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I'm at a complete loss.
Having disconnected the sink hose from the wall, I went in to the actual pipe behind the wall with the plumber's snake.
Managed to get it in about 2 metres, before hitting what I can only assume was a bend in the pipe the snake simply couldn't overcome.
So I wiggled the thing around, scraping as much as I could in the 2 metres afforded to me along the length of the pipe. Some gunk came out, but nothing appreciable, and I really didn't have to make too much of an effort to get it in there in the first place.
Thinking I'd inspect the results of my initial efforts, I reconnected the hose to the wall, and poured in some boiling water from the kettle.
I managed to pour in about 700 ml, before it started backing up into the sink.
So what the fuck. 700 ml over the length of two metres, and the thing's backed up again? Something doesn't make sense.
I think it's time for the professionals.
I wonder if anyone else in my building is having plumbing problems, actually.
- i have only replaced taps, shower heads etc so I don't have much of a clue, but could that be air pressure from blockage further down? sounds weird.BuddhaHat
- The clog’s obviously not in your trap and it’s further than your snake can goGnash
- Paying for a plumber to fix a p-trap clog is stupid, once that is ruled out it’s not hard to find the cause in a house, but an apartment building it’s toughGnash
- Your insurance doesn't cover unclogging?OBBTKN
- Haven't got insurance :\Continuity
- Interestingly enough, Gnash, a couple of weeks ago, work was being done for a week on the whole building's plumbing. I wonder if they fucked something upContinuity
- ^ could beGnash
- I'd ask around your neighbours, including whoever lives beneath and above you.Nairn