Why do drain rods get detached? Well, according to experts, the major cause of rods getting stuck or getting lost is that people simply turn the rods in a counter-clockwise direction while rodding the drain. Or else, when doing a drain clearing, the rods simply unthread themselves and thrashing about in the drain gets the rods to spin and then undo.

So, if that happens to you, are you ready to retrieve that detached drain rod? If not, the best Croydon plumbing services are just around the bend to fix the problem. Why not give them a ring?

How do you get back the drain rods that had detached? Here below are simple steps to follow. These techniques for retrieving stuck rods will not require excavation work of any kind.

Use a water jetter

A high-pressure water jetter can flush out rods that have twisted and separated from the system. You just need access from a downstream position and there should be no attachment at the rods’ end.

Use a drain camera

The camera gives you a view of the rods that have unscrewed and with a set of similar rods, you can pull them back.

Use fishing wire

Along with the fishing wire, you need another set of drain rod, a drain camera, and barbed hooks attached to the end of the rod set. With an agile hand and perfect eye coordination, spin the elements until the stranded drain rod gets caught in the wire and your hand gets hold of it.

Use a retrieving tool

Affix it to the end of the drain rods, then insert down the drain making sure they reach the detached rod. Add more rods if necessary, in order to get to the unscrewed one. Now, slowly turn the rods connected to the retrieving tool clockwise until the separated rod finds itself into the coils of the tool. Once you feel that the lost rod lodges itself well enough into the coils, slowly pull the rod back out of the drain.

According to plumbing experts, these techniques mentioned above have been tried and tested some time or another. But every job varies though. Anyways, before you even think of shelling out some bucks for a costly excavation work, you should try any or a combination of those steps.

Another factor for drain rods getting stuck and detached is when there are some sharp bends to which they can pass around. Or else, the free end of a rod ends up in a sub-soil passing through a displaced joint. In that case, if you’re now getting confused with these terminologies, you might as well call a professional plumber if you’re not confident in retrieving your lost rod by yourself.