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THE KITCHEN DRAIN SAGA IS FUCKING OVER!!!!
Stubborn cunt that I am, I couldn't accept that:
1) This seemingly simple problem was unsolvable;
2) I'd have to shell out minimum 250 € to have someone fix it for me.So, I brought it back to basics.
No Draino.
No plumber's snake.
No calling the professionals.I re-drained the pipes under the sink into a large bucket (and not, as I did yesterday, into a stock pot, which was clearly unfit for purpose), plugged up the P-trap, connected the hose back to the wall, and dumped half a box of sodium bicarbonate in the drain, shoving every last grain of the stuff in there with a chopstick.
Then I topped that up with about half a litre of white vinegar, and plugged the sink before too much of the mixture overflowed into the sink. My idea was to trap all that in there, hoping that — seeing its upward route of escape blocked — it would snake down into the pipe behind the wall.
Fifteen minutes later, I remove the plug from the sink. The effervescence had subsided, but the vinegar level was more or less the same.
Undeterred, I topped it up with a bit of boiling water, so that it could pool a bit in the sink, and busted out the plunger.
Remembering what I was told in the notes yesterday about blocking the secondary drain, I held a wet cloth to it with one hand, and starting pumping with the other.
Not too vigorously or rapidly. But certainly with intent.
Paying special attention to the suction part, more so than the compressing down-stroke.
Six pumps. Seven pumps. Fifteen pumps. Twenty pumps.
Gurgle.
Sputter.
Glug-glug-glug-glug-glug-glug-gl...And, just like that, the sink drained like a champ.
I boiled a full 1.7 litre kettle of water, and poured it in. All gone.
Ran the water from the tap for about 15 seconds. Like nothing ever happened.
As one might expect, I'm feeling pretty relieved. And not just a little proud of myself.
Now. I've got dishes to do.
- Sigh.
'Signs you're getting old'
This sort of shit is fucking mattering to me.Continuity - Bravo! Now, stop keeping all your semen in jars and emptying them out in one go every 8 months.Nairn
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- @Nairn ... wot? What else should I be doing with it??Continuity
- ah man - yes you got to block the 2nd drain! of course, else all the pumping just pushes air out of there. Next time you'll have it fixed in 1min now you know.shapesalad
- ^ it's THE critical part to all this.shapesalad
- Wait.. you didn't block the overflow when you were plunging?Nairn
- The first time? Err ... no ...Continuity
- Ah yes, reminds me of my first timedrgs
- Have you ever asked yourself in an hour of meditation, which everyone finds during the day, how long we have been striving for greatness?garbage
- Not only the years we've been at war, the war of work, but from the moment as a child when we realized that the world could be conquered.garbage
- It has been a lifetime struggle. A never-ending fight. I say to you, and you will understand that it is a privilege to fight!garbage
- This saga needs to turn itself into a Medium article my man.
Congrats.ideaist - @cont - oh, that is beautiful! hahah, you silly buggerNairn
- Rejoice and behold the work of manGnash
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- QBN IS BACK!!!!!!!pedromendez
- I read from "Remembering what I was t..." In a my inner sexy voice and now I'm all flustered.thumb_screws
- Sigh.