Please help! Toilet full to the brim of what looks like weeks or months

[angelcakes95]

Sorry if this posted twice! I cant see the previous post so I don’t know if its up or not.
But basically everything is clogged It’s so gross and i’m not sure what to do!! I thought I fixed the issue with drain gel but apparently not): And my shower is also still clogged and dirty water keeps coming up. The toilet is full now but very dry like all the waste is completely dried out and disgusting and theres a lot of what looks like toilet paper. Should I call a drain engineer or a Plumber for this job? And how much might they charge me ? I’m honestly too embarrassed to think about calling but I know I have no choice

@mrsbyers If it is that then should I call a drain engineer or a plumber ? i’m not sure who is the right person for this kind of job ):

Maybe try someone like DynoRod or google Drain Unblocking and your area and you should get some options come up. Or if you are on a local FB group you could ask for local recommendations there!

Do I remember correctly you've just bought the place? It's unlikely this has just happened so check whether it was mentioned on the property information form.

You made another thread about this OP a couple of days ago, and lots of posters advised you to post up some photos of your shower drain and outside pipe work so they could properly advise you how to fix it, but you didn’t follow up with photos or answer any questions that would enable people to help you.
Sounds like at this point you need to get a professional in.
I would advise getting them to show you where your manhole is, so that if the situation happens again you’ll be able to tackle it yourself.

Yes I Google drain cleaning near me and go for a plumber / drain company local to you rather than dynorod as they will be cheaper. I don’t suppose you have drainage cover as part of your water bills ? Often the water companies offer it for an additional fee.

You can also ring your water company. They will check the main sewer for free. Usually very quickly. I’d ask your neighbours and see if they have any issues as well.

The first thing you need to do is find any manhole covers on your property, get your rubber gloves on, and lift the covers.
Tip a bucket of water in and see if it drains. If it does then you work your way back from the manhole towards your bathroom, following the pipe work, because the blockage will be somewhere between the manhole and your bathroom, and you can use drain rods or a plunger to remove it.
Or call a plumber, but if you do call a professional, pick their brains so that next time you understand the plumbing system better, otherwise you’re going to be wasting loads of money on issues that are fairly easy to fix.
As before, if you can post pictures of your pipe work/manholes then you’ll get better advice.

No one can really tell you a price op because it depends if the blockage is just stuff bunging up the pipes inside your house or collapsed drains outside your property. You really should take the advice of lifting the inspection hatch and see if waste from other sinkes etc is flowing down it freely, if so then it's likely a problem in your soil pipe and you need a plumber. If it's draining slowly though the inspection chamber then you need dyno rod or some other drain company.

If the blockage is in the pipework inside the house you need a plumber and if its in the outside sewer you need a drain engineer.

Invest in a BIG rubber plunger. Top up loo with hot soapy water.. work plunger up and down with some effort behind it.
It will either clear.. in which case follow up with lots more hot soapy water.. or it wont ..in which case you have plently of good advice upthread..

We had a similar issue with water bubbling up in the shower recently, followed by a bad-smelling leak from a manhole outside. Turned out some wet wipes were blocking the drains. We got a drainage company in who had the wipes removed within about half an hour and charged their standard call-out rate. No such thing as flushable wipes I was told!

Plunger can be used for shower too...

Have you looked in your manholes yet? That's the first thing you need to do.

If you look in the drain and see Pooh as has previously been mentioned please help him out and give him a shower as he will be covered in poo.

Might also revsolve the blockage.

Going forward, buy the cheap loo paper, avoid charmin or whatever it's now called, and any kind of wet wipes. Plus advice given prior in this thread.

I do the drains myself.
so first instance I would check the outside drains (where the taps run into). Check the kitchen one and the bathroom one. With what you’ve said I would expect to see them both full of grey water.
assuming they are, I would then use my drain rods (bought from wickes for £20). Put rubber gloves on, get a bucket of clean water and a plastic bag.
open the mancover, you might need a screw driver the lever it open. If your property is large you’ll have a few to check. If there’s no water, work back to the next one nearest the house until you find it full.
get your drain rods put the disc one on the end and start attaching them to make it long.
When you’ve got a decent length, poke it down with the disc end first.
keep going and attaching ends until you hit the blockage
pump it like a plunger, pausing every so often to see if it’s worked. Eventually it will do this weird noise/ swirl and it will all go

pull the rods back. Clean them all. And erase your memory of what you saw

Not sure of the connection, but with a toilet blockage, have you tried a plunger? It usually sorts it out.

It's a drain engineer you need, not a plumber. You can do it yourself but it is disgusting and much easier for the engineer who has the equipment to blast it through rather than have to dredge it, which is what you'd have to do. There should be an access point outside your property. It will cost about £200.

Get a mop, wrap it in a plastic bag and use it as a plunger down the toilet, plunge quickly a few times.

You made another thread about this OP a couple of days ago, and lots of posters advised you to post up some photos of your shower drain and outside pipe work so they could properly advise you how to fix it, but you didn’t follow up with photos or answer any questions that would enable people to help you.

And on this thread you just keep coming back asking the same thing over and over again instead of taking on board any of the helpful advice that has been given.

What CrimsonLake said ///. I've got one loo that often gets blocked and this works every time.

Also you shouldn't use a plunger on the shower drain. There are silicone seals in the connections and pulling a plunger up and down can dislodge them and the next thing you know, you've got water coming through the ceiling below the shower.

Start with a drain opener liquid - Mr Muscle, etc..

If that doesn't work, call a plumber.

Are you on main drains or do you have a cesspit?
Definitely follow what VegetablesFightingToReclaimTheAubergieneEmoji said. Also make sure when you use the drain rods that you ensure you aren't inadvertently untwisting them as you plunge.

Go and get a drain rod either from Amazon or from B&Q. They are under 20 quid. If you call a plumber out, it will cost you a lot more than that and that's probably all they will use anyway.

OP I don't think this is the moment to get into DIY. Ring a plumber, ask what charge will be depending on whether it's easy fix or full drain clearing.

Then don't let anyone put wipes down your loo or grease down the sink. Flushable is a lie. (The plumber will convince you of that anyway).