners and other sites found by a search engine. John Stockton (talk) 12:11, 19 October 2015 (BST) --- and currently in http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Vacuum_Cleaner_Review John Stockton (talk) 12:17, 19 October 2015 (BST)