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If you do take that option then I'd opt for something tougher than a rubber glove, may be a few sharp things washed down there.

About waist deep. Tried rubber gloves and a ladle, but not a very effective combo. The drain is about 20cm x 20cm

Can you hire a wet vac, shove the hose down there and get the silt out? Otherwise, it might need jetting...

Something like this do you? https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/2286230100?iid=295262401986

I’ve just dug half a bucket of mud from a second drain that’s connected and blasted it with the hose, but hasn’t made any difference. I think it’s gonna need jetting unfortunately

That listing isn’t showing up. What is it?

Be prepared to sit down when they bill you.

A hole digger - kind of like big scissors with trowels on the ends.

One of these badgers:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/roughneck-fibreglass-post-hole-digger/35835

Won’t work unfortunately. The mud is in the pipe running horizontally underground

I was afraid if that.

Anymore creative solutions most welcome

You could borrow a pressure washer and buy a cheap rod kit

@TTM I've got a very similar problem and I'm going to be trying @chiroshi 's solution this weekend. I'll let you know how I get on.

Please do, I’d much rather spend the money a drain company will charge on a solution I can use in the future if this happen again.
A good excuse to buy a pressure washer too, so double win

My pal had a drain issue, ended up getting dynarod out and it was grand to pressure wash it and then put a camera down it. Turned out that there was a half brick down the drain and we had to dig up her drive, still not sure how it got there.

Can you reach it from the drain end with some plumbers rods? I use the claw one to try and scrape away or grab hold of the blockage.

I managed to clean one the other day but the silt only reached the u bend which meant the entire length of my arm down the drain scrapping out silt. I was just about to give up and call dynorod when I got to the bottom of it.

In the past I've had Dynorod clear drains for £120.

The bathroom fitters we have working on our place at the moment we’re on a call out Saturday for drain issues. Put one of those claw things down of much faff/cameras etc.

Claw caught hold of offending item and everything that had built up behind it. Pair a giant ladies pants had been put down there!!

I need paint recommendations for a tiny bathroom - with shower/wc/sink only. It will have extractor and skylight for ventilation but fitters have recommended we use a really good paint. What’s a really good paint that will repell any sign of mildew in a high moisture environment?

Is it new plaster?

Yeah, well tape and joint. So new gyproc.

Probably this stuff
https://www.zinsseruk.com/product/perma-white-interior/

Tough to give you advice because I'm inclined to say there's not much that paint can do to resist mould growing on top of it. There is a mould resistant paint from Zinsser that I've used occasionally in small bathrooms with mould issues. I've not had any come back on it but I've not been back to those properties to see how it's fared.

Thanks! Do you mean specifically on top of tape and joint or just a new finish in general?

If the plaster had been fresh I'd have recommended a long drying time. Preparation is really important. I'm not sure how you would best prepare the walls for the perma white.

Tried the claw today and managed to lose it down there! Will have to go and find that once the waters drained away.
J have a plumber who’s doing other work for us here on Thursday and he said he’d take a look, at least to offer some advice as to what to try next.