moral support
 

I'm trying to clear a stubborn kitchen sink clog. So far I've tried at least three bottles of professional-strength Liquid Plumber, dismantled the pipes, used a wire hanger to pull out a bunch of unmentionable horror from the farthest point I could reach... I just poured down about a cup of baking soda and vinegar down there, and I'm boiling some water.

:(

I may have to go buy a snake... :(

That sucks, Lala! I always use Red Devil lye for my clogged dreains & it works really well. Good luck & I wish I had better advice for you.

hmmmmm... Red Devil Lye sounds cheaper than a snake. I may try that next...

Make sure you follow the directions! I think if that stuff is not treated with respect, it could really fvck sh!t up!!

call your landlord!

i get that stuff from Ace Hardware that like has little skulls an crossbones on it, it gets really hot and like explodes. yeeaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!

not an option... Believe me, I wouldn't be doing all this crap if it was... :(

Do the snake. (Sounds like a dance for Little Egypt, eh?)

Seriously. It's the only thing I've ever seen work. We live in an old house and own four older rental properties and I'm tellin' ya, do the snake.

And I am all out of moral support, but will always cheerfully lend immoral support to any endeavor! :D

It must be the day for it.
I have a problem today with my plumbing too. Apparently a tree root has grown through the outside pipes. Apparently this has caused sewage to back up and out onto the sidewalk.
I am ignoring it right now and will deal with it tomorrow.

Right now, I have other things on my mind.

oh no! well... that sounds worse than my situation... :rolleyes:

At least if I buy the snake, I'll have it for future use...


And sparty - I can use all the immoral support you got! :D

My plumber friend says never use the acid-skull-crossbones type stuff on a tree root blockage - apparently it can clump around the tree root and cause a blockage itself.

I'll call the landlord and he can fix it.

His crappy house, his crappy sidewalk.

Just a thought. . .Sim and I had a major kitchen sink clog and we tried all the liquid drainage type stuff and it didn't work. . then he tried a plunger and it worked.

oh... I forgot to say... I tried the plunger too... :(

But maybe I'll try it again. :)

The thing is - the clog appears to be far, far down... in a pipe that I can't reach with the wire hanger. I think I'm going to have to take everything apart again and use a snake... *sigh* :(

A girl friend once had a clog in the kitchen sink; called the land lord who came and dumped god knows what down the drain and pronounced it fixed.

Next morning: raw sewage in her kitchen and a $6 thousand dollar repair bill for the landlord.
Oh, my friend also sued him and won over this as well.

Are you in a house or an apartment? Anyone else having the same problem?

solution:

move.

I live in an old house in a historic neighborhood, I have tree root/pipe problems all the time.

Try flushing about a cup's worth of rock salt down the toilet every few weeks.

Keeps the roots at bay. Even though it's a landlord problem, you'll really regret it when it backs up into your bathroom like it does to me. :rolleyes:

Ughh. sorry to hear your still fighting that clog Lala. If is is roots, you're screwed till a real plumber can chew through them with a heavy duty snake. If you think there is a good chance it is just "your gunk" down there, a hardware store snake might do the trick.

If you get this type of snake...err...be carefull how tight you crank the handle bolt ;) I've used these several times and found that those types of snakes slip easilly inside the handle unless cranked down pretty hard, but the handle threads also strip easy *ahem* and the snake becomes pretty worthless then.


Good luck. You can do it *moral supporting*

Of all the commodities I have, that's one of the few that's generally in surplus. heh heh

I'm trying to clear a stubborn kitchen sink clog. So far I've tried at least three bottles of professional-strength Liquid Plumber, dismantled the pipes, used a wire hanger to pull out a bunch of unmentionable horror from the farthest point I could reach... I just poured down about a cup of baking soda and vinegar down there, and I'm boiling some water.



I may have to go buy a snake ...


*BAD ADVICE*

Be sure to get the poisonous kind that will rear up and scare you when you forget and come to put things down the sink. It will save you a lot of money in the end, because the snake will keep people from using that sink and getting more clogged and you can just use your neighbor's sink.

How did it go lala?

I have to wait 'til tomorrow - no money to buy snake 'til I get paid ;)

Sink still clogged :( Black water - blech.

uhhh.....buy a large plastic tub and go medieval on your washing and sink use.

this is the ....ohhh....10 kazillionth time your sink has clogged this year .... give up. Put the plastic tub in the sink --- do your dishes and what not --- then toss the water in the front lawn. Throw all food scraps and whatnot in the trash.

I'm thinking no more acid, no more plumbers. report it to the landlord, so you aren't "responsible" for damage it may cause. Then, under the circumstances, do what they suggest because they still need to protect their property and it can be your fault if it damages their property and you didn't report it.

sorry your sink is still sucking :( good luck

Well - I think I'll take that advice after I try the snake... that's my last resort.

Dont forget to have 3 inches of buttcrack showing when you do it.

Why? Are you coming over to help? :p

Plumbers Union Rules

Proof
 

I had a female plumber work on my pipes once (don't bother, its too obvious).
Apparently female plumbers don't ascribe to those rules. :mad:

Don't bother buying a snake. You can rent one for a reasonable price and then you can get one with a decent amount of wire to it and get as far as you need to. Ours goes up to 100 feet into a drain.
If you can, get a snake with a motor as it'll save an awful lot of muscle power.

blargh.

it's still there. :(

and why won't your landlord fix it? There is this thing called Renters Rights in the U.S of A...........believe me, I know!