The downpipe began to sing. A clean, clear glug-glug-glug .
Arthur did. As the hot water hit the cold sludge, Gladys gave three sharp, angry pumps with the plunger. POP. how to clear blocked downpipes
Arthur remembered a YouTube video. "Use a garden hose," the man with too many teeth had said. "Ram it up there." Arthur rammed. He turned the tap to full. For ten glorious seconds, nothing happened. Then the pipe shuddered, made a noise like a bear giving birth, and a geyser of black, leaf-infused water shot out of the top of the pipe, directly into his face. The downpipe began to sing
She fetched a plunger. Not a toilet plunger—a heavy-duty drain plunger with a rubber cone. She sealed it over the bottom outlet of the downpipe. "Now go upstairs," she said, "and pour a bucket of hot water down the top." As the hot water hit the cold sludge,