http://www.drains-services.co.uk/drains/how-do-i-get-rid-of-black-gunk-in-my-drains/ Solving your Plumbing and Drains Problems Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:19:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.drains-services.co.uk/drains/how-do-i-get-rid-of-black-gunk-in-my-drains/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Hayden Cumberland Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:36:19 +0000 http://www.plumbing-care.co.uk/drains/how-do-i-get-rid-of-black-gunk-in-my-drains/#comment-39 There is nothing you can do about the black slime. I forget what it is called (has a fancy scientific name) but it is basically a fairly safe bacterial slurry. It feeds off of some of the ingredients in soap and organic matter. If you ever open up a pump pit that pumps strictly laundry water there are usually massive amounts of the stuff. Hard to wash off skin too. May not have to embrace it but living with it you will have to do. There is nothing you can do about the black slime. I forget what it is called (has a fancy scientific name) but it is basically a fairly safe bacterial slurry. It feeds off of some of the ingredients in soap and organic matter. If you ever open up a pump pit that pumps strictly laundry water there are usually massive amounts of the stuff. Hard to wash off skin too. May not have to embrace it but living with it you will have to do.

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