The sink is full of dirty washing of water. You pull the plug and nothing happens. Everything looks fine, there is no noise or dribbling water under the sink, and nothing unusual about from the fact that the water doesn’t go away, its blocked!

Tools and materials:
Torch.
Sink plunger.
Small soft plastic bowl.
Large adjustable wrench.
Old wire coat hanger.
Plastic bucket.
Plenty of old cloths.

Method:

Take the plastic bowl, hold it rim the side down and plunge it up and down against the waste whole. Feltham Plumbers do this. If you are lucky, you will hear gurgling noise and the water will begin to run away. If the water stays, take the sink plunger and repeat the procedure as already described, only this time, block the overflow hole and be slightly more vigorous in your approach. If the water stays, use the basin to bail the water from the sink and into the bucket. Remove all the items from under the sink, and put on your old clothes. With the bucket placed at the ready under the sink, take the wrench and very carefully undo the cleaning eye or, if it’s a bottle trap, the lower part of the bottle. Let the last dregs in the sink and the contents of the U-bend or bottle trap fall into the bucket. Take the wire coathanger and reshape itself into a probing hook that suits the shape of your particular trap use the wire to fish around the U-bend end or in the trap, to poke out all those long, greasy strands of hair and bits of debris that has caused the blockage in the sink. A Feltham Plumber can sort this task easily. Use washing-up liquid and an old toothbrush to clean up all the grease to enable the waste water to drain away fast. Reseal the trap and run the water into the sink to check that it runs away. Make sure the system is not leaking. Cleanup, wash your hands and the job is done.
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Chain Wrench.
A tool with a handle a toothed jaw and a chain used to grip pipes and large nuts. The chain is wrapped over the item to be turned, engage the chain with the toothed jaw and lever with the handle so it grips. It is a very useful tool for working on, old pipework, large nuts and threaded galvanized pipes.

Measuring Tools.
You will need to own two measuring tools, a wood, metal or plastic rule for sizing and marking holes. A flexible tape measure for longer measuring jobs like position of taps, radiators and lengths of pipework.

The Basin Wrench.
Is a wrench with a longer handle and is specifically designed for use when fitting taps. The jaw of the wrench is turned over into ‘tighten’ or ‘untighten’ mode and then is operated with a pivoting movement.

Wood Chisels.
You need a set of chisels for chopping and cutting wood for setting pipework in joists and cutting holes in plasterboard. Used with a hammer, goggles and mask. Feltham Plumbers carry these tools.

Pliers.
A good pair of pliers are very useful. Long nosed for electrics and large for heavy work such as soldering and WC valves and others for lots of hard to do tasks.

Spirit Level.
A tool to check that fittings and fixtures are level and true . Available in lots of sizes and types. Most common used are small wooden bodied with the level set in the middle. Great tool and carried by a Feltham Plumber .

Hammers.
Three hammers are used, a claw hammer for general work knocking in nails and clawing out old. A small tack hammer for pins and very small nails and large headed clump hammer for lifting floorboards and chopping holes in plaster and brickwork. An essential tool.




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