[hans5849]

so today while i was brushing my teeth i ran the water for a bit and i noticed that it wasn't draining good. So i pulled the top off the open/close valve and it was full of black shit and hair. I used a hanger to scrape most of it out, but is there something i could pour down there to clean it up more.

No my girlfriend is not coming over.

[MSP]

Originally Posted by hans5849

so today while i was brushing my teeth i ran the water for a bit and i noticed that it wasn't draining good. So i pulled the top off the open/close valve and it was full of black shit and hair. I used a hanger to scrape most of it out, but is there something i could pour down there to clean it up more.

No my girlfriend is not coming over.

Beneath the sink will be "U" shaped drain pipe. Remove it and clean it out, problem solved!

[NGGRPLZ]

Draino.

[Lord Kain]

hmm.... clever name ?? ^^^

[ninefivezero]

Yah, just empty the trap, no need to use chemicals.

[MSP]

Originally Posted by ninefivezero

Yah, just empty the trap, no need to use chemicals.

The chemicals don't work all that well anyway.

[Chair]

yeah dont use draino, ever


unless you want a lawsuit from a plumber if you ever hire one :P

[crowchaser]

if your too lazy to go under the sink just plunge it be sure to block the little hole(s), the ones that are spose to make it stop over flowing

[Pope John]

Originally Posted by Chair

yeah dont use draino, ever


unless you want a lawsuit from a plumber if you ever hire one :P

que?


Oh man, I had to clean out my sink before. Oh shit, that was so gross. I don't think I threw up, but maybe a little bit in my mouth...

[ninefivezero]

Which is why some people pay a plumber like $70 to do that 2 minute job for them Or they don't even know what to do, or what trap is.

[NoseMaster]

Originally Posted by MSP

Beneath the sink will be "U" shaped drain pipe. Remove it and clean it out, problem solved!

Just make sure you're ready for how bad it's going to smell when you do that.

[MSP]

Pussies. :P

[Pope John]

Well, I think it's a mental thing too.

The whole time I was doing it, I was just thinking of all the bodily fluids washed down the drain. And body hair. And other gross things.

gag.

[mistawiskas]

'P' traps are nothing. Try cutting into a 3' ABS pipe and have shit splash all over you. I went into the owner and handed him a $300.00 change order once I got everything torn apart. He didn't think twice and gladly paid it seeing as how it'd have cost him 500 bux to have a plumber put it all back together....he kept apologizing for his shit getting on me. A good shower and I was as good as new...
...with an extra 300 clams in my pocket. And, by all means, DO NOT use draino
on your clog. That shit ought to be outlawed forever.

[Pope John]

what does draino do that's so bad?

[mistawiskas]

It eats the seals on slip joints, it eats metal pipes, it erodes ABS and PVC pipes (makes them brittle), it isn't good for the environment (all that chemical laden water has to go somewhere), it causes chemical burns that get super infected on the skin of anyone that has to work on your pipes and the list goes on ad infinitum. Not to mention that they don't work worth a shit.

[Sweatervest]

liquid plumr for teh win!

it always works for me.

:shrug:

[hans5849]

let me add i have a septic tank, and the sink flows into a ejector pit

[mistawiskas]

Those chems will destroy the bacteria that make you septic system work....add and keep adding ridX to you system.

[Chair]

I can relate to wiskas, back when I was doing my frist year apprentice was working for the transit comission... working on public washrooms, the most horrid shit (literally) you'd ever see. Though when I had to cut into a WC drain I dodged outta the way before the shit splashed everywhere haha.