Comment on Discussion Thread đâ⏠Friday 27 March 2026
MeanElevator@aussie.zone â¨4⊠â¨weeks⊠agoHouse or apartment?
In a house, there should be an waste water inspection grate outside near the kitchen. If itâs full, the issue is down stream, best to call your local water provider (plumbers will charge you more!!!) and ask them to check if thereâs a fault.
Also check your other sinks etc. If theyâre draining fine, then itâs a localised issueâŚwhich is good.
If not full then itâs possibly the U-bend underneath your sink. Pretty easy to remove and clean. Otherwise you can push a wire through the drain to check if there is a blockage. If there is, remove the U-bend, and clean.
Good luck :)
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone â¨4⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
What I do is open the grate, dig around in there with a broom stick handle, replace the grate, put something heavy on the grate, fill up the bath, sinks etc, block the shower hole, let all plugs out, flush the toilet. Repeat. Then I go and watch the water gush down sewerage pipe from the back of the yard where thereâs another hole.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone â¨4⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Thereâs a proper sewer drain inspection hatch on my neighbours property (which I can see over my fence). When thereâs a clog, water gushes out of it. The sewer pit is right behind our houses and gets clogged regularly. Once itâs past the property line, itâs Melbourne Water issued.
They clear it up within hours and spray our yards with antibacterial stuff to kill all the nasties.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone â¨4⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Thatâs interesting!
MeanElevator@aussie.zone â¨4⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
If all your drains are backing up, the issue is definitely downstream and most likely not your responsibility. Unless your sewer pipe on your property gets clogged (which it really shouldnât).
Our issue is that roots etc clog up the sewer pit (where all the street drains connect) and weâre the first ones to notice.