That was easy!

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A couple of days ago our washbasin drain got blocked. I don’t know why, because of course nothing goes down there except the usual soapy water and toothpaste rinsings, but anyway the water drained away more and more slowly until finally it just stopped. Luckily we have more than one bathroom, so it wasn’t an emergency. However of course that did give me an excuse to put off doing anything about it as well - lots of other things were more urgent! Finally I decided I’d better just get on with it. I put on my old overalls, armed myself with a bucket, and headed upstairs. I put the bucket under the trap, unscrewed the bottom - and a big lump of disgusting grey smelly gunk just fell out. Yuk! But it certainly solved the problem easily. I brushed around inside the pipe, rinsed out the trap, screwed it back together again and then cleaned the washbasin, and in less than ten minutes I was hanging my overalls up again and smugly crossing one more job off my list! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2020.