plumbing problems

[Gibson486]

the dam maintanance company does not want to finish off the job! I have been bugging them to fix my kitchen sink. They come in, plunge it, go home. The problem is that teh next day it just clogs again. It seems as if it clears then something comes back and clogs it over night even if we do not use the sink. I have stopped calling the company and bugging my landlord and i have taken matters in to my own hands. I have used liquid plumber as a long shot and it didn't work either. Now, every morning, I have to plunger the sink before i go to work. It only takes one plunge, then it goes right down. This, however, is just plain annoying. All I know is that the person who lived here before me was a pig. When i first moved in, i found cigars, paper in the sink while plunging.

the sink has a food disposal too. You think that could be the problem (never owned a food disposal)?

 

[MustISO]

Could be the disposal but it could also be that they're just clearing a narrow passage each time and the majority of the pipe is still clogged.

 

[Gibson486]

how do you check the disposal?

 

[bunker]

Get a bucket and get under the sink. There's a curved section of pipe (makes a U) called the trap. Detach that and clean it out. If it's relatively clean then...umm...there's a block somewhere else.

 

[woowoo]

Pull the disposal and snake the drain.
or
Hire a plumber and deduct it from your rent.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: woowoo
Pull the disposal and snake the drain.
or
Hire a plumber and deduct it from your rent.

I was trying to check the disposal, but i could find out how you take it off. Do you have to unscrew anything?

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: woowoo
Pull the disposal and snake the drain.
or
Hire a plumber and deduct it from your rent.

I was trying to check the disposal, but i could find out how you take it off. Do you have to unscrew anything?

You don't have to remove the disposal. Just the pipe that leads frim the disposal to the trap.

Good luck.

 

[CPA]

Do you know what kind of pipes you have? If it is an old house you may have cement or even ceramic pipes. If so, these break over time or tree roots will push right through them. Only way to get rid of the roots is to have a plumber come in with an industrial snake to tear the root up. Eventually, though, the root grows back. If you clean your trap and snake it, but still have a problem, then the issue may be further down the line.

 

[lsman]

never use those "liquid plumber". It makes bad to worst.

 

[Doggiedog]

Try buying a snake.

I had a clog about 50 feet into my kitchen pipe. Apparently some rubber bands fell in and got hung up inside. The snake chopped it up and spit it out.

 

[Luden]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Try buying a snake.

My old man is a plumber, that is the correct answer.