Is this bad?

[Disco Dan]

Is this bad?

With all the heavy rain recently my drain has started to overflow...

The two pictures show the drain, one after I ran the hose for a while to simulate the amount of water when raining and the other after I let it drain. The second picture shows the normal level of the water inside the drain, regardless of the weather.

It seems like just a soak hole, but all the grey water from two houses goes into it.

Oh and the bubbles, that was my feeble attempt to clean the driveway :done: the puddle is same size as the bubbles show.

Do I need to be worried about it?

[Tank]

Bad? - depends - Do you own the house?

[slimjim]

yup time for a clean out , if if didn't do it before well its fucking doing it now.................... humm something over time has slowed the drain pipe flow rough to might be a broken or colsaped pipe

[Disco Dan]

Bad? - depends - Do you own the house?

No, but I own the bike that is mearly inches away from being in the large puddle...

Landlord is not interested unless it threatens to flood the house. She does not care if my bike gets swept away!

[Tank]

No, but I own the bike that is mearly inches away from being in the large puddle...

Landlord is not interested unless it threatens to flood the house. She does not care if my bike gets swept away!

In that case - no problem.

May pay to move the bike tho'.

[Disco Dan]

I have been emptying aquarium water into it for months - about 50 litres a week.

[Ixion]

Bad? depends. can you swim ?. What has happened, is that all that aquarium water has ponged of fish. And that tasty smell has lured eels up the drain. Which they are now blocking. You could try sticking your arm down the hole, holding a fish, to see if you can lure the eels up high enough to grab them and haul them out.

Otherwise the problem is any attempt to clear the drain will just kill the eels. You will then have a drain full of dead decomposing eels. Noice.

[tri boy]

Ixion is wrong. They are not eels, It is a Taniwha.
It will not leave until a Koha of several million $$$ is paid to the local Iwi.
(oh, and I expect my cut, for consulting with you):2thumbsup

[Disco Dan]

Bad? depends. can you swim ?. What has happened, is that all that aquarium water has ponged of fish. And that tasty smell has lured eels up the drain. Which they are now blocking. You could try sticking your arm down the hole, holding a fish, to see if you can lure the eels up high enough to grab them and haul them out.

Otherwise the problem is any attempt to clear the drain will just kill the eels. You will then have a drain full of dead decomposing eels. Noice.

You serious????? :blink:

[Maverick]

Bad? depends. can you swim ?. What has happened, is that all that aquarium water has ponged of fish. And that tasty smell has lured eels up the drain. Which they are now blocking. You could try sticking your arm down the hole, holding a fish, to see if you can lure the eels up high enough to grab them and haul them out.

Otherwise the problem is any attempt to clear the drain will just kill the eels. You will then have a drain full of dead decomposing eels. Noice.

At least they arent "Shrieking Eels" :eek5:

[Ixion]

Eels.Don't confuse the man. No taniwhas left north of the Bombays. The Chinese ate 'em all.

Stormwater drains discharge to local creeks. Creeks are full of eels living it up on pollution. More adventurous eely types swim up the drainage pipes looking for tastier pollution (or female eels).

[Disco Dan]

Eels.Don't confuse the man. No taniwhas left north of the Bombays. The Chinese ate 'em all.

Stormwater drains discharge to local creeks. Creeks are full of eels living it up on pollution. More adventurous eely types swim up the drainage pipes looking for tastier pollution (or female eels).

So I actually have eels living underneath my driveway? ..and they are blocking my drain?

Eels???

[Tank]

Eels.Don't confuse the man. No taniwhas left north of the Bombays. The Chinese ate 'em all.


What total bullshit.

According to local IWI there is a Taniwha under every bit of prime real estate in Auckland.

None in Mangere, Otara or Beach Haven however - go figure.

[Disco Dan]

So instead of putting an entire bottle of Drano down there, I should set up a little chair and get my fishing rod out?

[Tank]

So I actually have eels living underneath my driveway? ..and they are blocking my drain?

Eels???

HTFU - You sound like a little girl :nono:

[Maverick]

None in Mangere, Otara or Beach Haven however - go figure.

Nah, there are, they are just sleeping off a big feed of KFC :bleh:

[Disco Dan]

errrmm.....

http://www.sucked-in.tv/resources/creepy_creatures.shtml

[Maverick]

So instead of putting an entire bottle of Drano down there, I should set up a little chair and get my fishing rod out?

Dont be silly,
the reason they are stuck is because the drain is too small for them to fit up.
You gotta go find the creek that the drain discharges into, and crawl up the pipe on your belly till you find the buggers and drag them out by the tail.

:buggerd:

[Disco Dan]

Dont be silly,
the reason they are stuck is because the drain is too small for them to fit up.
You gotta go find the creek that the drain discharges into, and crawl up the pipe on your belly till you find the buggers and drag them out by the tail.

:buggerd:

http://texasbestgrok.mu.nu/images/SquidEel.jpg

[Disco Dan]

always something... *sigh* if it's not goats, it's eels.

[Motu]

What's the lie of the land? - below other properties?.....drains into something else? Tree roots block drains,they will travel a long way to get to them too.Get a camera probe down it,and make the landlord pay for it.Other properties above you send their run off into your system overloading it.Keep moaning.

[nodrog]

you need to go down to the ports. and instead of whoring yourself out to blue balled sailor types, find some dodgy fisherman and see if you can score a couple of tuna crackers off him. light the fuse and shove it in your dirty hose pipe, make sure you block the end with your finger. BOOM! unblocked drain, and eel mince.

[Laava]

Nice to see loads of good advice!:niceone:
However I have a question. Does the drain, in fact go to the nearest waterway? Or is connected to the sewage system? Because you have said there is 2 houses feeding grey water in there.:oi-grr:
That aint right if that is the case. Grey water should NOT be discharging into a creek. Or, groundwater runoff shouldn't be going into a sewer. Either way, if you have grey water going into that same system, your landlady could be made to fix it. Unless there is some historical right to discharge that I am unaware of.
Speaking of discharge, I have to go!