Questions tagged [clog]
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Under sink has cylindrical fixture instead of J-pipe, what is it and how to clear it out?
Part of my problem is not knowing the names of what I'm referring to, so feel free to suggest title edits please.
A bathroom sink is draining very slowly after someone bearded shaved, despite them gathering most of the hair out of the sink. I…
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How to snake a bathtub with no overflow drain?
Our upstairs bath tub has been taking longer and longer to drain and my wife has finally tasked me to fix it.
Yesterday I literally emptied an entire bottle of Liquid Plumber down the drain (following all the directions of course - well, except the…
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How do I open this sink trap?
I have a clogged sink in my bathroom. Tried a bunch of things already, like chemicals, a pump plunger - no success. I don't know what's in there but it seems serious.
The next step would be to open the trap and clean it but I have no idea how to…
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Can I use a drain auger on a toilet clog?
A little too eager I bought a drain auger in order to clear out a constantly / randomly backing up toilet. After I got it home I thought I should then do research and I realized there is a completely different auger just for toilets.
So, can I use a…
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What should I do about putty that fell in the toilet opening?
When I was lifting off the old toilet a large chunk of plumbers putty/clay fell in the opening. (There was a huge amount under the toilet, and no wax that I could see.)
I tried using a vacuum to get it out and that just pushed it in deeper. I tried…
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Why does water and gunk back up through the overflow hole in the bathroom sink?
When I run the water in my bathroom faucet it sometimes (but not all the time) slowly starts to creep up the overflow hole and pour back into the sink. Included with the water is black and grey gunk.
The thing that puzzles me is that even when…
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What are some ways to remove hardened epoxy from drain pipes?
Long story short. Some idiot poured down half a gallon of mixed epoxy into the sink, and washed it down with water. Epoxy traveled quite far, and then hardened, fusing with the pipes, creating a hard and watertight clog. The clog happens to be in a…
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How should I troubleshoot and unclog an outdoor drain?
Our back concrete patio directs water to a nearby outdoor drain. The drain consists of what seems to be a 5 Inch green PVC pipe with a plastic grate cover that sticks out of the ground a few inches.
The drain pipe goes down into the ground 8 - 10…
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Will repeated use of drain cleaning chemicals damage plumbing?
I have a bathroom sink that gets clogged (or the water goes down very slowly) about every 2 to 3 months.
When it gets that way, I put some Drano down and it solves the problem. My concern is that the Drano will do real damage to my pipes over time.
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What is this stuff in my faucet?
About every week I notice a decline in water pressure at my kitchen sink. When I notice it i unscrew the faucet head and the screen is completely clogged with this gritty sand stuff.
Is this calcium? Is this dirt?
What do I need to do to fix…
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How do I fix a slow draining garbage disposal?
I put an avocado skin down my garbage disposal, and since then, the sink doesn't drain well. If I run water for 10+ seconds, it fills up the disposal a decent amount, and will drain if I turn on the disposal or turn off the water.
I've reached in…
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Sink clogged completely when using NaOH drain cleaner
I used a drain cleaner containing sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to unclog it. I followed the drain cleaner's instructions to the letter:
pour the NaOH into the pipe entrance.
pour hot water.
As soon as I started pouring hot water, it started pooling.…
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What tools are required to unclog sink drain with garbage disposal?
So yesterday someone in my family put some celery stalks (with the hard stems included) down the garbage disposal, after which our drain drained much slower. I tried filling up the sink with water and running the garbage disposal. This forced the…
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How can I resolve sagging pipes below basement floor?
Recently we started noticing several issues with drainage in our master bathroom/shower, that resulted in overflow into our downstairs kitchen sink. They look to both be on the same plumbing stack.
We called a couple of plumbers into review and they…
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How can I fix a toilet that is backing up with sink water?
I need help. I would like to avoid calling a plumber. The toilet in our downstairs bathroom keeps backing up.
Here is what I have tried and/or observed:
I tried using a good plunger. I cannot even get a little bit of the
water to drain with the…
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