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rat gate
That sounds charming. I have visions of a chap in uniform and a peaked cap holding a gate open for any passing rats saying 'Good evening sir, this way please'.
Soz, it's been a long day...
Brommers-
Sorry, it's much less exciting than that.
It's just like a tiny farm gate, and then the farmer cat comes along with his ratmouse and does some weird clicking sounds and counts them through "yan, tan, tethera, methera, pimp."
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We found out the hard way what not having a rat gate looks like when a rat came up our toilet in peckham..
tbc
___freddie
We got a CCTV survey done in the end and it turned out the drain was properly fucked.
There were three problems:
The poorly-fitted rat gate where our run met the main sewer was backing up
The T joint where the downstairs soil pipe met the pipe from upstairs hadn't been sealed properly and was leaking
The clay elbow underground where the downpipe turned to run into the sewer was smashed to pieces
Patio dug up, new rat gate installed, new UPVC pipes installed, wallet significantly lightened, confidence in plumbing restored.